Sing, Sing A Song...

I had a really great time during the 'choir' practise for Theodore's nieces wedding. It was basically Theodore, Martha, Isabel and myself singing. I think Del will be joining us too. It was really great to be back with the band and for once, I felt confident about my singing. We usually do secular songs with insanely high keys and I'm not very confident about my singing when I'm with them. I mean they're all great vocalists. However, this time, they were on my turf; church hymns! Whahaha! Isabel was really phenomenal on Ave Maria( Schubert I think ) and I'm glad that I don't have to do all that Latin. Anyway, I met yet another musical guy today.

Now, for those of you who know me well enough, I don't call any Tom, Dick and Harry who can play an instrument musical. This guy though, really showed me what a big gulf in class there is between a professional and myself. His name is Kenneth and his musical journey is pretty amazing too. He is self-taught and started playing at a relatively late age of 15. After his NS, he flew down to the States to audition for a place in an academy to do his degree. This is someone who didn't read scores and had no lessons. He made it through and he does about 2 big projects a year(like at the esplanade) and also teaches (He used to teach at La-Salle). This guy's chording is really damn nice and his transposing is damn cool. I mean ppl like me are stuck with simplistic dominant chord transpositions! Argh!!! Did I mention that he sings well too and has an amazing range? Anyway, I think the Church is really has quite a few talented musicians and I hope that it won't chase them away. Of course, they can't be too arrogant as well.

To prove my point(and to give you a rough gauge my standard of musical)...

Terrence Teo - Super Arranger and professional. Humble and a nice guy too! The one who tricked me into playing for Charismatic by saying that he wanted to take a 1 month break which ultimately lasts till today!

Kenneth - Refer to above.

Trevor Nerva - Another talented professional. Sings well too.

Desmond Seah - Pianist from Holy Spirit. Not as good as some in this list but that's due to the fact that he's not a professional musician. He also does not possess any Dip/Degree in Music but good enough.

The SVDP Guy who played for Jacino's wedding - I forgot his name but he's not bad. Jazz and especially R&B pro. Also not a professional Musician.

The Idiot - As much as he's an arrogant SOB and a major prick, I can't deny that he is talented. If I were to be less biased, I would put him higher up this list. Gets into too much trouble though.


The really great thing about this is that these are only musicians in the North District. That's also considering that I do not know people from Star of the Sea, Risen Christ and the one in Woodlands. Essentially, its six people in 4 Churches! Oh well, hopefully, I can reach the halfway mark after 3 years!