I kind of listened to Mrs Chua's speech about the 20,000 high score thing. (My apologies to all non-chinese who could not understand her.) Anyway, it makes sense that we should not be aiming for gold or to kick XXXXX's or XX XXXXXXX band's XXX. We shoud take a lighter approach to this. So now, with the help of my SL Glen, I'm trying to relay the story of Jericho and the (made-up) story of overture to the audience or whoever listens to it. It is mostly impossible due to the lack of creativity of humans but still, I want them to feel something. And that is what I think we must do, aim to play good music, that's all. To hell with the medal, all this is about us and the audience. We must make them feel the music, feel the intensity of the battle (which I actually did at Serangoon), the grief of exile, the glory of victory, the elasion of celebration and the grand sounds of overture. If they feel something from what we play, if they sway with our music, if they even break the slightest smile after we play our pieces, then I am satisfied. I think that is what we should aim for.
posted by Joshua.
