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Food for the music mind =P

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It's been a long time since I last bought any music CD or even step into a music store and look properly. I did that last weekend. Spent almost an hour at a music store in Sg Wang - Victoria Music Centre, really a lot CDs there. And I saw Joshua Bell's CD, omg, was so surprised~ There's even David Garrett, Lang Lang, Lee Yundi, Ryuichi Sakamoto and a lotttt of classicals albums. It's a normal music store that sells a lot of pop music, mind you. I found treasures!! Will get more in the future months T_T Oh, which reminds me, long time I didn't practice "killing chickens" haha~ slacked

Nocturne in C# Minor by Joshua Bell

The latest song in my playist is Chopin's Nocturne in C# Minor played by Joshua Bell. Here's the video of him playing the song.

Joshua Bell's Gibson ex-Huberman Stradivarius of 1713

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I've always feel a great soul from the sound of the violin, which always has the feel of carrying a great story, tragedy, sadness etc. Yesterday, I was working on some work and found out the ever great classical violinist Joshua Bell is coming to Singapore to play, it hit me "OMG! Joshua Bell~!" Who wana go see with me? T_T Info : Here With his Gibson ex-Huberman Stradivarius of 1713, he'll be playing with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields' Chamber Orchestra. I was reading up the history of his almost 3 centuries years old instrument which made by Stradivarius. While reading it, tears really came to my eyes, such a great instrument with a past.... This violin which is light chestnut color with a reddish hue, Having come a long way to reach Bell's hands and not onto some industrialist, perfect =) He sold his Tom Taylor Stradivarius for a bit more than $2 million and top up for the Gibson. Great things really came a long way. Instruments have their own life an...

New friend

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New kid in the house =) This was belong to music graduated friend of mine. She has another one, so I took over this one and try to un-rust myself. Hahaha =P Don't know isit possible...