This is for all you piano players out there! Your job for this week is to master 10 Yiruma songs of various levels. You have seven days to practice and play the pieces fluently. Send a video tape to the address you normally send for your Challenges of the Day and show your performance and everyone who manages to accomplish this will win a greater surprise in their mailbox! Note, you may not play the songs you have selected for previous Challenges of the Day. Now warm up your fingers and get playing!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Piano Players: The Yiruma Challenge
This is for all you piano players out there! Your job for this week is to master 10 Yiruma songs of various levels. You have seven days to practice and play the pieces fluently. Send a video tape to the address you normally send for your Challenges of the Day and show your performance and everyone who manages to accomplish this will win a greater surprise in their mailbox! Note, you may not play the songs you have selected for previous Challenges of the Day. Now warm up your fingers and get playing!
Songs Request Program
Hey everyone. From today on, you guys can request songs to me and I'll send you the song. You can also request videos on the website. All you have to do is e-mail in and send a request. E-mail to this address: song_request@hotmail.com. If you have anything else like sheet music you would like to request, simply e-mail the same address. It may be a while before your requests come back. But I'll try my best to fulfill all of the requests as quickly as possible. Thanks!
A Whole New Test
Hey everyone. I have new news for all of you guys. There's a worldwide contest for alll composers out there! The contest will officiall kick off on January 31st and the closure date for all submissions will be on March 14th. This contest will host many musically talented individuals around the world to show off their abilities to create music. The music must be original and innovative. Contestants must also create their own music and provide their own lyrics to the song. All submissions must be in PDF format and/or Finale compatible (at least 2007 ver.) and must be sent to this e-mail address: contest_submissions2009@hotmail.com
You can enter the competition in groups or solo. The prizes for the different ranks are outlined below:
1st Place - $5,000
2nd Place - $3,500
3rd Place - $2, 000
4th Place - $1, 000
5th Place - $500
The prizes will not differ if you decide to work in groups so the prize will have to be split up accordingly between the members of your group.
Let the world see the music you can create!
(Dates are in Canadian time)
You can enter the competition in groups or solo. The prizes for the different ranks are outlined below:
1st Place - $5,000
2nd Place - $3,500
3rd Place - $2, 000
4th Place - $1, 000
5th Place - $500
The prizes will not differ if you decide to work in groups so the prize will have to be split up accordingly between the members of your group.
Let the world see the music you can create!
(Dates are in Canadian time)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Challenges of the Day #2
Hey everyone! Well here's your first challenge of the day. As I mentioned before, you have an option of choosing any one of these 3 challenges and submit them before the end of today. Today's challenges are a little bit harder and a bit more rigorous for piano players out there. Here are the three challenges you can choose from:
1) Flawlessly play any three songs by Yiruma (except for "River Flows In You")
2) Master 3 choreographies of three different contemporary groups
3) Sing 3 korean songs of any genre by 3 different artists
Same as before, mail your accomplishments in by e-mail or just plain mail. And the earlier you submit your stuff, the better chance you will have in receiving prizes.
Anyways, if anything comes up, I'll let everyone know about it.
- Jeff Lee
1) Flawlessly play any three songs by Yiruma (except for "River Flows In You")
2) Master 3 choreographies of three different contemporary groups
3) Sing 3 korean songs of any genre by 3 different artists
Same as before, mail your accomplishments in by e-mail or just plain mail. And the earlier you submit your stuff, the better chance you will have in receiving prizes.
Anyways, if anything comes up, I'll let everyone know about it.
- Jeff Lee
Challenges of the Day #1
Hey everyone! Well here's your first challenge of the day. As I mentioned before, you have an option of choosing any one of these 3 challenges and submit them before the end of today.
Here are the three challenges you can choose from:
1) Flawlessly play the song "Rive Flows In You" by Yiruma (DVD/video)
Here are the three challenges you can choose from:
1) Flawlessly play the song "Rive Flows In You" by Yiruma (DVD/video)
2) Sing the song "Balloons" by DBSK (CD (with visuals)/DVD/video)
3) Learn the dance steps to the song "Rainism" by Rain (DVD/video)
You may send your accomplishments through e-mail with an attached file or send it by mail on a disk or DVD of some sort. With an e-mail, make sure you state the address of your house and other necessary information required for mail. (Oversea contestants are accepted as well)
I'm looking forward to your accomplishments and the first 30 to complete 1 of the 3 tasks will receive a surprise in their mail!
Good luck with the challenges and I'm looking forward to your amazing skills.
3) Learn the dance steps to the song "Rainism" by Rain (DVD/video)
You may send your accomplishments through e-mail with an attached file or send it by mail on a disk or DVD of some sort. With an e-mail, make sure you state the address of your house and other necessary information required for mail. (Oversea contestants are accepted as well)
I'm looking forward to your accomplishments and the first 30 to complete 1 of the 3 tasks will receive a surprise in their mail!
Good luck with the challenges and I'm looking forward to your amazing skills.
Friday, January 16, 2009
A Whole New Style of Music
Hey everyone. This is Jeff Lee and this is my blog. Here in K-pop central, there will be a lot to discuss about a new style of music, Korean music! There will be many things to do and feel free to comment on anything related to just music in general. You can explore new things in Korean music, watch some videos, and comment on some things.
Every day, there will be a little thing called "Challenges of the Day" which are few competitions and tests (I know that you don't like this since I don't either...) where you can take part in interactive events that will require a lot of exploration on the internet. Sometimes, you might be required to show off your talents in music. Anyways, Korean music is a whole new style of music that is currently spreading worldwide. So, if you are up for trying out new things, why not give this a try!
Anyways, this is Jeff Lee bringing you an introduction and a welcome to my blog!
Every day, there will be a little thing called "Challenges of the Day" which are few competitions and tests (I know that you don't like this since I don't either...) where you can take part in interactive events that will require a lot of exploration on the internet. Sometimes, you might be required to show off your talents in music. Anyways, Korean music is a whole new style of music that is currently spreading worldwide. So, if you are up for trying out new things, why not give this a try!Anyways, this is Jeff Lee bringing you an introduction and a welcome to my blog!
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