‘A Note to Harmonica Folks’
What’s next?
Since the day I was born, I have known the most prestigious harmonica competition in the world, The World Harmonica Festival (WHF). Every harmonicist around me see this as the olympics of harmonica, especially when they are both held once every four years.
My father’s ensemble King’s Harmonica Quintet was one of the very first few Asians harmonicist that appeared in the competition in Germany after the format of the competition turned from taped recording to live performance. In 1997, 3 years after I was born, they won their ‘World Championship’ in the WHF. I witnessed it.
It was a historical moment not only because was it a massive honour to be crowned in such reputable competition, it was the period when Asian harmonicists were approved by the Western.
Since then, the global harmonica community started to merge and interact. While harmonicists from the West continue to develop their artistry and career under a relatively strong cultural foundation for instrumental music, harmonica music to be exact, by virtue of the legends such as Tommy Reilly, Larry Adler, Toots Thielemans, Asians harmonicists struggle to further their artistry without the corresponding cultural foundation. A market for harmonica music in Asia simply do not exist.
Nevertheless, Asian culture values diligence and discipline. With the competition as the highest possible way to be rewarded as we develop our artistry, countless players began working day and night towards this very, if not only, visible goal.
Up till this day, you’d be surprised if there aren’t any Asian standing on the prizing podium in the international harmonica festivals. According to a Facebook post of the renowned Taiwanese Harmonicist in 2013, Lee Hsiao-ming, ‘If you show up at a harmonica festival, you can easily be surrounded by a group of ‘World Champion’s all queuing up for that plate at the buffet.’ Be him a chord harmonica player from an ensemble, a soloist at the open category or a 10 year old kid from the youth category… all claiming to be the ‘World Champion’.
Now the question is, Is the ‘World Champion’ in 1997 still the same ‘World Champion’ now? Or are we unconsciously abusing the only system we can count on to gain qualification to ourselves?
As Gerhard, the president of the World Harmonica Festival, has also repeatedly emphasized before, champion of any event of the WHF competition should NOT claim himself / herself as the World Champion. It should properly be addressed as Champion of the " XXX event" of the World Harmonica Festival.
While varies important figures in the global harmonica community started participating in this fierce debate, I was curious about the root of this controversy.
Would anyone accused Usian Bolt of abusing his Olympic gold medals to pursue further in his career? Would anyone question Danill Trifonov’s artistry if he claim himself the winner of Chopin Piano Competition? Could Michael Jordon ever obtain a ‘fake’ NBA championship?
Obviously, there is nothing wrong about winning and taking pride off an award. The real issue instead lies in the opposite side of the question. Is the existing harmonica competition rigorous enough to qualify the winner a ‘World Champion’? Or, should a ‘World Champion’ even exist in a musical setting?
In order to understand what a truly rigorous musical competition is, we began digging into the competitions of all instruments at the highest calibre. For instance, when studying the difference of the format of the International Tchaikovsky Competition with the World Harmonica Festival, we have realised how far behind the harmonica competition is constructed. I won the Solo Championship in the World Harmonica Festival 2013 only by playing a total of 10 minute of music. While a contestant at the qualifying round at the Tchaikovsky Competition would already have to prepare up to 30 minute of music. Meanwhile, not a single competition in the classical world would claim themselves the competition of the best. It seems like the title ‘World Champion’ could only be justified when it’s within sports, where the result can be calculated and compared. We can’t calculate art.
We have came a long way since the harmonica was invented 150 years ago. And I’m extremely excited to see new generation of player arising from all around the world. Nevertheless, while festivals are taking a pause during covid, we should make the best use of this period of time and rethink about how we could contribute to the culture and further bring our instrument to the next level.
So, what’s next? 🤔
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台灣藝人歐陽娜娜赴陸獻唱《我的祖國》越演越烈,引發眾多網友關注,甚至驚擾到文化部、陸委會,恐涉及違反兩岸條例相關規定。
不過,擁有雙重國籍的嘻哈歌手黃立成,公開支持歐陽娜娜「你他X想唱什麼都可以!」意外掀起網友論戰。
黃立成29日深夜在臉書針對時事發表評論,全文以英文寫下,表示「台灣是一個民主國家,你愛唱什麼就唱什麼!(Taiwan is a democracy. You can sing whatever the fuck you want.)」他提到自己去過NBA(美國國家籃球協會)、MLB(美國職業棒球大聯盟)和NFL(美國國家美式足球聯盟),無論是不是那裡的公民,都會獻唱美國國歌,最後,他怒批台灣政府不挺娛樂產業,痛罵:「我們自立自強,他X的不要惹我們這種藝術家!(We stand up and do it ourselves so don’t fuck with our artists.)」
貼文一出,立刻掀起兩派鍵盤戰,「球賽跟國慶不一樣,你醒醒吧」、「覺得台灣對藝人不好,請哪邊涼快哪邊去,別佔著自由打自由」、「就人民幣比較香唄,東扯西扯」、「大哥是生意人,所以不意外」,也有人認為:「謝謝你認同台灣是一個國家」、「『台灣是一個民主國家』這第一句你就搞台獨了嘛!原來是自己人!」、「看到出征的人被民進黨洗成這樣真的可悲....」、「我就是來看817來出征的人數」。
對此,黃立成用私人帳號於留言區回應:「我知道現在是什麼時機,就放過台灣藝人不要硬生衝突」、「我很確定我們都愛台灣,不要欺負自己人,這是我的座右銘。」
黃立成挺歐陽娜娜:他媽愛怎麼唱就怎麼唱 狂fxxx台灣政府
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(迷因力量體恤黃立成可能看不懂漢字,中英回應黃立成這個腦殘發文)
致黃立成先生:
歐陽娜娜在中國國慶登台唱我愛我的祖國
她成為中國想要侵略台灣的最好宣傳
然後你這個美國人在罵我們不該抗議她去中國唱歌?
我們的抗議根本不是她唱歌這件事情 , 是她去力挺長久以來想要侵略台灣的中共極權
你一直在台灣發展你的事業,正因為台灣的民主自由,所以你能成為明星與商人 , 如果你真心珍惜台灣 , 你應該一起抵抗這種大中國法西斯主義的文化侵略與中共宣傳戰
你這個發言真的又蠢又無恥
To Jeffrey Huang :
Ouyang Nana sang on China National Day: I love my motherland
She became the best propaganda tool for China to invade Taiwan
Then you Americans are scolding us shouldn't we protest her going to China to sing?
What we are protesting against is not her singing at all, but she is going to support the totalitarian CCP that has long wanted to invade Taiwan.
You have been developing your career in Taiwan. Because of Taiwan’s democracy and freedom, you can become a star and a businessman. If you really cherish Taiwan, you should work together to resist this great Chinese fascist cultural aggression and CCP propaganda war.
Your speech is really stupid and shameless
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#黃立成高喊不要欺侮自己人
#幹拎良舔中舔到高喊我是中國人的歐陽娜娜有把台灣當自己人?
#另一個腦殘亂罵狗官的男版范瑋琪
#本人抵制黃立成企業所有產品
#美國人靠北台灣人不要幹譙紅統五毛藝人?
#自己的歌被中共文化部禁唱下架再嗆台灣人應該讓歐陽娜娜去替中共唱統戰歌曲?
#愛台灣就是要幹爆中共幹爆歐陽娜娜啦幹爆黃立成這種言論鬼扯甚麼藝術家自己人?
#幹拎良垃圾藝人不要再消費台灣啦
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Cyberpunk 2077 — Seize the Day
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Allen Iverson would almost always rather drive to the basket than settle for a jumper.
Seattle's porous defense gave him ample opportunity to dart down the lane for all the easy baskets he wanted.
Iverson scored 41 points, John Salmons had 18 and Kyle Korver 17 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the SuperSonics 107-98 on Monday night.
Although Iverson said he's still slightly bothered by his right ankle, which he sprained Dec. 27 at Denver, it hardly showed as he had one of his top shooting nights of the season.
"It's getting a lot better with treatment and everything, and I'm able to push off it like I want to," Iverson said. "Once it gets loose, I'm able to move around like I want to. I try to get to the basket."
Certainly returning home provided an immediate fix for the slumping Sixers. When they left for a 15-day, seven-game trip, they were in first place in the Atlantic Division; they returned four games back in the division race after a 2-5 mark.
"If we closed games out better, we'd have a lot more wins," Iverson said. "I honesty feel like we gave away eight games this season, games we should have won."
The Sonics have been just as bad, finishing 1-4 on a trip that saw them fire Bob Weiss and replace the coach with Bob Hill.
Hill promised a quicker pace and improvement on defense as ways to turn around Seattle's disappointing season.
Seattle's league-worst defense still needs work.
Iverson scored 40-plus points for the eighth time this season as he chases Kobe Bryant for the league scoring title. Iverson wasn't the only one getting open looks -- the Sixers shot 53 percent from the field, seven points higher than their average.
Chris Webber sat out with a lower back strain and was listed as day-to-day. Coach Maurice Cheeks was hopeful that rest would allow Webber to return for Wednesday's game against Utah.
Salmons started in Webber's place and hardly missed a beat on 7-for-9 shooting. Andre Iguodala had 16 points and Samuel Dalembert 11 to put all five starters in double digits.
"That's how you should play," Iverson said. "When you do share the ball, nine times out of 10, more positive results come of it."
Ray Allen led the Sonics with 27 points and Vladimir Radmanovic had 15 points and 12 rebounds.
The Sonics rallied from a 19-point deficit to pull within six late in the fourth quarter -- hardly surprising since only Seattle allows more points than the Sixers -- after 3-pointers by Allen and a couple of free throws from Rashard Lewis.
Korver, though, sank his fifth 3-pointer and Salmons added a 3 to get the lead back to nine. Stuck on 39 points for a while, Iverson sank two free throws to push him over 40 and give the Sixers a 106-95 lead.
"We took control of the game and shut them down," Dalembert said. "We controlled the tempo of the game and didn't really let them get back in."
Iverson scored nine points during a 19-5 run in the third quarter that gave the Sixers a 79-60 lead. Iverson usually drove through a lane that offered little resistance and little reason for the All-Star to resort to his usual banging and crashing all over the court.
Iverson went 6-for-8 in third for 18 points and the Sixers shot 68 percent in the quarter. Hill blamed fatigue from a long road trip for the Sonics going flat in the third.
"We played pretty well in the first half, then I'm sure our legs got tired," Hill said. "We wouldn't move and we weren't guarding. Away games are tough, but they have to find a way to fight fatigue. That was a winnable game."
With the easy looks, and a mid-range jumper that was on target, Iverson finished 15-for-25 from the floor and made 11 of 13 free throws.
Game notes
Korver hit a 3-pointer for the 26th straight game, the longest streak in the league. ... Sonics F Danny Fortson sat out with a sore left knee and C Vitaly Potapenko sat out with a lower back strain. ... Iverson was briefly shaken up when he was smacked in the face by Luke Ridnour while they went after a loose ball in the third quarter. ... Iverson has 67 career games with more than 40 points. ... The Sixers are 8-0 at home against the Western Conference.
nba on this day 在 alanreborn79 Youtube 的最佳解答
We all knew Kobe trained his body hard but apart from that, he also trained his mindset. With Kobe, he was never scared of missing, looking bad or being embarrassed.
In Kobe’s words, the “Mamba Mentality” meant being able to constantly develop the best version of ourselves. This requires heaps of dedication, having the courage to constantly self-assess ourselves but most importantly, building confidence through no fear in failure.
Want to dedicate this song to Kobe and to all his fans. Let's live like a champion, the way Kobe did….See you again in Heaven someday...RIP Black Mamba. Always the NBA Lakers Legend!
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Fade Away
主唱:Alan Kong
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-Intro-
Kobe Bryant 永遠的籃球傳奇 (Forever Basketball Legend)
我們永遠會記得你教我們 (We will always remember you taught us that...)
Everything negative, is an opportunity to rise, shout out to Kobe
Hook:
Oh Kobe Bryant
曼巴的精神 (The Mamba Spirit)
你教我們 活出自己的人生 (You taught us to create our own paths in life)
Oh Kobe Bryant
曼巴的精神 (The Mamba Spirit)
You are the one
You are always the champion
Verse 1:
Kobe Bryant 他就是籃球之神 (King/God of Basketball)
他的精神 驚嘆世人 (Your spirit, captivated our minds and won our hearts)
永遠都沒有不可能 (Nothing is Impossible)
Ya 湖人的傳奇 (The Laker's Legend)
從來不喘息 (You were never gasping for breath)
從來不閃避 (You never dodged your opponents)
這個遊戲就是意義 (You played the game with honor and respect)
不動如山的意志 換成力氣 (Willpower and perseverance translated into strength)
他的訓練就從凌晨四點開始 (Kobe starts his practice session at 4am each day)
Fade away Fade Away不是秘密
RIP我們永遠的MVP
*Hook
Verse 2
單場81分 5個總冠軍 (81 point game, 5 NBA Championships)
什麼名利對他都只是浮雲 (Fame was nothing but empty clouds)
多少個得分 多少個押韻 (Don't just focus on many shots or points he made)
只看風光的 看不到默默的耕耘 (Learn from his intense work ethic)
已經沒有人能夠把他阻檔 (There's no one that can guard or block him)
已經沒有人擁有他的瘋狂 (There's no one that's got that insane appetite for winning)
已經沒有人停止他的渴望 (There's no one with the same drive and passion as him)
遇強愈強 閃亮的力量 (His strength grows stronger, when he faces stronger opponents)
Heroes come and go
But legend stays forever
Everybody knows
He’ll never say never
Long live our legend, rest in paradise
Oh Kobe Bryant, it’s time to say good-bye
不動如山的意志 換成力氣 (Willpower and perseverance translated into strength)
他在戰鬥就在我們休息開始 (We are still sleeping / resting whilst he starts his training)
Fade away Fade Away不是秘密
RIP我們永遠的MVP
-Outro-
You will always be an inspiration
Rest in peace Kobe
Love and prayers to the entire Bryant Family
Peace
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