For some reason, Band 11 makes me think of Uncle Kracker's Smile.
You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like a bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night
Truth be told, this was the first ever semester during which I actually bubbled with excitement over band practices. Other than songs like *coughs* Beyond the Sea *coughs* Ponteio *coughs*, playing with you guys had been, as Derene put it, de-stress sessions. And yes, I WAS cruh-ay-zee on some Sunday nights, especially those preceding practices for Circle of Life and Man in the Mirror. You made me sing like a bird. Not a nightingale though, a crow, maybe.
You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile
You made me want to shine like gold (: Not that I didn’t want to, for the past semesters, but there was something being with the four of you spurred me to try that extra harder, to go that extra mile. Then again, maybe it was the songs we chose. Hey, playing a song that you love, or eventually come to love, makes a HELL LOT of a difference, okay? Plus, our surprises for our audience during our 3 assessments (performing the first symphonic metal song of the semester - Discord, throwing out Gatsby hair products for I Can’t Give You Anything But My Love, marching for the introduction of All You Need Is Love) made EVERYONE buzzed like a bee.
Why we might be labeled MAD or KOOKY:
1. Band practices at 8am in the morning, almost daily for these 2 weeks. Yes, Clarence, we hear you. We owe you, and all of our awesome guests, a meal though how huge would depend on our pocket size
2. Half of our songs were presented in a big band, no pun intended. We imported more than 6 guests at a time. E.g. 10 guests for Circle of Life and 9 for All You Need Is Love. Imagine all the schedules we had to sift through to arrange practices.
3. Our odd song choices. We crooned a a capella piece, did a Disney-themed song, chanted our World Music-genre hymn in choir style, attempted a Pop song by playing our respective minor instruments and revived an ancient commercial jingle but in full version. No wonder Emma ran away when I wanted to ask him to play for our band.
But screw all that. I love you guys (:
I know my piano skills are FAR from perfect and my mistakes during the finals would not be the first time I let you people down but you made me improve a lot. And you guys showed me what makes a band, a band. You guys showed me we don’t have to play mind-boggling pieces with erratic rhythm and groove to capture the audience, but take things a step at a time as we move along the semester and enjoy ourselves on stage after we worked our asses off during practices. You guys showed me that I don’t have to frown throughout band practices and performances but smile.
And I thank you for that (:
And this is all of us trying to squeeze into a teeny weeny room in 6 Strings for our practice for the song All You Need Is Love. Should have taken a photo from the door to show the size and the sheer number of people suffocating inside. But it was good fun, especially our last practice before assessment the next day.
And this is all of us trying to squeeze into a teeny weeny room in 6 Strings for our practice for the song All You Need Is Love. Should have taken a photo from the door to show the size and the sheer number of people suffocating inside. But it was good fun, especially our last practice before assessment the next day.
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