Music + Therapy = ?

Yeap yeap! one performance down! no photos, no videos taken. =X lolz! but the recording is imprinted in my memory! =) Scott, Terry, Meredith, Stuart. Yeap! my groupmates. =)
It was hmm.. awesome? ohkay? I still prefer the rehearsal better. lolz! I think all groups performed better during the rehearsal.

Last week's forum, it was a performance by these two people: the husband and wife from queensland. and it was awesome!! =) I not only love their performance, but also the concept.
They did mention something about bringing music back to where everyone can play it. It is not suppose to be an expensive thing to do. to play an instrument. We are caught up in a society that we thought we need to have that XXX brand instrument, or that awesome but freakin expensive instrument to sound good. But actually that's not the case. IN fact, every sound has it's own beauty and we should indeed embrace their beauty instead of looking at the shiny instruments in the shelf. It is a form of appreciation I guess and a reminder that everything has its own beauty as long as we really pay attention to it.

Their performance is based on percussion and piano. Where the piano is just superb! =D he modified the piano in a way that when he played it, the sound fits so beautifully to the percussion. and I never knew it was the piano until I was trying to see wht is he hitting. it was jz really small and random things that he uses to modify the piano, some random bolts, nails, paper and fix it on the strings of the piano. It was awesome! the percussionist too was excellent! she uses simple plates, papers! ropes! I wouldn't forget how she played the rope and the paper, the sound was just, incredibly brilliant.

And today! wala! another performance/ assignment 0.0 (I'd rather it to be called performance) lolz! the BIG BAND! where all music tech students shall now play together as a band! how cool is that! the song used is "In C" by Terry Riley. =DD love his concept too. and all of a sudden it has become.. wud I say, a dream come true? or.. another puzzle found to the mystery of why I chose music therapy out of no where when I was younger and why now music and psychology, and why in this music tech course, and finally the flow of everything that has happened. anyway! back to his concept! yea, he proposes that this piece is a social art work. which means, this brings community together and the importance of social interaction and where everyone can play and join in the fun kinda thing. =) the concept of community, bonding, interaction, relation. To me, it is a form of therapy. Therapy is just another "scientific" term where the core lies in the importance of connection between people as after all, we are social animals. This bringing people back together and forgetting about other things, "for example, status, pride, money those really realistic and significant things that stops us from being who we are" concept is what we need in the society right now. REal playing.

Well, hope we will have heaps of fun while doing this orchestra thingy! lOLZ! =D