I was never in the past addicted to online games (save the few Yahoo! games). But this one's different. I just saw the rest of my siblings go at it for quite some time now, but I never got interested until last week.
What got me addicted? I can't pinpoint exactly, but I do have a few reasons at the back of my head.
1 - The challenge - I overheard Adi (one of my brothers) tell Martin (his elder brother, my younger brother), "Hindi sila nakaka-'perfect' madalas, kayang kaya natin 'yon". A perfect hit of the space bar at the right time garners a "Perfect" score, followed by "Great", "Cool" (medyo mababa na ang score sa "Cool"), "Bad" (at least you hit the space bar during that beat), and then a "Miss". So, it's like challenging myself, and making myself believe that, yes, I do have the proper timing in music.
2 - The music - Heard some of the tunes, and some of them are very Asian Pop. First I thought it was tacky, but then I started liking some tracks (una kong nadinig 'yung "Two of Us" habang naglalaro sister ko, which I immediately liked):
"Winter Story" by Can
"Two of Us" by Che Youn
"B Soul Funk" by Audition
Rain's "It's Raining", "Bad Boy", "Shunning the Sun", "Instead of Goodbye", and "Hand Shake"
So Eun Lee's "Charm"
Jewellery's "How are You"
Music Mount's "Can't Let You Go"
Ji Young Suh's "Stay in Me"
East Wind's "Deja" - maganda, may mga violins
and one of the audio tracks on the main page - just don't know what it is.
And they do have remix versions of Canon (2 to be exact) - incomparable to the Pachelbel version (hehehe) but fun for the game anyway.
3 - The character - This came latently, and not prior to actual playing of "Audition". I actually never paid any attention to this until my character leveled up (from "Stiffy" to "Novice"). Sobrang na-guilty naman ako nung tastas na shirt pala 'yung suot nung character ko kaya binilhan ko ng polo shirt and denim jeans. Isusunod ko 'yung short cut na hairstyle (which I love to wear myself), and then shoes (medyo mahal 'yung German pointed shoes, e - so I don't see my character purchasing this in the near future). Malapit ko na mabili 'yung sa hair, though.
I use the Audition SEA (South East Asia) version, by the way, which is mainly flocked by those from Singapore. But it's fun that I came across some Filipinos while playing. There were some dancing rooms that said "dito tayo" or "Filipinos here". Kakatuwa. Sadly hindi ganoon kalaki pa ang Filipino population in the "Novice" level. I wonder what the impact would be once Audition Philippines is released.
It's really exciting. I just hope I won't lose my head.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Noble Visions
Went to a PPO concert last night entitled "Noble Visions" (as above), with Joseph and good friend Dea. It featured the much-awaited "Pines of Rome" - placed in a set together with Hindemith's Noblissima Visione, a Mozart piano concerto - K. 488, and Piazzolla's Tres Movimientos Tanguisticos Portenos.
It was a fun watch - what with those trumpets and trombones with us on the balcony for the grand 4th movement of "Pines of Rome". And it was actually a good feeling to hear the words "Pines of Rome" or "Pini de Roma" together with "maganda", "interesting", "magaling" form people's mouths after the show. Even when Joseph and I went to have dinner at Pancake House after, we overheard a mother / wife from the table beside us mentioning to her husband "how beautiful that last piece, 'Pini de Roma' was".
I still love, love, love, that third movement (Pines of the Janiculum). Captivating talaga.
The first movement (Pines of the Villa Borghese) was played quite a little bit fast from what I was expecting, but nonetheless okay. Mas naappreciate ko siya siguro kung binagalan lang ng kaunti.
And then there's the Mozart piano concerto - lovely second and third movements. I think I have that back at home, hindi ko lang ata napapakinggan.
Piazzolla was the evening's unexpected surprise - mostly with the dancers on stage (during the second movement) and yes, the music, too. I really liked the first movement of it - pampelikula ang dating pero hindi pa rin siya "pop" (like a John Williams track). Siguro medyo may pagka-jazz, but it's still not pop. The second movement sounds a bit Gershwin to me, but the first movement's really nice - with that delicateness and preciseness of specific violin parts. Ganda.
Sayang lang that I wasn't able to catch "Nobelissima Visione" by Hindemith. Just curious what it's all about since the very occasion was named after it.
It was a fun watch - what with those trumpets and trombones with us on the balcony for the grand 4th movement of "Pines of Rome". And it was actually a good feeling to hear the words "Pines of Rome" or "Pini de Roma" together with "maganda", "interesting", "magaling" form people's mouths after the show. Even when Joseph and I went to have dinner at Pancake House after, we overheard a mother / wife from the table beside us mentioning to her husband "how beautiful that last piece, 'Pini de Roma' was".
I still love, love, love, that third movement (Pines of the Janiculum). Captivating talaga.
The first movement (Pines of the Villa Borghese) was played quite a little bit fast from what I was expecting, but nonetheless okay. Mas naappreciate ko siya siguro kung binagalan lang ng kaunti.
And then there's the Mozart piano concerto - lovely second and third movements. I think I have that back at home, hindi ko lang ata napapakinggan.
Piazzolla was the evening's unexpected surprise - mostly with the dancers on stage (during the second movement) and yes, the music, too. I really liked the first movement of it - pampelikula ang dating pero hindi pa rin siya "pop" (like a John Williams track). Siguro medyo may pagka-jazz, but it's still not pop. The second movement sounds a bit Gershwin to me, but the first movement's really nice - with that delicateness and preciseness of specific violin parts. Ganda.
Sayang lang that I wasn't able to catch "Nobelissima Visione" by Hindemith. Just curious what it's all about since the very occasion was named after it.
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