::went back to school on Tues and Wed... lessons in the morning.. afternoon, did nothing much...
Thurs went to Chong Boon... we were suppose to go there today, the whole band I mean... cause the teachers not free so did not go... we went there ourselves... mostly is the small instrument people.. flute, clarinet, trumpet, french horn the most... go there see the other bands.. Mr Leonard Tan's bands were there.. SJC and CHIJ Toa Payoh... noticed that many bands playing American Riversongs.. luckily we are the 6th band... so its either we play very well, make their version seem inferior or the other way round... Whitley could have played better.. they were here during the first exchange at chong boon... think its because their 1st Trumpet people not here... then all seem kinda lost...
went for lunch, then joined their band practice.. practiced Singapore Rhapsody... then sight read their to challenge the skies and heavens above... not that hard actually... only the off-beat rhythms abit tricky.. took some pics.. namely Gavilan and Yizhen... haha.. whole day at Chong Boon.. got to know some of the CB people.. went home dead tired...
Went to Accent Music today... Vandoren updated its site, so now Singapore's listed in the International Distributors list... wanted to buy the 56 rue Lepic reeds... try it out.. took the MRT all the way to Bukit Batok.. not really familar with that area, so just followed my instincts.. looked at the map at the station, found the bus interchange, took bus 61... didn't really know which stop to alight.. luckily their website got a pic of the building... so roughly knew when to alight.. was 3+ by then.. the shop kinda nice.. has just about everything... asked the lady whether they had the 56 reeds... had a box of 3.5 left.. just nice.. use 3.5 most of the times.. $45 for the box.. compared to $28 for traditional cut... the packaging nice.. more style.. went to try the new reeds out... first thing I noticed was its smell.. haha.. smells "fresh".. the cutting also different, similar to Zonda's.. a very slight V-shape.. the butt end of the reed also thicker.. also a gentler slope of the reed, different filing.. playing wise, its got a richer sound.. sound also very stable.. from pianissimo to fortissimo not much of a problem... a reed isn't just a piece of wood.. its to the clarinet as a voice box is to a singer..::

.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:34 am:.
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