it is time, where both our nervousness and our giddiness is at its peak: THE D-DAY (also, reflection)

note: it is the 4th of december. no questions.

TODAY WAS OUR PERFORMANCE. WE DID IT. WE GOT ON STAGE AND ACTUALLY PERFORMED. let's take a deep breath together, because it was a long and hard journey, but we. did. it. and that's amazing. I AM SO PROUD. i really do feel like i'm a proud mom.

things that happened:

• THE PERFORMANCES!!!!! the introduction, the songs, they hey judes and superstitions and thrillers sung out of our mouths. it was exhilarating, really. i am so amazed, even though there are a few things that i'm quite errr about - but still.
• THE AUDIENCE. one word: thank you. you're the best. AND ALSO YOUR bagus bangets (that means so amazing in indonesian). thank you.

things that went good:

• SINGING!!! HEY JUDE WAS AMAZING!!!!! SUPERSTITION TOO!!!! in my standarads (probably low, but this is really subjective), they were amazing.
• JUST BASICALLY ALMOST EVERYTHING!!!!

things that went bad and needs improvement:

• energy for thriller :((( I WAS SO SAD I WANTED TO DANCE. but peer pressure. but. there is this one funny story of me and rifa sort of awkwardly going off-beat and trying to fix ourselves though!
• a few parts in the music.

but to be honest, overall, it was both an amazing performance and amazing experience. i loved working with the creative cycle group. i honestly do. thank you so much for this amazing semester, ibu megan and all of the other students!

141203 update (well, later, but)

note: let us pretend that the date is the 3rd of december and rewind. be careful, it's going to be an awesome ride of roller coaster (well, for me, but - yeah, never mind).

WE ARE AMAZING IN OUR REHEARSAL TODAY!!!! an actual rehearsal in the theater building! i am super stoked about the performance for tomorrow, and i'm sure the rest of the class is, too. the energy was wow and i can't wait to have fun in the performance tomorrow! yay!

• hey jude: perfect.
• superstition: perfect.
• thriller: almost perfect. in my opinion.

i am maybe a little bit biased, but as you can see, i am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO happy for tomorrow!

141124 update

things that happened today:

• tried to work on thriller. didn't work. bu megan was disappointed with us, and to be honest, so am i with myself. we decided to go and move thriller stuff to wednesday so we can practice the things we've been doing.
• hey jude went okay, we just need to fix the ending part!
• superstition. vocals still need to be louder and the kolintangs are still going too fast. i tried my best to get the tempo right but i got swallowed up with the majority of others. so frustrating! also can finally attempt the second set of notes.
• the powerpoint made is going on smoothly!

i think that's it.

141117 update (actually three days later)

my mind's a bit fuzzy on what has happened because of exams. also, because i have just an okay memory on this since my mind was swarmed with EXAMSEXAMSEXAMS. huh, exams. but well, these are the things that happened monday! i think!

• hey jude went ok! yay!
• need to work on superstition's tempo and vocals and basically :( everything still :(
• thriller! listened to backing track and assigned positions. and stuff. everyone's got their positions so we're all set i guess
• also, behind-the-scenes positions too. it's only to operate the powerpoint + lighting and things like that woohoo

important announcement: our performance is pushed back because we're not prepared that much yet... as you can see... laughs...

141113 update

list of things we've done today (!!!):

• hey jude is completed! we've sorted out the instruments and got the whole thing sound good and it's going on pretty good today! though there was complications on doing so, i think we're doing really great. so that's good. really good! we've spent 5/6 of the period to perfect this. oop.
• superstition! i still have difficulties even in playing the first set of notes. that's not good. but overall we've done this pretty smoothly! also VOCALS! please. please. we all know you can be louder than that. YOU CAN. our drummer has been doing good too in the last run hehe.
• listened to the thriller backing track today!
• i think that's it?

things we need to do next week:

• perfect hey jude and superstition
• START ON THRILLER AND ROCK IT

141112 UPDATES (will try more of this)

sooooooo YEAAAAAH. haven't posted in weeks i'm a bit sorry of that but i will try to have more of that habit these days! i personally think we're doing okay - time still ticking, sadly! - but there are things we need to improve so a bullet list to update on what has been happening the other week (and other week, probably... sorry again)

• hey jude's harmonization has been completed!!!!! though still needs practice
• HEY JUDE'S INSTRUMENTS.... are a bit wonky..... as ibu megan said the only thing that's in tune for today is the piano :( but we're working on that
• SUPERSTITION!!!!!!!!!!!! everyone has been amazing with that. the instruments are a+++
• kolintang needs a bit of work though, mostly to keep in track with the tempo and stuff! also a bit of difficulty on the second set of notes but we can do it (i really hope so but i'm positive)
• also vocals..... you can do it dandy..... BE LOUDER. everyone BE LOUDER. not so much on kolintang though because the vocals need to shine
• WE DECIDED ON THRILLER!!!!! farah + dom is going to sing. there will be a - can i say it ibu megan haha? ha - backing track to support the vocals and stuff. there's going to be dancers if we work super hard on it! possibly more vocals too.

i think that's all? WE CAN DO IT!!!!

positions and instruments (updated) (for the last time)

hey jude / the beatle

• bass: michael
• guitar: alysa
• piano: pheobe
• drums: keizar
• tambourine thing: george, jennie
• vocals: najwa, daleescha, farah, nadya
• harmony: rest of the class except crew

 superstition / stevie wonder

• bass: michael
• guitar: amyra
• piano: phoebe
• drums: george
• vocals: dom, dandy
• kolintangs: rest of the class except crew

smooth criminal thriller / michael jackson

• bass: michael
• guitar: amyra
• piano: phoebe
• kolintangs: george, johan, ??? (I'M SORRY)
• vocals: dom, farah 
• harmony: rest of the class