My favorite song #5: Andrea Bocelli - Vivo per lei

     Today's favorite song is *drum roll*:

     Like I said, I do listen to all kinds of music (well almost all kinds), in any kind of language that can be found on this planet. When I was little I was watching with mom italian movies or dramas (hmm maybe I'll use this as a new topic to talk about) and I fell in love with the language. I heard it's quite an easy one to learn and it sounds really cool. How I came across Andrea Bocelli at a young age, I really don't know, but his songs are one of the best in the entire history of the music industry. Also, Laura Pausini has a beautiful voice too.

     Enjoy listening to this song. ^^

Small Kpop MV review: B.A.P. - Power

     It's late (10:57 pm), I went to bed last night at 1:00 am, I didn't fall asleep right away so by the time I was sleeping I'm pretty sure it was 2 or 3 am, I wake up at 8:30 in the morning, but I really really really can not ignore this MV and not make a post about it.

     Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to present you B.A.P.'s new music video:

     Let me tell you this: these boys are rookies, but for someone who sees them the first time, I'm sure they don't think that way. Even I think they are better than some other kpop bands that are on the market from a couple of years ago. And TS Entertainment, you really know how to invest your money. The music videos of B.A.P. really represent them and the song. B.A.P. is fierce, powerful, and the members are like true warriors (hence their debut song name). When they invested money in these boys, I don't think that TS Ent. ever thought they were going to come out like this.

     Even their dance is powerful. The moves, especially the one when they put one foot up all of the sudden (I really moved back a little bit at that part because of the way it was filmed, the scene look real, like their foot will come out of the screen), are absolutely awesome, even the part with the ass slap :))) (I'm a perv and I know it. Himchan tonight you will be in my dream =))) ). 

     And it's not only that. No people, there is more. The dance part with the spray cans, when they just dance near end of the MV (at minute 2:58), is so out of the normal. Lately kpop songs use dubstep for that part, but what did B.A.P. used? A freaking spray sound. Not dubstep, just spray. I don't have a problem with dubstep, I really enjoy it, but kpop composers, please keep it out of kpop. 

     And the parts I love the most are Himchan's parts. He really is my number one when it comes to B.A.P. He really can't give up his psycho bunny eyes at all. I had seen them in this MV too and I liked it. I'm curious in how many MVs he will make those eyes, but I'm sure I won't be mad for him making them. I will be angry with him if he doesn't make them. ^^

That's all. Now keep calm and listen to B.A.P.!!!

EDIT: After listening to the song more carefully, I realized that when they sing "warning warning warning" in Power, you can heard in the background something that has the same rhythm, but like a faint sound, with the whistle part from "get down get down get down" from Warrior. 

EDIT2: You can hear it much better when Zelo starts to sing.

Let's talk about: Artistic skills

     Okay, I know I promised I would post something yesterday, but I was a little busy with a project I need for when I'll finish college this summer, if I want to get my Master degree. Now I grabbed my can of Coca Cola and I am ready to write about my artistic skills. 

     I should start with telling you guys that I don't have a cool voice when it comes to singing. At least, that's my opinion. I don't know what others opinions are because I'm pretty sure nobody heard me singing ... besides my family  when I was little maybe. I really don't sing around people unless I'm at a concert and I know that the music is so loud they can not hear me at all. I know I know, for someone who listens to music as much as I do, I should have in a way or another have a little bit of voice (because I usually sing when I listen to music), but that never happened. Since this part is cleared, let's move on now. ^^

     Please let me tell you a little story. When I was young, until my 5th grade, all my drawings for school (because we had a class like that once a week) were done by my mom. Yes, I could not draw something beautiful at all. It was like my right hand was on a strike for life. I never thought I would ever be able to do draw and paint something. I don't know what happened, but when I was 11 years old, I started to draw, not beautiful or like an artist, but it was better than before. Trust me, much better. I'm so sorry I don't have some of the drawings since I was young, because you would see what I'm talking about. I remember that in my 7th grade we had to draw with a pencil (that means only black and white....and gray) different objects or flowers and we had to include shadows as well. That's when the magic happened. My drawings were finally beautiful. It was not looking like a 2 or 3 years old kid drew them.

     Since I went to high school, I didn't have that drawing class anymore, so for years I didn't draw at all. That was the period I started to watch anime again and read manga. Because of those, when I was in my first year of college I started to come across different people that drew in an anime style, but with them adding a little bit of their own style into it. That's when I found about a website: www.deviantart.com.

     Because I was seeing that everyone was welcomed on that website as long as you can draw, I started to draw again. Here are some drawings of that time.

     But I was looking more and more at other peoples works of art (really, some are really really really gorgeous) and I realized that those drawings were colored on a computer and not by hand. Now let me tell you, I heard about Photoshop before, but I thought I was never going to be able to learn how to use it since I thought it was really complicated. Not even today I don't know every aspect of this program but I sure did improved over the years.

  Over the time I came to use another program from Adobe, and that is Illustrator to make the lines of my drawings. I don't know if this is still counted as drawings since all of them are done digital (I haven't draw by hand lately) but I love how they look, and from time to time I still draw since this is my hobby. I'm just sad that months ago one of my hard drives decided to have a nervous break down and die. That means no more room for Photoshop on my current hard drive. 

     Here's a small comparison of between two of my drawings: (keep in mind that the first drawing has a transparent background, that's why when I put the two of them together it ended with a white background)

I'm alive!!

     It's true...I'm not dead...not yet :D. I know I haven't post anything, I'm sure I have some ideas about what to talk about back in my mind and I'm going to post something new starting tomorrow, hmm or maybe later.

     First thing first, Happy Easter to all of those people that follow or read my blog and I haven't said that to them before. I hope you all had a great time, that you spent time with family and friends (in my case, the first day I spent it with my friends from where my grandparents live) and that you got some presents (even if it was a small one) from the bunny.

     Second thing, I absolutely love the TV my aunt sent. I can't see normal TV channels on it, because you can see only digital channels, but you can connect a USB Flash Drive to it and that's how I'm going to watch my korean dramas and music videos from now on. I tried it with the MVs of EXO (you should check out this band, maybe you will like it) and it's just like watching TV, but I choose what to see ^^.

     Third thing, some friends of mine, actually two of them, made me listen to old romanian songs and romanian songs people would sing around a campfire when they go to the mountains or to the beach. How did they do that? Because they were singing them. I praise them for their voices, I really do, but now I have some songs stuck in my mind and I can't get rid of them at all. Like, yesterday when I went to bed the song kept repeating and repeating and repeating in my head until I fell asleep.

I really hope it will have the same effect on you, as it had on me (*insert evil laugh*)!

     Well, that was all for now. All in all, I'm back and ready to write things about things :)))