Published on
September 23, 2006 in
Music.
I've been looking for a piano piece I heard a couple of weeks ago, but have struggled to figure out the name because (1) I can't whistle in tune very well and (2) I find it hard to describe music. I heard this song on a TV ad (might have been Nescafe) and also in a profound movie called "Bangkok in the evening" from the 4th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF) which I saw a couple of weeks ago.
I was looking through some iMixes on the iTunes Music Store and found it!
3 Gymnopédies: No. 1
Ah… that's made my day.
Published on
September 8, 2006 in
Music.
I had the pleasure of seeing Ben Folds perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra tonight:
It was a bit different to the usual concerts, but I still really, really enjoyed it!
The highlight was the impromptu arrangement of Rock This Bitch as a tribute to the late Steve Irwin (a suggestion by an audience member). After hearing the request, he sat down and wrote for a few minutes and then told each section of the orchestra what they had to play, and went with it. Awesome.
(On another note, the entry for Rock This Bitch on Wikipedia was edited by an anonymous user to mention the concert less than an hour after it finished. Crazy!)
Sony BMG (hissssssss) has put up a bunch of Ben Folds [Five] videos online. Woo! (Pity about the crummy flash movie player, though.)
