Life and Music

The grand piano is probably one of the best inventions by man.

If you are fortunate enough to be able to play piano well enough, and know enough expressive pieces that can elevate your performance instrument to the grand piano, you should feel very content.

As far as I know, nothing cures stress, anxiety, sadness, depression, worrying (to name a few) better than sitting down for a few hours and submersing one-self into musical heaven. Add a microphone only if neighbours are not around to really reach those emotional notes. If they are around, don't, because it sounds gay and needy.

But I do wish more people didn't quit their instruments when the going got hard. For young readers especially, perhaps it's best to stick through with it until everyone else drops and fails, then that makes you the succeeder. That's my logic of the situation and so far it has worked quite well.

Jay Chou "Broken Strings"

Sometimes in life you just want to sit down, chill out and play some music to soothe yourself. For me, there's no one better than Jay Chou when it comes to that, and one of my favourite slow jam songs has to be Broken Strings. Released on 11th November 2003, this old track brings back some of the originality of Jay's composing that got him famous. With his signature unclear pronunciation of words, the track belongs to no other singer other than himself. It's this originality that makes me greatly admire him and continue to support his new ventures.
The music video is simple in story and the filmography, but I think that greatly accentuates the attitude of people back in the early noughties. It was a carefree lifestyle, very un-materialistic and makes me wish I could have grown up in that era.