Rekadohttps://elephly.net/feeds/tags/chinese.xmlTag: chinese2023-09-24T23:33:34Z“Tianshi” on Alto Stickhttps://elephly.net/posts/2010-08-17-tianshi.htmlRicardo Wurmusrekado+web@elephly.net2010-08-17T00:00:00Z<p>When my colleague was in the middle of preparations for getting
married, he asked me to play a nice song at his wedding. “Nice”
songs are a neglected minority in Chinese pop music; most of the
popular songs deal with love affairs gone wrong, broken hearts,
the loss of the original feeling, or they describe the emptiness
after the loved one has passed away. Nothing that would really
fit to the (admittedly cheesy) celebration of Eternal Love™.
Hence, my vast catalogue of popular songs was all but useless. I
had to learn how to play a new song: Mayday’s “Angel”.</p><p>This is my practise session in its blunt ugliness. I spliced in a
solo section recorded at a different angle to divert you from the
boredom. As you will probably notice, the introduction was lifted
from my improvisation <a href="/posts/2010-08-05-flow-on-the-alto-stick-video.html">“Flow”
which I recorded earlier</a>.</p><p>(Yes, this is the same shirt as in my last video...)</p><p>My next recording will likely be an original song, unless I will
be asked by my friends at youku.com for more sino pop before it is
ready.</p><video width="100%" autobuffer="true" controls="true" poster="tianshi.jpg"><source src="/downies/videos/tianshi_low.mp4" /><source src="/downies/videos/tianshi_low.ogv" /></video><p>I offer this video for download in several formats. Choose one
from the list below. When you do not want to care about codecs,
<a href="http://videolan.org">download the free VLC player</a>. If
you are on GNU/Linux <code>mplayer</code> will work fine, too.</p><h2>Medium Quality (HD 720)</h2><div class="download"><table><tr><th>codecs</th><td>h.264 + mp3</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate A</th><td>192 kbps</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate V</th><td>3 Mbps</td></tr><tr><th>container</th><td>mp4</td></tr><tr><th>size</th><td>109 MB</td></tr></table><a href="/downies/videos/tianshi_medium.mp4">download</a></div><div class="download"><table><tr><th>codecs</th><td>ogg theora</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate A</th><td>192 kbps</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate V</th><td>3 Mbps</td></tr><tr><th>container</th><td>ogv</td></tr><tr><th>size</th><td>135 MB</td></tr></table><a href="/downies/videos/tianshi_medium.ogv">download</a></div><h2>Low Quality (HD 480)</h2><div class="download"><table><tr><th>codecs</th><td>h.264 + mp3</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate A</th><td>128 kbps</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate V</th><td>1.5 Mbps</td></tr><tr><th>container</th><td>mp4</td></tr><tr><th>size</th><td>56 MB</td></tr></table><a href="/downies/videos/tianshi_low.mp4">download</a></div><div class="download"><table><tr><th>codecs</th><td>ogg theora</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate A</th><td>128 kbps</td></tr><tr><th>bitrate V</th><td>1.5 Mbps</td></tr><tr><th>container</th><td>ogv</td></tr><tr><th>size</th><td>55 MB</td></tr></table><a href="/downies/videos/tianshi_low.ogv">download</a></div><h2>Streaming</h2><p>The video is available on <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTk5MDQ4MDE2.html">Youku</a>.</p>Jia Ting Yan Bo Shihttps://elephly.net/posts/2010-04-12-jiatingyanboshi.htmlRicardo Wurmusrekado+web@elephly.net2010-04-12T00:00:00Z<p>The final cut of what has been recorded for the interview show
<em>Jia Ting Yan Bo Shi</em> is going to be aired on Friday,
April 16 on <em>Shanghai Dianshi Tai</em>.</p><p>You will hear Jackie and myself talk about many private issues
and our opinions on living in Shanghai. Our first live
performance of <a href="/posts/2010-04-05-deng-hou.html">“Deng
Hou”</a> is also going to be aired during the program.</p><p><strong>Update (April 18, 2010):</strong> A 20 minute section of <a href="http://www.letv.com/ptv/vplay/660375.html">the show is already
online</a>.</p><p><strong>Update (April 21, 2010):</strong> <a href="http://ent.joy.cn/video/1168864.htm">Part B</a> and <a href="http://ent.joy.cn/video/1168865.htm">part C</a> are also up
now. At the end of part C you can hear our terrible rendition of
Deng Hou. The vocal harmony is pretty off there.</p>Deng Houhttps://elephly.net/posts/2010-04-05-deng-hou.htmlRicardo Wurmusrekado+web@elephly.net2010-04-05T00:00:00Z<p>When we were told that during our appearance on “Jia Ting Yan Bo
Shi” we were to peform a song, Jackie and I thought it would be a
good idea to write our own song. I still had a chunk of nice
simple music without lyrics. After Jackie had spent a day to
think about the first verse, we would both sit down to discuss,
reject and rewrite both words and music.</p><p>The unnamed song was first performed on the set of “Jia Ting Yan
Bo Shi”. I hope we can get our greedy hands on a recording if
the program directors decide to remove it from the final cut.</p><p>You can <a href="/downies/music/deng_hou.ogg">download a demo
recording here</a> or listen to it right here.</p><object height="81" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6334329" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6334329" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" /></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/rekado/deng-hou">等候</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rekado">rekado</a></span><h2>Lyrics</h2><h3>Verse 1</h3><pre class="lyrics">
da da da da
ping dan de ri zi you ni cai hui jing cai
平淡的日子有你才会精彩
da da da da
wei feng ta chui guo ni liu xia de hua
微风它吹过你留下的花
gu du de xin
孤独的心
xiang yao fei dao you ni de tian kong xia
想要飞到你的天空下
wei xiao
de gan jue na me jian dan de hui lai
微笑 的感觉那么简单的回来
</pre><h3>Part B</h3><pre class="lyrics">
cen jing de tian mi hui yi wang bu liao
曾经的甜蜜回忆忘不了
shi luo de xin kan bu dao
失落的心看不到
yang guang de fang xiang
黎明的方向
</pre><h3>Verse 2</h3><pre class="lyrics">
da da da da
ping dan de ri zi you ni cai hui jing cai
平淡的日子有你才会精彩
da da da da
xue hua ta piao guo ni wo zou de lu
雪花它飘过你我走的路
jian ding de xin
坚定的心
kan jian bu yuan chu lv se de chun tian
相信明年春天与你重逢
wei lai
未来
de sheng huo cheng xian zai wo de nao hai
的生活呈现在我的脑海
</pre><h3>Part B'</h3><pre class="lyrics">
ming tian de xiang yi xiang wei meng jian liao
明天的相依相隈梦见了
yong gan de xin zai hu huan
勇敢的心在呼唤
li ming de shu guang
黎明的曙光
</pre>Meeting with Program Directorshttps://elephly.net/posts/2010-01-29-meeting-program-directors.htmlRicardo Wurmusrekado+web@elephly.net2010-01-29T00:00:00Z<p>
We will be meeting with the program directors of Quan Jia Dou Lai Sai
today to discuss details of our performance.
</p>Quitian Bu Huilaihttps://elephly.net/posts/2009-11-02-qtbhl.htmlRicardo Wurmusrekado+web@elephly.net2009-11-02T00:00:00Z<p>
Watch me play <emph>Qiutian Bu Huilai</emph> on the
guitar: <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI5Njk4OTI4.html">video
link</a>
</p>