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Friday, February 20, 2009

My fellow bandsmen,


To be a good musician, it is not enough only by having good individual sound, you must also listen to other professional musicians to have a good concept/idea of what your instrument should sound like.

In music, there are 2 very important things that should be kept in mind always:

1)Practise practise practise!
Hard work will always pay off. There is no substitute for hard work! Be self-disciplined and ignore distractions to practise effectively.

2)Listen listen listen!
Listen to your own sound and compare it with a professional musician's sound. Work on developing your sound, and aim for the best sound you can ever make with your instrument. Remember to listen to videos/recordings of professional musicians! (if you don't know any pro musicians, you can ask Mr Koh)

Strive only for the best articulation(tonguing: say "toh"), best sound, and be the best that you can be in the band. If you're not serious and disciplined in music, then you are already a bad musician from the start.
-nurul

11:02 PM