Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess entered Juilliard School of Music for classical piano training at the age of nine.
When he was 19 years old, he began to develop synthesizers in his music
(recording and performances). He is a recording artist, composer, producer and performer.

I knew him by Homie(again) and I just could not resist hie talent and just by watching his performance, all I could say was..."How.....why...how.......wow....."well, I started playing the piano at the age of six but I did not play constantly.
It just became a habit that I did not consider it as my future...
However, unlike me(obviously) Jordan did show his interest in music and he really did develop
and influence the music industry now.

Jordan was voted for the Best New Talent in the 1994 
Keyboard Readers Poll Keyboardist category after he released the solo album,
"Listen," He is the new member of Dream Theater.Before joining Dream Theater in January 1999, Jordan connected with John Petrucci and
Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater, bassist Tony Levin of King Crimson and Peter Gabriel notoriety, and recorded two albums with "Liquid Tension Experiment.

This is a really unavoidable secret!!
(Jordan has two books that have recently been released:
Total Keyboard Wizardry, a keyboard instructional book, was released in July 2004 by Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard publishers. In addition, Dream Theater's long-awaited keyboard anthology featuring DT's strongest keyboard compositions expertly transcribed by Jordan's transcriber Chris Romero, was also released last summer 2004 and is distributed by Warner Bros.)

Jordan Rudess never stops himself from exploring various possibilities of new technologies
like the ability to record his music through an online download on his website
http://www.jordanrudess.com
and his use of the new Haken Audio "fretless keyboard" contiuum.

This is just one of videos he played ethnic sound.. BEAUTIFUL!!!

There are more on youtube... or you can always visit my other BLOG (Korean one...)

http://homienmarge.blog.me/

Heart Rain

Raining in my heart

It's Sunday Afternoon waking up by raining sound.
Not only today... since yesterday raining raining and raining...

The laundry hanging outside wouldn't dry up by rain and I should have taken them off a long time ago.
But then I would think, Let it Rain... and Let it rain....

It's raining in my heart continuously...
After all, rain makes me down. Where's my old memories of jumping and running in the rain....
Somebody save me... Make my heart stop raining....

Just passed 4pm.... could not sleep more.... Rain keeps me awake from now on.

Clicked Youtube link and checked out what's the first music I would listen today....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquyp21atn8&feature=topvideos

By watching Americal Idol (Above link) makes me cry....

She's (Lauren Alaina) talented and great! She really cares for her cousin and I am so moved.....

Her first song ,  Faith Hill - Like We Never Loved At All, beautifully sung by her....

"Like We Never Loved At All"

You never looked so good

As you did last night

Underneath the city lights

There walking with your friend

Laughing at the moon

I swear you looked right through me

But I'm still living with your goodbye

And you're just going on with your life

[Chorus:]

How can you just walk on by

Without one tear in your eye?

Don't you have the slightest feelings left for me?

Maybe that's just your way

Of dealing with the pain

Forgetting everything between our rise and fall

Like we never loved at all

You, I hear you're doing fine

Seems like you're doing well

As far as I can tell

Time is leaving us behind

Another week has passed

And still I haven't laughed yet

So tell me what your secret is?

To letting go, letting go like you did, like you did

[Chorus]

Did you forget the magic?

Did you forget the passion?

Did you ever miss me

Ever long to kiss me?

Maybe that's just your way

Of dealing with the pain

Forgetting everything between our rise and fall

Like we never loved at all

You, you never looked so good 

Miserable Me Heart Rain.... Would you heal my heart that is broken apart and miserable... From up... above..... Can you see..... Would you pour on me and wash my poor soul.... It's raining here... Raining... heavily... in my heart... Clean my pain and wash away my wound.... Pour more more and more until my debts could be gone.... I am exhausted to take my guilt away.... Would you do it for me....

R O M A N Z A

Romanza is the first greatest hits album by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, released internationally in 1997.

The album is considered Bocelli's breakthrough album, and remains his most commercially successful to date, topping charts all across Europe and Latin America.    - from Wikipedia...

Many Classical guitarist do learn this song as basic yet it's beautiful and very emotional.

I started learning this song after "Shape of my Heart" and it's not easy at all when it comes to 'B' section!

My fingers are not used to position and transition that I am still having hard time to play this song!

So, Before I uploaded the full version of it, I have cut into Two parts...

Here's the first one... You will notice and know the tune.. It's very famous and played many times by different artists.. Enjoy... (and again, PARDON my poor playing.)

and this is 'B' Section so called 'Harder than A section'. hahahah

 Alright, after trying those two above, I managed to record the full version.

But I made so many mistakes and just carried on... w/o stopping the music.

:p

Oh, yes! for information, YOUTUBE is a really good place to learn!!!

Cheers:D

Shape of my Heart - Sting

Please... pardon my guitar playing... I am a very amateur who's learning guitar by herself...

But her love for guitar is developing very slowly and I just can't stop it.

http://homienmarge.blog.me/

(this is the link to my Korean Blog... Do check it out...if you want. hahah!)

It's my first video ever!!! woohoo!!!

The reason I uploaded the video despite of my poor playing is to prove that I am  not bluffing on blog.

Plus it helps me to practice more and more. hahaha.

This video below is the original song...

have listen to this...it's beautiful.....

What do you live for.

Finding your purpose

Purpose, -n: 1. something set up as an object or end to be attained, 2. the reason for which something exists or is done.

Right now...
What do you live for...
What is your living force...
What is your pulling factor that makes you to live....

Your life changes according to your answers...

and of course...Answers varies...

Does your Answer come from your head? or heart??

My answer is stuck.

How about you... I guess me... I still need to take my journey and find more and more.

Do you feel emptiness....?

I am finding my purposes in my life... 

Open my mind and ask myself sincerely...

What's your purpose of yourlife...

What is it....

Shifting Sings?!? New Star Signs in 2011?!?! WHY???

There has been a debate over this issue so far...
"Am I not Aquarius any more?"
"Why is it changing after thousands of years...?"
For those who's shocked or not aware of this... We should rectify something here...

Confusing?

There are certain facts you might need to know before discussing about changing of your signs...

 - There are two major systems controls Zodiac signs ;-

  Tropical astrology and Sidereal Astrology.

First, let's define what are these....

 T.A (Tropical Astrology) is based on Earth's relationship/movement with the Sun and the 4 seasons.

It is mainly practised in North America and Europe, thus so called 'Western Astrology'.

 Whereas S.A(Sidereal Astrology) is the Hindu system that is based on Earth's relationship with the stars and therefore zodiac signs against the actual sky.... 

Alright, the discussion over this issue...( i don't know whether i should put this as an issue)

First, CNN announced this news that made many people shocked and surprised....

Then new Zodiac sign has given as below :-

Capricorn: January 20 to February 16

Aquarius: February 16 to March 11

Pisces: March 11 to April 18.

Aries: April 18 to May 13

Taurus: May 13 to June 21.

Gemini: June 21 to July 20

Cancer: July 20 to August 10

Leo: August 10 to September 16

Virgo: September 16 to October 30

Libra: October 30 to November 23

Scorpio: November 23 to November 29

Ophiuchus: November 29 to December 17

Sagittarius: December 17 to January 20

The new sign..which is 'OPHIUCHUS' has pushed everything behind as you can see it above...

and this led to many many discussion, such as....

1) This change will affect only those born after 2009
2) There will be no influence of change in western world
3) Earth’s movement does not determine Astrological signs
4) 12 Months relate to 12 Zodiacs and adding 13th one means 13th month must be added too.

However, if you think about it, Astrologers looked into the skies and realized that the earth had shifted and made the sings changed.... This is what they thought and they didn't remember that in the western world, we use the tropical zodiac and not the sidereal zodiac... This means NEW 2011 ZODIAC SIGN is not possible since we follow T.A not the positioning of the stars.... This has been going on for many many years and just happened to reveal at the PERFECT time.. ha.....

Now..do you get it??

Tropical astrologer never use the Sidereal system to interpret the Chart....

It's quite unlikely Ophiuchus will be included in the syster since 12 number of signs has become accepted for purposes of easier and exact math calculations.... So the new change in the star signs would only be accepted and followed by those who believe and follow the culture....

Gratefully, the truth came out a few day after the CNN news that esp for those who tattooed incorrectly don't need to worry about this any more....

 Watch this video and see what you think...or You may ReConsider....

CLEO Cover girl launch party 2011

My session was at 2pm:D

15th of Jan.... 2011!!!

I was called from Cleo out of so many people called (I assumed...), I was picked for the cover girl party.

Was very excited and thrilled that it's something totally new in my life!

I would never call for this kinda thing, but WHY NOT just TRYING???

Yes, so I did..and I was called for this!! Can you believe it?!?!!

The day I received mail from Cleo... I couldn't believe that I got the mail!

Gave them a call to reconfirm my session and yes... It was really happening!!

I was regretting and telling my self that Why didn't I lose my weight long time ago...

I had a lot of chances to do that...but NOW HERE I aM!!!

Well, Despite of my weight...haha.... 

Kept my positive thinking and challenged myself...heheh

around 50 girls lining up for their make-up and clothing...

WOW!
Not many girls are...... Chubby or fat...
Most of them looked as if they've had this kinda experience before and I was so new..
There were 4 make-up artists and we had to wear what they suggested...
They provided jeans (the biggest was 26!!!!!) and shirts were so small! until they revealed my HIDDEN FATs... almost everywhere... yes.. it was embarrassing....

It was held at DKNY shop @One Utama

HAHA!

I am nothing putting a hope on this but it was a great try in my life...

Something to challenge myself as well..:p
Will update on this who's the COVER girl....heheh

Candle

Reminds me of myself

One day... Someday....

I shall sacrifice myself just like a candle.

The more you melt, the more you brighten up the place and people.

You disappear beautifully with a pleasant scent.

Although you may not be remembered,

they would remember your scent and your light.

....

GuZheng

GuZheng... you are my new love:D

 

 

Have I missed this?
Recently I've found what I've been missing in my life....
One by one, I am digging myself to discover all of them.
Something familiar.... I've done before.... perhaps I've lost contact with it... or I've forgotten about it for a long time.... and today two of them just triggered my past memories and I just had to jump into both of them. It may sound very awkward and psycho-ish, but I just loved the fact that I did it!

 1. Mathematics - This subject and myself have never been cooled off... The more I lose touch with it, the more I just miss it so much... Yeah.. This is what happened today. I grabbed a cheap Maths book with note book... came home... Gonna be crazy tomorrow solving all the questions... I am so excited! I just love NuMbErS!

LOL... Welcome to my life again....

Muach Mauch MUACH!!!

2. GuZheng
 Well, this needs a lil bit of explanation. 
When i was young..(hahaha;;;) hm... 12? I played a Korean Instrument called 'Gayageum' when I was learning the dance at the same time... It's consisted of 12strings with Pentatonic scale... and I quite enjoyed it.... played it for about 2 yrs and stopped since I wanted to focus on academic studies...
After a long time... yesh...very..... more than 10yrs...
I saw this Chinese instrument which looks very similar to this Korean one and I was so excited to see one like that...  So.. I tried...TRIED. and IT WORKED! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE:D

and today... when i walked to the store, i saw the instrument again!

you'll be mine soon!

I couldn't buy Guzheng since I didn't have enough cash to pay for it. haha... just couldn't afford one.
But I promised myself to get one in the future!!! and now... while I am blogging, I am searching for Guzheng player on youtube... Her name is Bei Bei... and she plays so beautifully and sometimes very passionately that makes me to hold the instrument more and more. Yes, She does trigger me more and more..hhaha..

And, there's a band called "The twelve girls band" that GIRLS play all the Chinese instruments and perform from Traditional to Western...
Check this video....

Beautiful...aren't they...

Wargh... I really have one!!!
okay..time to save money..HA!

Brain's Gear System

How would my brain function?

Nothing solves smoothly when you are in an inadequate mood or depression.

You are focusing too much on your un-logical part of yourself that you may not think of escaping... It works as if a car's fallen into muddy ground which wouldn't move at all unless somebody puts an effort to get it out of the ground. Thus it requires determination to do so.

Without knowing a reverse gear in a car system, the car would sink more and more... and the driver would get more anxious about the situation... The only solution would be pressing accelerator to make sure that wheels are turing. 

Our brains.... should function  like how we drive cars. Are ours trained in daily lives?

Our gear system has a capability to create a good one. 

It's obvious that ... if we know how to use our system properly, our confidence could boost up and 'Fate' - so called... could change... or our lives could change..

Because we, ourselves, determine to rectify by ourselves.... our friends, parents, co-works can be influenced by us. We can never share unless we experience and feel it first.

One's Desire

Hidden Desire

Realizing one's value and desire.

Creation is one's desire... 

We, human beings, do fall for emptiness w/o feeling fulfillment within us.

This is when creation is not alive even when we are provided by wealth, shelter and affection.

However, emptiness is a significant feeling of a human being

when creation is not awake and pressured.

There's no brain w/o creation...it's just the creation hasn't been triggered yet.

Do accept/admit your own creation and should be able to wake it up and make use of it.

The key to Creation is... Determination.

No knowledge or skills... our willing would lead brains to function.

Do feel fulfillment and satisfaction through creation....

That'd be the hidden desire.

Marge's Diary: S.E.L.F

Marge's Diary: S.E.L.F: "Nuditiy...Somthing tempts me always... To some people, the above pic would look very sexy or too exposed or perhaps they might think it..."

S.E.L.F

Nuditiy...Somthing tempts me always...

To some people, the above pic would look very sexy or too exposed or perhaps they might think it's overly uncomfortable. Well, my new year's first post would want to be a bit different... and Yes, like how my title says 'SELF' would be the story today.

Without realizing the days passing, it's already mid- January of 2011 and I am quite glad how I've been spending my days since 1st of January. Me wanting to perform outside and exposing myself more to outer(?) world started with a new year's gig at 42East restaurant where our first band members wouldn't satisfy with the performance well yet did entertain the crowd.. so were proud of ourselves. The next was replacing a pianist who's way better than I am but gratefully accepted the request w/o concerning the money, I did enjoy the night with another new members.

Changing of college would be something to add to my story here.
After educating myself in Music college for almost 2 years, I finally decided to drop out.
It's sad the fact that I am leaving and might look wasting time ...
Starting something new from scratch always requires courage and facing the difficulties in the future.
It ain't mean that I am confident... Being overly confident is something I am being Very Careful thesedays.
Back to the story again, Yes... I am moving out from my old college and facing something quite different from what I've learned so far. I've a feeling that it may be very exciting and adventurous or very tight and hard to compete with...
Coming to this conclusion had put me into many thoughts and consideration.
Mainly because of my age.... many people out there may say...age is just number but looking at the reality did scare me for a long time. That's also because I've always had a plan A for my future... It sounds very typical but I believed that's how it's supposed to work in my life... However, I've realized that my life is turning into a Dynamic life and it's never been the same as the others. Honestly, the nude pic above is helping to clear my thoughts in a way.
I've thought of taking pic of myself being nude. However, I am not so confident in front of mirror and taking pics of me like that just embarrasses me... On the other hand, thinking that I would be wearing nudity changes my mind and actually I am wiling to do that pretty soon. I love the angle of the pic and how the shadows drawing on the body.
It's too beautiful.

Next one.. would be ... being in a band.
It's also one of things 'want to do list' - I would imagine myself there always...ha..
and surprisingly I am in! There would be ups and downs while we are working out but I am so happy and glad that I am accepted and would be able to play with great musicians... which I would learn from them quite a lot.
I would love to contribute ideas and thoughts with them and love to try my best since I've always interested this genre.
Well, The details of this band would be uploaded soon.:D

The very last one...
It's very funny but amazing that 'Iron Hyde' got into semi-finals!!! for a competition!! woohoo
(*claps claps*)
We had only one practice on the day itself and We didn't have enough time to go through the songs in details.
Just roughly going through the songs.... Me on keyboard, Farouk on Acoustic guitar and Adam (the band leader) on Vocal.
It was amazing how the crowd did support us heartily~ esp when we played 'Metalica - Nothing else matters'.
According to Adam, he felt like as if it was his own concert...hehee...
It was only last night @ Arista (Tropicana city mall) and Farouk & Adam had a great time jamming with musicians.

Oh...well...
That's how I've spent my days ...
Cool, right?
hahaha...
Cheers.