自得其乐

http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~zhaojin/spider pig.rar

The name says it all?!

面对最沉重的事情,仍能拿出最轻松的心情去面对,这才是每个人都必须修炼的幽默感.

何韵诗 - 幽默感

在最壞最壞那日 遇最壞最壞那時
是他讓生命不用壞到底
在最悶最悶那刻 陪最悶最悶那位
是這段配樂托起一切　還未領略　絕招的真諦
現在就來具體

在假日裡沒節目　電腦又發現中毒
換衣服出外　身段又發福
下雨避進郵政局 又見舊愛人殺出
而你頭髮上有餅乾碎

霉運繼續來　若果不反對　現在是時候哭
還另尋下台路　不哭

當你步行在那漫天槍炮下　當你昨日抱著的跟了他
當你造型受到大眾的責罵　即管講笑話
愁或如味覺吧　由事情漫畫化　矛盾地笑一下

在最壞最壞那日 遇最壞最壞那事
像失業之日車又撞了燈　
在最悶最悶那刻　陪最悶最悶那位
連那人也嫌你不吸引
危難拍著門　若果躲不了　就迎著極殘酷一生
自行落調味品

當你步行在那漫天槍炮下　當你昨日抱著的跟了他
當你造型受到大眾的責罵　急於抓撮沙往上爬
愁或如味覺吧　由事情漫畫化　矛盾地笑一下　會自嘲嗎

為何為何運程極差　問為何運程極差　實在條問題問得都算肉麻
自豪地承認它　在台上談論它　用遺憾提煉出搞笑吧
情願怕它　還是笑它

當你運程壞到箭咀都向下　可以借力製造一切笑話
起碼別人願意話你風趣吧　捐出安慰加送熱茶
當你被評力作在水準以下　當你揹著各路資產養家
當你未曾大笑就已衰老吧
不必抓撮沙往上爬

能學成諧趣吧　能學成滑稽嗎
惆悵未算可怕　用笑著笑走它
別自尋煩惱吧　由事情漫畫化
來蓋住我傷疤

Yeah...Finally finished this song as well!!!

First mentioned after the LT13 concert last year, it took me almost one whole year to get it done.

But I think sometimes it really takes you time and patience before you reach the critical point where arranging suddenly become a lot easier. There were lots of things I learned through the years which did not seem to be related to arranging at all. However, they all contributed to my growth in musicianship and now I am able to do simple arrangement!

Happy, happy, happy...^_^

It's available @ http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~zhaojin/Processions of the spirits.rar

(P.S. It did bother me that I constantly felt so hard just trying to fill up the empty space on the score for my first two arrangements. I think I need to learn to look at the song from a higher level to avoid this...)

Let me start with how I did my first arrangement.

First I listened to the song again and again to understand the music in depth.

Then I wrote down every part note by note into the score file. For parts that I cannot figure out or not suitable for guitars, I would write in some passages which I came up with.

In the end, I would work out the articulation for individual part, do some balancing across parts and then finalize the score.

Is this arranging?

I have always thought that to arrange a piece of music is to take only
the melody of the song and then come up with most (if not all) the other parts.

So in this sense, I did not arrange much of the song since I got most
of the ideas on how different parts sound like from the original.

However, I have also seen people just open an MIDI file, clean up funny notations in the score and then called it his/her arrangement.

Is THIS arranging?

I really have no idea...*_*

Anyway, with the experience gained in working out this song, 《Processions of the spirits》, here I come again!!!

去年11月就听到Eason要出一张叫做《after 17》的double album，里面收录的都是一曲两词（国/粤语）。当时就觉得这个主意不错。结果等等等等最后出来的是《What's going on》和《认了吧》这两张有点不伦不类的大碟。大部份的歌还是不错的，只是少了一个概念在后面支撑着就总像是差了点什么。这就是不断赶唱片赶电影赶颁奖典礼的下场吧。

前些天把他的一张旧唱片《The line up》拿了出来听，突发奇想，如果《after 17》是也是双ep的话，是不是会好做很多？

如果是我设计的话，《after 17》的tracklist应该是这样的：
ep1：国语
01. 第一个雅皮士
02. 红玫瑰
03. 爱情转移
04. 好久不见
05. 毒药？(解药的国语版，纯属虚构）
BonusTrack. 白色球鞋

ep2：粤语
01. 最后的嬉皮士
02. 白玫瑰
03. 富士山下
04. 不如不见
05. 解药
BonusTrack. 粤语残片


工作量没有增加多少（12首歌），而且不用加垃圾歌或者勉强填国语词凑数，又可以留下些好歌放在下一张唱片里，一举数得。

M = Motivation

I = Idea

T = Technique

My current M.I.T. Level: M:High, I:Middle, T:Low

So always stuck during composition/arrangement...

*_* must improve...