Those Javanese eyes - Musical Notaion

A bit busy this week with work. Just finished the musical arrangement and preliminary audio mixing. Can't do the vocal recording now because my daughter's boyfriend is here. Also my grandmother is here.

Here are the musical notes:

Those Javanese eyes - The Poem

Those Javanese eyes
by Azly Rahman

I dreamed of a Javanese girl
bright eyes
jet black hair
pink cheeks
smile like a million rupiah
lipstick borrowed from her Bugis mother

That Javanese girl
she may have been twelve
or thirteen
maybe younger
lips so red
Her mother's lipstick
Maybelline maybe
Estee Lauder maybe
that worn by Christina Aguilera maybe
Home-made... from dried red roses maybe
she wants to grow up fast
that Javanese girl with eyes like sunshine
she wants to meet the world

In Kuala Johor
lipstick stores are rare
in Singapore the kampongfolks hunt for their ware
group tours they dare
To cross the causeway at discounted bus fare
Lychees
munchies
oodles of cloth
imitation Oshkosh B'Gosh
Doraemon dolls
Barbies from Padang Besar malls
multicolored hair clips and all
extra strong men's cologne
Brut, Drakkar Noir, Polo, Ralph Lauren, and all
the Kuala Johor folks will buy them all

Those Javanese eyes
shining bright as the Bali sun
sparkling as the sage Hamka's lakes in Medan
To see the world she must
what will she see?
what will she see?
what will she see?

Only those little red Javanese lips will tell
A story will multiple endings only Kurosawa could foresee

Scream of Conciousness #1

"Gangsta City Now, Jay Bee?" is canceled due to technical reasons. Here is another piece of Project Illuminations previously posted at FB.

Neo Maya, Neo Malaya – The Music Video

While waiting for the new arrangement for Gangsta city now, Jay Bee? to be generated, here is a piece previously posted at FB.

Gangsta city now, Jay Bee? – Rap/Hip Hop Cancelled

I have tried it for so many times but have failed. There are two main reasons:

a) Rappin requires some kinda attitude in order to get the right tone. It is too fast for me because normally I don’t speak as fast as those young people rap. I’m not sure how do they manage to rap those words that fast.

b) I failed to get the right mood because I always forget the lyric. The length is not the problem but since rapping is not really melodic, with the non-melodic in rapping, it is difficult to memorize the words. Usually, it is easier to memorize the lyric when words have their own melodies. I tried to rap sentence by sentence and later on cut and paste to own measure but this technique killed the tone badly. The attitudes are not there and it sound so not honest.

I am sure now that rapping is something I cannot do. Since the vocal recording has failed, Samsara is not getting any singing samples for her to rap too.

‘Gangsta city now, Jay Bee?’ shall be accompanied by an instrumental fusion between rap/hip hop and rock sound. There shall be no poem reading and singing ... just music.

Phaedrus II - The Music Video

I still having problems trying to rap - outta tempo, diction and all so meantime, here is previously posted at FB.

Gangsta city now, Jay Bee? – The Beats

The computer has come up with the beats. However, rap or hip hop is good at playing around with the accompanied music which is not yet brought in. The past experience in recording shows that it is better to have the beats then the vocal recording before any harmonious sound coming along. As expected that there shall be no progressions so my main worry now is, will I rap well or not. So next is vocal recording and samples to be sent to Samsara. Hope she will cover the rapping better.

Here are the notations: