音乐

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. This blog is a Closed AU RP and has no affiliation with Jung Byunghee of MBLAQ. Could include 18+ content.

[gnxbyunghee]

{APRIL CHOIR MEETING; KJH DISMISSAL}

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Byunghee had expected the brave student that got up would be a little nervous, anyone would be; but he admired his confidence and it went a great way towards increasing his liking towards the boy. "Thank you for coming up here first, Jonghyun," he smiled warmly at him, attempting to show him that there was nothing to be nervous for "it's very good that you're going to show us one of your own songs."

He paused for a moment and let Jonghyun calm himself before he performed "You can begin now if you like." Byunghee watched contently as he performed and straight away he knew exactly what skills and role he would bring to the Choir. When Jonghyun had finished, the professor started a round of applause and congratulated the student him on his achievement. He would be a very great addition to the group.

Debut Points Received: 50 Club Role increased.

[gnxbyunghee]

"Sorry! I didn't know about the choir meeting." Minseok said as he approached, bowing lowly. "I didn't mean to miss it."

"That’s okay," Byunghee smiled at the student, patting him on the back "Just make sure you turn up next time, yeah?" He couldn’t blame the students, he knew they were very busy after all.

[gnxbyunghee]

{CLASS & CLUB REMINDERS}

music an lyrics: the basics of composition

due in 140415

songwriting II

due in 140417

songwritting III

due in 140417

choir meeting

completed - jonghyun and suzy // received

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We Might As Well Be Strangers [Byunghee & Dara]

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She stood up along with him, holding the other half of the stack in her arms. Seeing how the man seemed to be in a rush, Dara decided it was best to help him out before letting him go. Glancing down at the sheets in front of her, she learned of his destination. “I can help you take these down if you’d like - you seem to be in a hurry.”

[gnxbyunghee]

He had no right to hold grudges against her, he also had no right to still be angry at her for leaving. Byunghee hadn't had many friends in his childhood, he hadn't really had much at all but Dara had been the only constant in his life, a bond of friendship that he had never even got close to once she left. After she had left, he'd only remained in the old town for another year, maybe two, every day seemed the same; he had often wondered if she'd found a way out of their deadbeat town to go and do something wonderful, she'd promised that she would do exactly that and deep down inside Byunghee had hoped she'd kept the promise; he had done his best, after all, to keep his. A fear that he had offended Dara swept across him, he had been caught up in the moment of shock and he had reacted in the way only someone hurt would. He guessed he had been naive in thinking that she would have stayed in contact with him but whatever, her business was her own business and only fate could have told them that they would lose contact; but fate had brought them together again now and still even like many times in past years, he worried about her and where she was, she had never mentioned why she had to leave- Byunghee didn't want to pry. But years without the contact, with so  many questions playing on his mind, he was unsure, if their friendship was to go on, would it ever be the same as the years in the countryside when both of them had nothing. Whilst she spoke, a slight smile spread across his face, Byunghee noticed that with their time apart Dara had felt just as awkward as he had but nevertheless he continued the conversation, a friend like her had been hard to find and now that he had found it again- he wasn't ready to let her go again. "I've been well, thank you," he smiled at her "who would have thought I would have ended up here, right?" It was true though, he had been unsure when he made his promise if it would ever come true and he didn't quite believe it until he stepped foot in Seoul, he wasn't quite sure he believed it now. "First choir meeting," he shrugged and gestured for Dara to follow him down the corridor "So, how have you been then? It's been… a while." As she walked beside him he looked down at her and smiled, maybe it wasn't too bad after all.

[gnxbyunghee]

{SONGWRITING III}

the start of composition; 140408 - 140417

"Composition," Byunghee started, he was always thrilled to teach the Songwriting III class, they were of such a high standard and each student had a spark, a flare the his other students hadn't quite achieved yet "every person in this class has the capability of writing the most amazing songs, I know, I've seen it. But, do you have what it takes to compose a full song?" Byunghee knew from experience that no-one would be able to make it in the composing industry if they didn't have the talent to write their own music to go with their lyrics.

"I know the majority of you here at least play one instrument, if not, you'll have to develop your skills electronically." He had started pacing up and down the front of the class, he'd decided to act more stern with the class, show them that what they were doing was very serious and he had every intention in each and every one of them progressing on to become the future of the music industry. "This semester you will be learning about composition, I expect you all to know how to use the Circle of Fifths, I want you to be able to find the perfect major and minor combinations that are the most pleasing in a piece of music and I also want you to each know which Greek scale is best suited to certain pieces. At the end of it, I want a song."

He laughed lightly, he had to work the students hard this year. If they had any shot at debuting, they had to be perfect. "Not just any song, however," there would always be a catch with him, perhaps he was pushing them too hard for a personal sense of achievement, maybe because he believed it would be helpful "It has to be a hit. A song suitable for any famous artist, not a pathetic song you'd write for the girl you always stare at across the classroom." He flashed his eyes over to a male student sat at the back of the room and smiled sarcastically; with that he pointed to the student sat next to him.

"Now," he asked "What do I want from you this semester?"

Students: Bang Sungjoon Due: 17th April 2014 Ask Questions here.

[gnxbyunghee]

{SONGWRITING II}

personal experience; 140408 - 140417

Personal experience had played  a large, and successful role in Byunghee's songwriting, experiencing things allowed the mind to be more creative and by teaching his students to go out into the world and try new things he was willing them to wondrous and high standards of original songs. "Good Morning Class," he started, sitting down at the front of the room "Today we're going to look into personal experiences that help us to develop ideas for songs." He smiled and looked round at the class, even by just taking a glance at them Byunghee was able to see that the class, as a whole, would be successful in coming up with one idea for the story of a song.

"Songwriting isn't just about putting words together in a harmony, by putting your own personal feelings and emotions into the songs you write you are instantly making them more original," he laughed, the class had probably lost interest with him babbling on about inane, and as they would think, unnecessary information for the course "because after all, not one person sat in this room has identical thoughts and feelings to another." Byunghee was slightly tempted to ramble on about his use of past events that had helped shaped some of the most famous songs he had written but he refrained himself in order to keep the sanity of his class. He knew at least one person in the room would be able to donate a little part of their emotions in order to help his analogy.

"At least on person in this room has had their heartbroken, right?" Though, Byunghee almost always frowned upon songs that told tales of heartbreak, he knew it would be the most relatable subject for his students to look upon. "Heartbreak is the most common experience for songwriters to base their songs upon, however, since you're all aspiring stars, I expect a little bit more from you," he clasped his hands together and relaxed back into his seat "I want you to each search for a memory that causes you a lot of emotions, positive or negative and I want you to tell me how that would work into a song... show me how you would make a hit track out of it." With a smug smile, he wrote the details on the board so it would stick in the minds of his students. 'Easy' he thought.

Students: Kim Jonghyun, Bang Minah Due: 17th April 2014 Ask Questions here.

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We Might As Well Be Strangers [Byunghee & Dara]

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Picking up her purse and jacket that sat waiting on the desk, Dara made her way down the hallway. Her mind still on the situation at hand prevented her from focusing from where she was going, resulting in a collision between her shoulder and theirs. A sudden flock of papers fluttering to the ground shook her out of her worries as she gasped in shock. “Oh goodness, I’m so sorry!” Jeaned knees hit the floor with hers, as both scrambled to gather up the stray remnants. Dara’s eyes were downcast, picking up the mess that she had caused into a stack cradled in her arms. “I wasn’t paying attention,” she explained in a panicked rush, “Are you -” The words became caught in her throat as she locked her eyes with the other’s. To say that this was unexpected was an understatement.

“Oh my God,” Her voice was now barely above a whisper, yet the amazement that she felt was loud and clear. The stack of papers now sat abandoned beneath the reunion between them. “Byunghee?”

[gnxbyunghee]

In all honesty, Byunghee had never quite fit in to the whole cool city man image, he'd always had a ruggedness about him that reminded everyone he was from the countryside. Every now and then he would get stopped by strangers, or people he would barely even say he had an acquaintance with, asking him where he'd grown up; to him it didn't seem at all that obvious but he assumed to everyone else it was. When he had arrived in Seoul he had expected to just slip in to the background, a city so large is bound to have different groups of people but he soon learnt that you either fit straight into the city setting or you did not, and in Byunhee's case, he did not. Arriving in the heart of Korea he had expected to leave his old life behind, including everyone in it, being on opposite ends of the country in a vast city was meant to hide him away from his past; a new start, a new Byunghee, though even from a young age, luck was never on his side. He had been rushing down the corridor, it was his first meeting with the University Choir and he was 10 minutes early but he had to show he was as enthusiastic as he hoped they would be and that simply meant turning up at the room way before necessary- but as mentioned Byunghee had no luck. Whilst walking quickly down the corridor he had been rummaging through the large pile of papers he deemed mandatory to hand out to the group, making sure that he had everything he had planned in his hands; he'd spent a long amount of time sorting out this meeting, he'd wanted to make a good impression on the choir, they would be stuck with him for a long time after all. With a sigh of contentment he smiled, for the first time in a while he had remembered everything and with that he started walking quickly until he bumped into someone, all the work he had just sorted out flew to the floor and almost immediately he dropped down, scooping them all up. He couldn't be late. Whoever her had knocked into had joined him on the floor, picking up the crumpled remains of their work. Byunghee looked up to smile and almost instantly he recognised the face of the woman in front of him, people had lied, your past does always catch up with you eventually. She had said his name just as quickly as he had thought of hers and with a half-hearted smile he replied "Hello Sandara." There had been many questions he'd wanted to ask, like why she had left so long ago and what she was doing here right now, even through the shock he was still in a rush and the imminence of the choir seemed comfortable in comparison to looking back on his old life.

[gnxbyunghee]

{MUSIC AND LYRICS: THE BASICS OF COMPOSITION}

chord progression; 140406 - 140415

Jung Byunghee stood at the front of the class and clapped his hands together enthusiastically, in front of him sat his class in rows looking up at him. He hadn't been nervous at all, his composition skills were better than most and it was very likely that he would be able to help his students achieve their basic skills. He had hoped that he would be able to show his class the more calm side of himself but if necessary he was willing to raise his voice at any student who was not reaching the expected levels that he would set for them. "Welcome to The Basics of Composition," he smiled "I'm Professor Jung and expect you, all, to work very hard this year." Byunghee made it very certain that he expected a lot from everyone, emphasising the fact that he meant every single person in the class. "Instead of sitting around a doing this getting to know each other crap, we're gonna get started on the work straight away," He walked to the board at the very front of the classroom and wrote 'Chord Progression' before turning round and facing the class. "How many of you have attempted to write a song before?" He paused, waiting for the responses of the class and was met with the replies he had guessed, continuing he asked "So, how many of you have written songs where you have looked in detail about its chord progression?" Once again he paused and awaited the answers. "For those of you who have not, yet, looked in detail about this we will start right now," he leant against the board and began to explain the basics of the topic to the class "Chords provide the basic building blocks for any piece of music, right? If they're grouped together they can create different dynamic functions, some chords providing the stability of the harmony and others to make it more dynamic." He hoped that the class were paying attention, every now and then he would make a quick scan of the room, he tried to keep them interested and interacting but whilst explaining the subject it was not the easiest of things, even for him to do. "Can anybody tell me what is used, in sheet music, to indicate the chords in a progression?"

Students: Woo Jiho, Kim Taehyung, Kim Jonghyun and Song Ahri Due: 15th April 2014 Ask Questions here.

[gnxbyunghee]

choir meeting reminder

members: kim minseok, woo sunghyun, jung soojung, kim jonghyun (received), bae suji and lee sungjong due: 9th april 2014 find the post here ask questions here

[gnxbyunghee]

{TRACKER:140402}

classes & clubs

choir - assignment posted 140330 music and lyrics: the basics of composition - assignment written and set to be posted on 140406 songwriting II & III - in the midst of writing and set to be posted (both) on 140408

plotting

tasha dara kyuhyun and anyone else who is willing to plot

[byungheeismypigeonfolder]

[gnxbyunghee]

{CHOIR MEETING}

First meeting; 140330

This had been Byunghee’s first meeting with the Universities Choir, he’d been told when he had signed up that they hadn’t yet had any meetings and it was a completely new thing for all the members too. He’d arrived just on time and walked into the room, the outskirts had been dotted with students and Byunghee spotted a spare chair, he picked it up and put it at the front of the class, sitting down calmly. For a moment he looked round the class taking in all of the members and mentally picking out what their strengths and weaknesses were. “So,” he said, clapping his hands together “this is the choir?” He nodded at all of the group and sat back in his chair, itching his chin. "Obviously," he started "I should probably introduce myself. I’m Professor Jung and if you haven’t yet realised, I’m the advisor of the Choir." He stood up from his chair and started pacing at the front of the group, in all honesty they didn’t look very enthusiastic but Byunghee was sure once everyone got to know each other and they started singing, they hopefully all would enjoy their time. "Before we get started on doing group performances, I need to know each of your strengths and weaknesses so I can find a song that suits you all," he smiled at them all "I need each of you to come to the front and sing for me, tell me a bit about yourself, etcetera, etcetera." He picked up his chair and moved it to the side of the room, before sitting down and gesturing to the front; letting the students each go up to the front comfortably when they were ready. 

For this assignment each member of the Choir is expected to write a reply showing how they perform for the rest of the group. To do this just write a quick reply to this post and make sure it is posted by the 9th of April, giving everyone 9 days to complete this task. By completing this you will receive 50 debut points, and you all want to debut, right? If anyone has any questions about this just send me a quick message.

Members: Kim Minseok, Woo Sunghyun, Jung Soojung, Kim Jonghyun, Bae Suji and Lee Sungjong Due: 9th April 2014 Ask Questions here.

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[gnxbyunghee]

Hello, I'm Professor Jung Byunghee and it's wonderful to meet you all.

Hi guys, I thought I should write a quick introduction to make sure that all my students, and everyone here, know how my classes and such run. I teach "Music and Lyrics: The Basics of Composition" and "Songwriting I, II and III" - you can find all of the information to do with my classes right here, but if you have any questions then let me know and I'll help you out. Practicing for the classes with help increase your grades for the month and can be done at any time, even now, if you wish.

I also advise the University Choir and I will be looking to set the first assignment for all members over the next couple of days, I'll message all members to let them know when it is up and how it should be completed. My club page is still under construction but should be ready by the end of the day.

I'm also open for plotting with anyone, if anyone here has any ideas for plots of relationships with Byunghee then just send me a quick message or fanmail and I'll reply as soon as possible.

I hope you all enjoy having Byunghee here, Speak soon.