I made an entry about Casiopea's "Take Me" a long time ago. Well, here's another one from the Japanese Jazz Fusion band. "Smile Again" for me is a complimentary song for "Take Me." If the latter is a tearjerker, "Smile..." makes you smile again (like the title says) and bring back sanity to you.
This is not your ordinary happy song, with happy melodic lines, major chords here and there, and musically anything that can be attributed to happiness. Actually, the song has a persuasive tone, a haunting melody, but when played after "Take Me," will make you smile.
It's not only because Smile Again is a happy song. If you play these two side by side, you can see that there's a striking similarity. They seem to have a single theme. Take Me, like what I've said in the previous entry, is about pleading someone to love him but failed. Smile Again, on the other hand, is just like saying, "hey, it's alright. life goes on."
And by the way, I might forget to mention that they both ended with a question mark.
Smile Again is included in the album, "Cross Point" released in 1981, with Issei Noro on guitars, Minoru Mukaiya on keyboards, Tetsuo Sakurai on bass, and Akira Jimbo on drums.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Diary Entry of 27102008 and 29102008 (Edited Version)
Well, I said before that I will be posting on Filipino because my intention at that time is to put my whole diary entry for October 27 and 29, which is on Filipino. However, I think I have mentioned too many names. That's why I'll be posting a heavily edited version.
It's all about this, what happened last Sunday. I'm a church keyboardist and I was asked to teach a Psalm for 6 pm mass to a soloist, which I and the music ministry head is tasked to find. Our choir's soloists were not available. We tried to ask for the soloist of another choir, but to no avail. Then to my surprise, the music ministry head called me and said that the soloist will be no less than... my long time crush.
We set our practice at 3:30 in the afternoon. However, she didn't come on time because, apparently, she didn't know about this. She came back from Indonesia just last night. She arrived at 5:00 pm. Enough time to practice eh. But it's worth the wait.
Oh boy, she's beautiful. Well, not in par with my other crushes but... maybe just right. She doesn't really look different, except that she got thinner and her hair is now curled. But anyway... And I forgot to tell you she's taller than me (I don't know, maybe it's just her high heels 'cause I believe that we have the same height...).
But what I liked the most is that she didn't changed. She's the same kind person I know before she left: jolly, kind, humble. And her vocal quality, still the same. I don't know what kind of songs she sings to their guests (she's a lounge singer in a hotel) but the quality hasn't waned a bit.
The psalm I taught her is the one from the misalette. Unlike last Friday night, which I composed the whole psalm, I don't have the luxury of time to compose. And one more thing, I taught her without the aid of a keyboard, proving that she has a great sense of tune. Come 6pm mass, the rendition, according to reliable sources, is good.
-end of the first part-
This is now the second part. I saw her in SM with her mom Wednesday afternoon. She's leaving for Seoul the next day and will not be here for Christmas (awwwwtttsss...).
Actually, it's not about that. She's available, and me, obviously. We both serve the Church. She sings, I play the keyboard. What a perfect match! Kidding aside, it's a matter of proper timing, and I believe this is not the right time. She's very successful with her gigs outside the country, and me, still a struggling student. And even musically, I'm not that successful yet.
Now, what I'm trying to do these past few days is to change myself in order to achieve my goals. I made a timetable of what to achieve for the remaining days of this year and for 2009 and 2010. I want to be a success before I go up and ask her.
When I get inspired, I usually get the best tune out of my mind. I've composed two songs for this event.
"Homecoming" is a song about the return of your loved one to your mother country, and the inevitable fact that she's leaving again. This is in A scale.
"Araw-araw" is about courting someone, the hesitation and the motivation of courting someone. This is in G scale with a transposition in A. Anyway, this is still the tentative title because I can't find a suitable title for this song.
I had already a plan when I ask her. One of my choirmates (preferably *****) will bring her to the open lot in the nearby Sports Center, where me and my other choirmates are set up. Then, we will sing "Everyday" by James Taylor. 1st stanza would be for ***, 2nd for *******, 3rd for ******, and the fourth for ******. The first three singers will give a flower each, then the fourth one will be switching his bouquet to me. Then I will sing the remaining parts. Afterwhich, I will be singing "Araw-araw." What a battleplan.
Whew, enough of this for now. I'll be keeping this battleplan for now. I better prepare and brace myself for this battle.
It's all about this, what happened last Sunday. I'm a church keyboardist and I was asked to teach a Psalm for 6 pm mass to a soloist, which I and the music ministry head is tasked to find. Our choir's soloists were not available. We tried to ask for the soloist of another choir, but to no avail. Then to my surprise, the music ministry head called me and said that the soloist will be no less than... my long time crush.
We set our practice at 3:30 in the afternoon. However, she didn't come on time because, apparently, she didn't know about this. She came back from Indonesia just last night. She arrived at 5:00 pm. Enough time to practice eh. But it's worth the wait.
Oh boy, she's beautiful. Well, not in par with my other crushes but... maybe just right. She doesn't really look different, except that she got thinner and her hair is now curled. But anyway... And I forgot to tell you she's taller than me (I don't know, maybe it's just her high heels 'cause I believe that we have the same height...).
But what I liked the most is that she didn't changed. She's the same kind person I know before she left: jolly, kind, humble. And her vocal quality, still the same. I don't know what kind of songs she sings to their guests (she's a lounge singer in a hotel) but the quality hasn't waned a bit.
The psalm I taught her is the one from the misalette. Unlike last Friday night, which I composed the whole psalm, I don't have the luxury of time to compose. And one more thing, I taught her without the aid of a keyboard, proving that she has a great sense of tune. Come 6pm mass, the rendition, according to reliable sources, is good.
-end of the first part-
This is now the second part. I saw her in SM with her mom Wednesday afternoon. She's leaving for Seoul the next day and will not be here for Christmas (awwwwtttsss...).
Actually, it's not about that. She's available, and me, obviously. We both serve the Church. She sings, I play the keyboard. What a perfect match! Kidding aside, it's a matter of proper timing, and I believe this is not the right time. She's very successful with her gigs outside the country, and me, still a struggling student. And even musically, I'm not that successful yet.
Now, what I'm trying to do these past few days is to change myself in order to achieve my goals. I made a timetable of what to achieve for the remaining days of this year and for 2009 and 2010. I want to be a success before I go up and ask her.
When I get inspired, I usually get the best tune out of my mind. I've composed two songs for this event.
"Homecoming" is a song about the return of your loved one to your mother country, and the inevitable fact that she's leaving again. This is in A scale.
"Araw-araw" is about courting someone, the hesitation and the motivation of courting someone. This is in G scale with a transposition in A. Anyway, this is still the tentative title because I can't find a suitable title for this song.
I had already a plan when I ask her. One of my choirmates (preferably *****) will bring her to the open lot in the nearby Sports Center, where me and my other choirmates are set up. Then, we will sing "Everyday" by James Taylor. 1st stanza would be for ***, 2nd for *******, 3rd for ******, and the fourth for ******. The first three singers will give a flower each, then the fourth one will be switching his bouquet to me. Then I will sing the remaining parts. Afterwhich, I will be singing "Araw-araw." What a battleplan.
Whew, enough of this for now. I'll be keeping this battleplan for now. I better prepare and brace myself for this battle.
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