~Interview Time - Jem (R, P and K)~ - Page 2

Originally posted by: Iron

Snake charmer😳😳😳 (been in proper hindi)😆

Hsssssssssss!

Hi Jem, remember me?😊

Originally posted by: SolidSnake

Hsssssssssss!

Hi Jem, remember me?😊

ji haan of course - koi question? 😛

Originally posted by: Jem4Himesh

Ok well - out of the recorders above, I play the Alto. Some of my friends use to play the bigger ones too! - The sound is much deeper in those. With the keyboards, there is not much difference according to the make - they just have diff functions.

Originally posted by: Jem4Himesh

Originally posted by: T.

Thanks, Jem! Great answers! I like Christopher norton too, btw. 😳 - haila tu wapas agayi? & I was v.nice to you & only asked 2 questions 😆

some more questions... 😛

1) What/whom do you prefer over the other and WHY:

Ear Training or Sight reading? - I've never had Ear training (do you mean playing by ear or aural?) I have only ever had Sight reading - which as you know - mostly all musicians hate 😆 but it does help one a lot.

J. S. Bach or C. P. E. Bach? - C.P.E Bach

W. A. Mozart or C. Norton? - C.Norton any day!😳

Thumri or Rock? - pls explain Thumri 😳

Largo or Allegro? - Allegro

Piano or Forte? - Forte 😛

2) Any intention of learning the "pungi" (as it is called by Loha ji) and teaching it in the future? 😆 - haha no 😛

3) What kind of pieces do you enjoy playing in general - Fast, upbeat pieces or Slower, more emotional ones? - well I basically go for anything which has a v.strong melody

4) Do you play any hindi songs? - yes only 2 Which ones can you play? - I can play Kal Ho Naa Ho title song - the whole thing - I wrote the music to it as I went along - sorry SEL 😆& Pardesi Pardesi from Raja Hindustani - both worked out by playing by ear 😳 Do you play them with sheet music or by ear? - by ear.

5) Can you now listen to any piece and immediately identify the key it is in? - Well I am trying to improve myself in this - I think Ahista Ahista is in D major as I worked out the beginning of it on the piano & it has an F# & C# which are in D major key signatures - but thats about it - coz Himeshji's music is extremely difficult for anybody to play (I can't even work out the beginning chords of surroor yet!) by ear - thats his talent 😳

6) You mentioned an Aural component of ur piano exam. What is that exactly? Does it consist of things like singing intervals, etc? Aural is where the examiner will give you a set of tests on the spot. One will be where you have to sing a scale in pitch (matlab in sur) & then other where you have to decide if the rhthym of a piece is in 2/3/4 beats in a bar & thirdly, what dynamics have been used & where they have changed.

Originally posted by: charades

Hi jem..Heard lot about you 😉 ...
This is Vijay Nice to meet you and Please Enjoy ur hot seat ...will come back with Questions 😊

hello vijay - I remember you from the original Sholay thread - ahem I hope you heard nice things about me 😳😆

Originally posted by: sneha3105

jemmm diii

congrats!

rmb me nah? - ji haan😊

now to grill u.

- what exactly abt himesh do u love soo much? - Im only relating this question to music here 😳 - well his melodies are what appeal to me the most about his music - Ahista Ahista is an extremely complex melody & I doubt any other song by any other composer will ever be able to match it!

- apart from himesh any other music director/singer u like? - well in short, no 😳 of course w/the exception of the greats such as ARR, SD & RD, LP & SJ although I do appreciate music by Vishal Bhardwaj's music for Omkara - I think Beedi is a rocking song as is O Saathi Re.

- We hear u play the piano, ur fav piece? - I don't really have one, as over 7 years I have played & loved many.

- The most challenging piece u've played on the piano? - My current piece by Brian Bonsor

- Fav genre of music? - on piano? Jazz piano

- if u had to choose a career in the music industry it would me....? ( a singer, music director, piano player...) - a piano player for Himeshji 😳

- Among the 3 instruments u play, which one do u like the most and y? I love them all but piano the most as it is now my main instrument.

- Recorder, Keyboard and then Piano..a progression i have made as well from primary school to secondary school days. Is this progression one you would recommend to those who want to learn music and if so why? - I can't really say - it all depends on the individual - music cannot be forced upon anyone. - I strongly believe this.

- Any other instruments u would like to play? - the harmonium & sitar

- People good in music are good in maths and vice versa if what we hear. How true is this with u? and why do u think this is so? haha this is not true w/me 😛

- Your fav period in terms of the music history. - Classical

- Mozart or Beethovan and y? - Beethoven - coz of Fur Elise 😳

- Music soothes the savage beast. Is this true? have u ever tried to sooth someone with ur music and has it worked? 😆 😆 - 😆 ask my piano teacher 😆

ok thats all for now.. have fun answering di. 🤗 - welcome 🤗

love
sneha