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Human Interaction
After nearly a month of total solitude, I realized human interaction is much needed for any human beings. I was on the verge of insanity, and my sleeping patterns is totally not helping me at all. Nonetheless I decided to head out when I received a phone call from Ling and I pretty much without any hesitation just headed out. Though we had nothing much to do, it was nice enough for me to have had a human interaction, and for some reason that made me happy.
Since we didn't want to club enough at that moment, we went separate ways and I headed over to Andy's for a soccer match. I never watch soccer in general but in my attempt to "socialize" I did what I had to do and it turn out to be a super match ( Germany 4 and Argentina 0 ). I really had fun but thats not it. After the match, Gwen invited me over to Zouk to hang out and I went. It's really nice to see people out again.. I just realized how important human interaction is.Drinks and Craves
Making bloody Mary and baileys green tea never brought so much joy to me at such a time of boredom.
Weird Dreams: Jun Mei
It is 7:08am in the morning and I am officially woken up from one of the strangest dream I ever had i. Its about this girl I knew since secondary school and her name's Jun Mei,
Yeah shes a damn special person no doubt but since I'm trying to remember the dream, I think i will talk about it later.
Apparently that move made me felt popular and Jun only smiled at me this whole while and asked me why didn't I go for her? She's Hot ! I'm like.. "Jun, I'm a total retard.. there are many things i could have done.. back then.. " I started telling the history of Melody how I got to know her and how i had this crush on her when i was a kid but didnt dare admit it cause I thought it was taboo to like girls at that time and if anyone liked any girl it be like YEEEEE and there.. fuckin story of my life. Jun just laugh it off .. the irony here is that it seems all my "tragedies" I faced in life somehow made an awesome conversation between Jun and sorta helped us bonded back closer. We walked to a train station and she told me she gotta go.. I had a specific objective but forgo it to send her back and take a ride with her.. (I used to be like that.. in real life.. ) it all seem like a fairy tale.. I then thought about what she said..what I would have done differently back then.. I didn't even dare tell her in my dreams the true answer.. I said nothing.. but in actual fact.. whats in my head was " I would probably have talked much lesser and just made love to you . " Okay the dream sorta more or less ended there with more random plots which has totally no meaning to the story.. it is an extremely strange dream and when I woke up, the very first thing i did.. without hesitation was to give Jun a SMS to find out how is she doing and that I missed the good old days and please take care. It was damn hard for me to make that gesture without sounding weird but I just didnt care about how i would look or occur in her view. Cause this is the actual feeling I am having, I genuinely wanted her to be well. Almost as if I am dying tomorrow and thats all I cared about. It's totally weird.. in a pleasant way of course... and it scared me when I checked google " we are vices to each other" it did showed up "made for each other.." along that line.. That scared the shit out of me.. how could I possibly know that? I wonder if its all in the infinite power in my sub conscious state telling me something that I should have done or should do in the future. I need a dream interpreter for this one.
Life without a schedule
I know the root cause to my more than extremely eccentric sleeping habits, it's cause I'm simply too free and I have nothing to occupy myself with, be it some form of companionship, a specific objective, a goal etc.
Without a schedule, I see my body clock fucking up so hard it's just plain demoralizing. I become a person who shun away from society cause "nobody can understand" . Waking up at 1am realizing your day has started and the next thing you collapse at 12 noon only to find yourself awake at 3:30pm is pretty fucked up. My body officially can't tell the difference between nap and sleep anymore.. In fact sometimes I sleep at 9pm and wake up at 2am to say "fuck".
With all these elements in place, I realize it can be quite terrifying an the thought of this constant solitary life I will be facing .. Shivers
I figured since I'm awake at the worlds weirdest hour every single day with My body clock almost non existent.. The only way is to just do what I feel is the "right" thing. Go out and run in the middle of the night , live life normally for it's probably the most productive thing I can possibly do.
I know I need a schedule, a goal in life which I can see myself possibly reach, an awesome companion, a body clock, a healthy diet etc.
When trying is not good enough.. You just do. Against all odds, against whatever people say about you.. You are the master of your soul. Nobody should tell you what or what not to do with your own life..
Persian Beats
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I was playing with Logic Pro and it led me to make this beat.
I was so inspired to make a persian beat after watching Prince of Persia. Just my impression of what persian sounds like anyways.
What makes music work?
Turns out generally music have 4 elements which I've categorized like this..
Grove or foundation : drums , bass
Atmospheric. : synth pads, long sustain
Rhythm : rhythmic synths
Melody : vocals or lead synth
Of course it's more complicated than that when ya working on a professional track where there could easily be 40+ tracks and it's all in the automations that make the music really stand out not forgetting the mixing and mastering process . Even though I'm so impatient I have to start from scratch and do it right.. Otherwise I will never learn anything.. Damn that's a scary thought ...
Musical Thoughts
Today, I was introduced to Raashan Ahmad by my very awesome dope friend Jamie Yao (she makes great vietnamese Poh piah) which is really awesome cause its what I would immediately identify as a cross genre between Soul and Hip Hop!
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It then got me thinking about music in general. Some eons ago, I do agree it is a Taboo to be listening to different Genres of music (which I was indefinitely doing) and even though I was doing that, I would openly diss others who listen to multiple genres. If someone were to ask me back then what do I listen too I would tell them mainly punk rock because punk rock is "cool" back then but honestly, I was listening to Radio hits as well and even though I do not say it out loud in my forehead that i do that, I actually do appreciate music in general. Back then I told the world that I listen to hip hop to the likes of Jurassic 5, Wu Tang Clan when in actual fact, I do not really listen to every single track they lay out there. I only appreciate certain songs come to think about it and that has got me thinking why the hell do I listen to almost everything (Genres I meant)? Don't I have a preference? I think more importantly, I suspect I have to have many different moods to be able to take in this much music.
Fast Forward today, I have listened to so many Genres and their sub genres to understand the various elements in a song that made the song work (for me) and now it's my turn to make my music work the way these music have influenced me.. It's all in the subtle arrangement, how the track was mixed, and your mood. Music indeed has a connection with people.. no matter how minimal, everybody listens to some form of music every single day.. why is that so? Before I was about to diss other newer music that have been introduced me this year.. ( weird music like Sequenza V ) I do wonder if people actually listen to these kinda music.. and appreciate it on a higher level etc. I just wanna say that it occurs to me that these music are down right straight up rubbish fuck shit. There is this huge repulsive reaction for me but is that the purpose for these kinda music? If it is, it does take and effect with people doesnt it? I mean music having an effect in you.. changes your mood sub conciously.. think about it.. when you step into a club.. step into a spa.. step into a friends apartment... step into a cab... step into a building.. a shopping center.. observe what they are playing and what effect does it have on you? Just some musical thoughts..Flora and Fauna
Despite having suffered a tragic incident yesterday, today was a relatively awesome day for me as I went ahead to purchase a new set of Keyboard and Mouse for my desktop which reduce about 50% of the wiring system.
Wait.. this blog post isnt about that... Oh yeah I purchased something called the Terrarium . Clicking on the word brings you to the website where I've bought it from together with Andy. Okay that sentence structure is wrong..
So incase you have no clue what a Terrarium is.. well.. its just a small little acrylic box where you have these living things growing. Its just a pleasant sight to look at instead of hardcore electrical equipment all over the studio.. You can see from the picture below how small this is and its really cute! Changes the feng shui around the studio and a pretty sight to look at for inspiration. Well Im no green thumb but I am learning okay!
Too insensitive to too many things so its time to get in touch yeah?
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