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Post by Fate Testarossa on Jul 25, 2013 17:43:22 GMT -4
I'm Fate Testarossa, a teenager from Finland~
I've been Nana's fan since 2010, my first song that I heard from her was Dancing in the Velvet Moon, but I became her fan through watching Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
I have no favorite songs, they vary a lot. My current fave is Vitalization, but I don't really know how long it will last as my favourite. xP
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Post by Sai on Jul 26, 2013 20:08:15 GMT -4
Welcome Fate Testarossa, and welcome back gigglefit! Always good to have more active posters!
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Post by Vívace on Jun 3, 2014 23:40:01 GMT -4
Been on this forum a month, and I just discovered this thread! Haha, this is late, obviously, but let me introduce myself as another member of this cult.
So you'all already know, call me Vivace here. Vivace is a musical term for "quick and lively", a term often used to set the overall tempo in a piece, like Allegro or Moderato. Maybe some of you have guessed, but I'm studying up on my dream to be a piano major. Has this always been my dream? Well, yes and no. Perhaps I should further explain which can illustrate how Nana paints her way into my life.
Initially born in China, a part of a wealthy family, my life was pretty much set up with the standard Asian anecdote: to become a doctor/lawyer/engineer, to be successful and golden in life in these specific occupations, and to receive the best education possible. That was the dreamed life for me when my parents sent me to America at the age of 5. From there, I lived a very tranquil life, doing what was expected of me. Though, I wasn't particularly bothered by this ordeal; why else would a child complain when she receives praise every time a report card comes home, then showered with gifts and galores? It was a fantastic childhood I had. Of course, there were major downs, but overall, I had a good life.
How did piano go into my life? It fit like a comfy sock. Unlike following the Asian anecdote I said earlier, I chose to learn piano on my own. It was during preschool, when our teacher was to play some children songs. I had always sat directly in front of the piano, because I never bothered to crawl to the back. However, this particular day, two preschool classes were merging as one for this night. It was way too crowded, and I found myself squished all the way to the back, where I received a perfect angle in which I saw the placement of the hands on the piano perfectly in my peripheral vision. And thus, the songs began.
Somehow, I had no idea whether it was a naive child's fascination, or pure exasperation, but I was delighted and astounded at the sight of the keys going up and down, the fingers dancing on the platform like ballet dancers. Upon that sight, I went home the following week, and asked my mom and dad for a piano. They bought me a grand one, the very next day. Piano lessons began the day after that, and my life with piano had begun.
There is something about piano that I find interesting. Unlike singing, when the voice you hear is always more rich in tone than the voice everyone else hears, the piano I played and heard was bland. Yet, all around me, the various teachers I went to, the various adults I played for, called me a musical prodigy. It confused the heck out of me. I always viewed myself as mediocre, and heard myself as mediocre. Yet, even contests seem to acknowledge the opinion of society. I won first place in many contests. I was deemed as one who had great talent, one fit for this, but yet, I couldn't, why? Society, who told me, as an Asian American, I was to only become an engineer, or doctor.
I didn't even practice that much piano as some peers around me but seemed to be deemed mediocre compared to me.
It was during this time of my life I had a serious depression going on. I was pretty pessimistic about the concept of the world. The path I was walking just doesn't feel right. I joined Robotics Club in my school and I went to many math competitions, and took rigorous science courses. I enjoyed them. I have no hatred or love for any school subject. But, it just doesn't, feel like me.
And that was then Nana came in. Now if you wanted to skip all the prequel, here's the meat of the story, haha!
I saw Nana in Shugo Chara. Shugo Chara was the anime of my adolescence because it covered a big topic of self exploration. I adored and treasured that anime to bits and pieces, and learned many things from it that was meaningful. I held no interest in Nana Mizuki. She had a good voice, yes, (dat vibrato) but she was just another mainstream artist. She had as much interest to me as a saltine cracker. I think for a short while, I kind of detested her. She had a voice that was really good, and she's famous. She deserved it, right? As long as you're good and you give society what it wants, they'll love you. Or so I thought, until I read the translation for her autobiography.
I think I almost cried when I read Nana's book. Because, in that book, every assumption I had about Nana was proved wrong. Especially about the part when she was first started off as a singer. She was looked down upon. Had no money. Sexually harassed. First single didn't even make it on the charts. Didn't reach success until Innocent Starter, literally 5 years after her debut. Did Nana become automatically popular because of her vibrato and strong voice? The answer was no; it still took time. She was bullied as well; I could definitely relate. She was an outcast; I could also definitely relate. She was one of us. Another faithful girl, who loved singing, and tried for it. She had talent and tried hard.
Almost like me...
Except I don't try that hard. But that can be changed.
And maybe, reaching for the impossible might just work.
So TL;DR, Nana showed me how going the musical route isn't sugar and sweets. Still, I was inspired by Nana to go for being a piano major. Deep down I knew that it would be the only job for me. I'm still starting out on this. I have many idea and many plans waiting in my brain to be formulated, to become reality. I've made some achievements so far I could sort of find commendable. For example, I'm actually going to perform at the LA Convention Center this end of June as a cordially invited guest. Pretty excited for that! And then I got 2-3 years of plans booked full for piano stuff, gosh, I'm going to be so busy then!
Now then, gotta go back to work! Hehe.
Have fun reading.
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Post by sevenpetals on Jun 4, 2014 1:49:22 GMT -4
Oh man xD im so jealous. I wish my parents had forced me to start young, im just now learning the piano, but the Flute/Violin is my real passion. Im no prodigy though, haha...
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Post by Sai on Jun 5, 2014 21:34:37 GMT -4
It's awesome to have another musician on board, and an extremely accomplished one at that! That was an interesting read, and I (belatedly ) welcome you to the forums! It's always great to hear about how Nana inspires. sevenpetals, I'm also a violinist! Or maybe "was" is more accurate since I haven't played in like 5 years haha.
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Post by zoehall on Dec 31, 2016 12:49:07 GMT -4
I'm from Indonesia, fan of her since 2012 because I saw am old newspaper about "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's". Personally I like her as a singer than a voice actress, of course because "ETERNAL BLAZE". Can't tell my fav song, but one of'em is "Orchestral Fantasia".
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Post by Sai on Dec 31, 2016 15:33:24 GMT -4
Welcome, zoehall! Nice to have you on board! Can't wait to hear more from you.
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Post by zoehall on Jan 4, 2017 9:27:58 GMT -4
Are you a robot?
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Post by Sai on Jan 7, 2017 6:31:25 GMT -4
Pretty much!
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