Category: Audio, Music, and Eargasm
Songs, music, earworms, and some new stuffs on my Spotify playlist.
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May 2017 and July 2017. We still miss you, legends
There are not a lot of singers who understand that it’s never about upstaging one another. Most of the time, those who understand how to elevate a song instead of competing are mostly the legends. You can hear it when Chester and Chris harmonized the chorus on timestamp 03:15. Damn. I still freaking miss them.… Continue reading
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Symphonic Anime by Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
At this point, this became a yearly event rejoiced by the public far and large. It’s pretty awesome seeing the musicians and the audience dressing up in their favorite characters too. Also, Naohisa Furusa-sensei rocks. Continue reading
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“Hallelujah”
During the Madrid trip, we went to Plaza Sol area and its surroundings when we saw crowd singing “Hallelujah” with a music busker. I feel the busker enjoyed it as much as we do. It was my first time seeing crowd singing together like that, and I got myself slightly emotional. It’s always beautiful to… Continue reading
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Kecak Dance at Uluwatu Temple, Bali
Watching this IRL has been one of my bucket lists. As of now, Youtube should suffice. Kecak dance is telling a story of Ramayana ballad — a story about a prince (Lord Rama) with his wife, Sita (in Indonesia, we named her “Shinta”) and their battle against evil force: Ravana. The story opens with kecak… Continue reading
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“Friday Nights” — John OFA Rhee w. Bottle Gods
This song is peak pandemic + introverts + geriatric millennials (“alright, it’s 10 PM! Time for me to go to bed.”) I never relate to a song this much. But wait, do I really have to go outside?All them people they drive me so damn crazyTryna tell me they’re something they’re not Oh wait, do… Continue reading
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“Time Traveling” — Anthony Lazaro and Sarah Kang
My two favorite humans. This song was made during the height of the pandemic — telling a story of long-distance lovers. ‘Cause when you have your morning coffee I’m turning out the lights so I could dream And when you smile through the screen I wish you could be here with me Continue reading
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(Finally) Figuring Out Podcasting — and still trying to figure it out now
Last year, I wrote about how I (finally) found the joy in listening to podcasts: Listening to podcast has been quite a bumpy ride for me. I can converse and understand English pretty well, yes, but I’m still not comfortable on listening podcast because it feels like it needs additional level of effort (listening and… Continue reading