Working as a music assistant

Okay, I really have a lot to say and I’m just gonna spill it.

I wanted to write yesterday but my right hand is injured, as i’m having the “De Quervain” symptoms, where my side wrist hurts so i have to wear this bandage. But I’m on the road of recovery now, my fingers and my thumb isn’t that bad anymore but I still have to take care of my wrist that’s why i’m here typing.

Okay, before i want to talk about what’s written in the title, may i just say that, is baby yoda really that cute? I really wonder why is it baby yoda as in isn’t yoda the wisest of them all? (well obviously when i ask this, i never watch Star Wars – I’m sorry Star Wars fans) but damn, these memes around social media is so tempted me to watch the whole series of Star Wars but I probably do it after my graduation recital.

Also, with my hand being injured like this week, and I didn’t manage to practice anything on my right hand is just so hard for me right now. I’m so anxious of my grad recital and here I am, couldn’t practice and only can practice in mind. Well, it’s good that I still know what to practice without my right hand, but just, I feel empty. I never knew that not practicing the piano for a few days could be this empty to me, guess I really could not live without a piano these days (Well, it ain’t my first time, when I go back to my hometown for like 3 days, my hands are already itchy and whenever I see a piano in front of me, my brain will be like – come on, go play it wew)

Okay, time for the topic. I really have to say, I like the benefits I’m doing in my job. As a assistant composer, I usually do organising and research reference music and oh man I have to talk about researching music. Honestly, the songs I usually know are either jazz/fusion or pop. And not just any pop, just mainstream pop.

It was a struggle to suddenly being asked to find a trap music, hip hop music, or the worst for me – metal music, I really don’t know where to start. So, one of my job is to find sort of hip hop cinematic music, and my boss sort of suggest me to start from the artist group “The Seige”.

So I went on my research and I actually found two tracks by accident(?) that I really like and honestly, I never would find it if it wasn’t for researching music. I like listening to new genres and interesting tracks as I really do interested to be a composer one day, but I’m so lack of ideas and experiences, and for me, I guess listening helps me to understand what kind of ideas are possible and you know, just being inspired.

Okay, so I really have to talk about this song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-IWRmpefzE

Bonfire by Knife Party: Well, it is just typical dupstep music but what makes me think it sounds good is that the use of different instruments at the middle part, where I think is like some synth horns(?) and honestly I really want to compose my own dupstep track for quite a long time but I just don’t enjoy them as much as pop music, so I’m always lack of ideas but this track somehow inspired me to probably start with some beats and catchy rhythm of the hook. The different language is also something I never thought before.

Well, disclaimer: I’m really a beginner composer. I don’t really know how to create beats, and honestly that is my weakest part of composing, so the things I say that attracts me might be really a low standard composer’s point of view, or at least is my opinion, but still I felt that it might be interesting to just jot down what I think as a beginner and when years pass by, I want to see how far I will go.

Okay, on to the next song, which I find it interesting too, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWp5WRnmwQ

This is really a good song mann. I like the lyrics and the chords and the front are my favorite chord progression and it definitely attracts me when I hear that first 4 chords. But, the lyrics are really good, it’s a little bit deep but still relatable for young adults/adolescents, and honestly I always believe that time will wash some pain away whatever your problems or struggles you face. So in musical context, this song’s beats is really cool, I really love that snare sound – so CRUNCHAY – honestly, it is also quite pop-py so I guess it is my style kind of song? Well, I like it and I glad I heard this song today.

Basically, I really enjoy doing what I do right now, and having the time to listen so many genres I’m being exposed, watching videos for tips and tricks, having the machine and tools to create something better than I used to. Hmm, I’m really glad and as always, try to look at the bright side of all of these.

Okay, until here, because my fingers on my right hand started being pain. Oopsie. I just love typing and playing piano, making me realised not using my hands are just a hard hard hard hard challenge. Time to relax it so tatas.