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[satopi3104]

 hi friends,

while i am sure many of you who are students are relishing in the feeling of SCHOOL IS OVER! SUMMER IS HERE AT LAST! HUZZAH!, I, along with the countless other misguided souls who are thinking of taking the bar exam this July, have started that dreaded process of bar review.  It pretty much amounts to condensing more than three years of

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[aegistheia]

Good luck on your bar exam! Memorization is truly overrated in too many fields.

Hahaha, I made your realization of the drummer = conductor only just recently myself! I was wincing my way through a particularly rocky rendition an ensemble was giving of an accompaniment and wondering what the conductor was doing when I realized that they didn't have one. And they were clearly not listening to the percussionist. (In my opinion, some pieces just really require a conductor no matter how rehearsed a group is. But that's just me.)

(if you don't know, singers are notorious for having significantly weaker mastery of rhythm than people who play instruments)That's rather interesting, actually, since I also have a much stronger sense of pitch than rhythm, but I am very much NOT a singer. I suppose this is also why I'm a sucky instrumentalist. :) (Maybe I'm just not meant for music in general?! LOL) I swear the only reason why I pass my conservatory examinations is because of my ear tests. Though, I suppose your point wasn't so much "

[satopi3104]

yay! music nerd talk

[aegistheia]

LOL I was actually in the middle of apologizing about how completely self-centred my comment was, when you'd answered already! I just really love to talk about music - I can talk about it forever too

[satopi3104]

ack! i was re-reading my post and realized i wrote "you don't need a conductor when performing a piano concerto" which is SO obviously far from the truth. i meant to write sonata. *shame*

[bclar]

I wouldn't say keeping the tempo (and I'm deliberately writing 'tempo' instead of 'rhythm' - be careful with those terms! I for example am good with rhythm but merely decent with tempo) is the drummer's job per se. Yes, in the end it usually is the drummer who does it, at least in professional bands, but it can be any instrument. As long as you have one person who has a good internal metronome and is able to somehow communicate the correct tempo (which includes the more insecure musicians to pay attention to him/his play), any instrument can be the group's metronome. You can have the opposite effect after all, one instrument slowing a whole group down or speeding them up because the player isn't paying attention, so of course you can also use that power for good

[satopi3104]

thanks for the point on tempo vs rhythm. you are right, i should be more careful about using those terms accurately.

and yeah, i know the pain of ensembles who are too occupied with the note sheets to look at the conductor. a lot of choirs have that problem too. it's cool that you were able to bring the group back to the right tempo. you're right in that it's often so gradual that people don't notice, and you just need someone to snap you out of it. it's hard to do that with vocal ensembles, be it pitch or rhythm, just because there is a limit to how loud you can sing i guess.

and finally, yeah, they probably get ear ticks (at least I am pretty sure the drummer does) so in reality it's probably not too much pressure.

[miung]

Sashiburiiiiii!! Hope you don't forget me after all! It's a been a while I didn't comment here wow o_O

First of all : cross fingers for your bar exam! I can imagine your stress if you have to memorize EVERYTHING. It's frightening... How long is your exam?? In France, we say "merde" (= shit) to bring luck.
So MERDE!!!!!

Your post about conductors is very interesting. I'm not a musician, neither a singer so I don't have any opinion :p But I agree about rock bands : the members rely on the drummer often.

Now I have a news. Maybe you're not aware but some K-pop bands are going in France : SM town!!! With DBSK (I mean Homin) and other groups (SNSD, Super Junior,...). And I've got a ticket!!!! I was wondering if you would like some merchandising. I don't know yet what I could buy there but you could be interested. Tell me so ;)

And of course Riida brings you luck too!! ^^

[satopi3104]

hiiiiiii!! of course I remember you! And thanks for the "merde"! the exam is two days long... T-T I hope I can survive.

and yes, I do know about SM town going to France. SO JEALOUS!!! You must be so excited!!

As for merchandising... I have no idea what they would be selling, but I will let you know if I find something I want. THANK YOU SO MUCH for thinking of me!

And ugh leader's kiss and wink. He totally was the BEST at it, wasn't he? *melts*

[miung]

Sorry I have to go to work so I can't reply properly! ^^
But I did an update on my LJ about official merchandising. Maybe you alreday know thanks to Omona. Here is my entry :
http://miung.livejournal.com/39481.html

Have a nice day :)