May 17th: song lesson and new tent-fare obsession
[ posted by mcdeviltoast ]
Day 243
The song lesson is a smash. I cue them with a rhyme sound, like "o" or "ay" and then they shout out lines for the verses. I wrote the chorus which goes: "This is our song/ it's not very long/ if we sing it wrong/ they will send us to Hong Kong."
I've already gotten some classic lines like: "one minus one is zero," "celebrate Halloween in many ways," "I like a UFO," "this is the month to plant tomato," "this is my motto" (how metal tuff is that?) "I am hungry for bread," "I can't find my key," etc. The feeling I get when they all start singing the chorus is incredible. It sounds like a "Give Peace a Chance" kind of melody and the way a student's face lights up when they hear a line they wrote is invigorating. This is rapidly becoming my favorite lesson.
The apathy crew even got into it, and din't even mention WC like I expected. Some students didn't understand the whole "sentence" vs. "word or phrase" so I added a preface so as not to discourage them: "Noodles says 'Let's go.'" I'm going to have professional guitarist callouses by this week's end I'm certain.
After classes, I met Heather up at the place with all the CHinglish shirts and shopped around, picking up another four gems for female pals back home. They should go over well at the 80's show, so I guess the flame's under my ass to ship 'em back before then. I ate a sandwich from KFC (not proudly) then we biked back to Heather's.
While she had a dizi lesson, I watched the Muse live DVD to check if it was encoded right. The sound didn't match up, but that might be the fault of the player. At any rate, the edits were so chaotic, it was hard to tell anyway. We rounded up Rhys and Jeni for some snacks and BBoss at the tents. My new favorite thing is the fried sausage, which tastes like a bacon-wrapped after frying. The lady cuts artichoke-like slits in it before dropping it in the oil and it's a little painful to watch, considering what it resembles. "Easy there, rabbi!"
Sleep was only achieved after methodically hunting rogue mosquitos.
The song lesson is a smash. I cue them with a rhyme sound, like "o" or "ay" and then they shout out lines for the verses. I wrote the chorus which goes: "This is our song/ it's not very long/ if we sing it wrong/ they will send us to Hong Kong."
I've already gotten some classic lines like: "one minus one is zero," "celebrate Halloween in many ways," "I like a UFO," "this is the month to plant tomato," "this is my motto" (how metal tuff is that?) "I am hungry for bread," "I can't find my key," etc. The feeling I get when they all start singing the chorus is incredible. It sounds like a "Give Peace a Chance" kind of melody and the way a student's face lights up when they hear a line they wrote is invigorating. This is rapidly becoming my favorite lesson.
The apathy crew even got into it, and din't even mention WC like I expected. Some students didn't understand the whole "sentence" vs. "word or phrase" so I added a preface so as not to discourage them: "Noodles says 'Let's go.'" I'm going to have professional guitarist callouses by this week's end I'm certain.
After classes, I met Heather up at the place with all the CHinglish shirts and shopped around, picking up another four gems for female pals back home. They should go over well at the 80's show, so I guess the flame's under my ass to ship 'em back before then. I ate a sandwich from KFC (not proudly) then we biked back to Heather's.
While she had a dizi lesson, I watched the Muse live DVD to check if it was encoded right. The sound didn't match up, but that might be the fault of the player. At any rate, the edits were so chaotic, it was hard to tell anyway. We rounded up Rhys and Jeni for some snacks and BBoss at the tents. My new favorite thing is the fried sausage, which tastes like a bacon-wrapped after frying. The lady cuts artichoke-like slits in it before dropping it in the oil and it's a little painful to watch, considering what it resembles. "Easy there, rabbi!"
Sleep was only achieved after methodically hunting rogue mosquitos.
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[ posted by mcdeviltoast @ 5/17/2005 02:48:00 AM ]
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