思ったより早くサラリーマン卒業するかもね。

regards,

kenji

today, I slept a lot as this week was filled with the preparation for earning call and last night was a kind of casual drinking party with my colleagues and the guest from the United States.

so after doing some exercise at the gym, I went to tsutaya to rent a movie DVD, while I didn't expect any good movie...

I drank some beer and sake while watching the movie called "silver linings playbook, whose featured actress called Jennifer Lawrence got awarded by academy awards. It was ok even if the movie wasn't interesting, but actually the movie was quite good... 

I've never seen Jennifer Lawrence before, but from the beginning to the end, her performance was exquisite.. showings the feeling with truly honest mind, describing the dedicated character who contributed a lot to stay her counterpart calm, even if he is under the restricted condition by the court due to psychological ill... nothing to say, she looks very nice and very impressive when she stares at somebody else, telling what she really thinks, while she is also under the improving situation to recover from the sorrow attributed to the death of her ex-husband...

the story tells a very simple message. two guys helping each other to share the similar situation and make progress to prove their mental ill through dancing. the process to acquire the dancing skill till showing their performance at the dance competition looks so moving, but above all, the process to understand each other to quite deeper level is the point that makes this movie the greatest and most impressive...

her dedication to care his injured mental condition is just amazing....it was very good for him to find such an amazing woman...

regards,

kenji

分かりやすい… さすが…

先日書いた藤巻メソッドなる、藤巻氏の著書を読み、聴き、弾き、と繰り返す。特に平日は往復の電車内で睡眠学習… リアルに寝てるときもあるけど、そんな体たらくでも耳から入れる効果は大きく、数度レッスンを聞いて、不明点をテキストに返り、ふむふむ、と読んで不明点を潰していき、どうしてもよーわからんところはとりあえず飛ばしておき、前にとにかく進むのである。

かなり強引なアプローチだが、各種資格試験には似たようなアプローチで臨んできたので、実際、知識も定着して、難度が上がってもついて行けるようになってきたし、この調子でいこうかと。

いままでどんなテキスト読んでも分からんかった音楽理論が、代ゼミの先生のテキストのごとく分かりやすく、大変助かる。

手軽な値段で手に入るのでおすすめ。

思うにあえて楽典から入り、分からないなりに分かろうとしていってからコード進行の本を読む方が頭にすっ、とコード進行の本の内容が入ってくる気がする。

奥さん曰く、音大レベルの楽典もある程度網羅できるレベルの楽典知識が得られるので、基礎固めにはいいのかも。

分かってくると何でも楽しいね。

regards,

kenji 

As I saw not a quite professional jazz performance yesterday, I thought that the professional's one will surpass the experience I went through yesterday... 

for me, chihiro yamanaka's performance looks very sensitive but sometimes very aggressive though her recent performance seems more calm and conservative than that of several years ago... 

Since having seen akiko suwanai's performance a few years ago, I can't stay at home without seeing the genuine performance.... these days, I have watched chihiro yamanaka's performance on tv playing dvd, and I have listened to the finest performance by other players, I noticed that for me chihiro's one is the best of the best...

the quality of education through classical music at toho and jazz at barcley, on top of her adultery atmosphere get together to express the well-combined taste....

look forward to going there....

best regards,

kenji

 

tonight I went to the bar in roppongi to enjoy a jazz live  at one of the famous jazz bar, where Naoko Terai and other familiar guys perform from time time to time. I learnt lots of new jazz songs sung by beautiful singers,  while I could recognize some of the famous songs, not a quite jazz but as a pops, very familiar to ordinary people, such as the jazz arraignment of "Human nature " by Michael Jackson.

Though I was invited by the senior colleague at the same company and he actually introduced to us one of the singers featured at today's live,  I was absorbed in another singer, called Aki Kitagwa. She wore a graceful dress today colored with purple tonight and looked very nice, on top of her really inspiring, impressive signing... I didn't expect any wonderful talent there unfortunately, as it was my first time to see the live jazz just in front of myself, but actually I bumped into the one that seems one of the most passionate jazz. I was fulfilled with it that I could be there tonight, listening to her soulful songs and feeling sensitive but cool, deep, adult-oriented jazz... 

The best thing I could be there was that with only about 7,000 yen, drinking and food were included with 3.5 rating out of 5.0 by Tabelog, the famous taking web service,  in addition, we could enjoy added-on live performance after the original program ended... 

I didn't know such an unexpected benefit had waited us, but actually held... so if you have a chance to go to a jazz live, you might stay there until the unexpected program shows up.

Anyway, not only the life performance there was fascinating, but also the conversations with my colleagues were also good and let me recognize that there were many people that don't show their another aspect in their private lives, which got my interest in them deeper than before I go to the live. Such a off-time communication brings me better understating on my colleagues which will definitely contribute to my day to day life from now onwards...

Hope that I would be able to have a chance to visit a jazz bar someday again.

best regards, 

kenji