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blog: a musing
Welcome to my personal blog! An informal place for me to capture fleeting thoughts, processes, and discoveries.
From a person who loves exploring and learning... and documentation!
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Project Reflection: Dawn of Grace
In the very near future I'll be releasing my first solo work, Dawn of Grace. It's taken a good number of years to get to this point,...
andreahywong
Feb 135 min read


Project Reflection: A Loud Moon
A Loud Moon was recorded on a day of several coincidences. It was a full (pink) moon that night, which also marked the QingMing Festival 清明節
andreahywong
Feb 12, 20245 min read


Undertale OST: 021 Dogsong
Some preamble… I work as a piano practice coach with a group of students. For those who don’t know, it’s kind of like a piano tutor: I’m...
andreahywong
Jun 8, 202210 min read


A Music Lesson: Prelude - The Beginning
I’m just going to jump right into it. Check out my last post to see what this re-reading journey is all about! #Wooten_ML PRELUDE - The...
andreahywong
Mar 31, 20223 min read


The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten
A Music Lesson, A Spiritual Search for Growth through Music by Victor Wooten #Wooten_AML has become one of my favourite leisure reads...
andreahywong
Mar 30, 20223 min read


Arrangement: My Guitar Gently Weeps
Alright, previously, I wrote a post about arranging a song for a piano student of mine, had a lot of fun doing so, and had good reception...
andreahywong
Feb 15, 20228 min read


Technique: Hanon – but in 24 Major/Minor Keys!
Charles-Louis Hanon (1819 – 1900) is a French composer, and his volume, The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, is widely used today.
andreahywong
Oct 25, 20212 min read


Arrangement: In the Summertime
by Mungo Jerry for RCM Piano Level 2 I have a piano student that is around RCM Level 2 who was recommended to me by a friend just this...
andreahywong
Sep 27, 20216 min read


Well hello again! Part 1: a 2021 January to July update
Wow it's been a while since I've last blogged... I’m not sure if I’d say the last several months were really that physically eventful...
andreahywong
Jul 29, 202116 min read


Something new - Cookies & Tea with Andi
For a little while, I’ve been thinking of starting a casual #podcast - push my #comfort zones a bit! I finally actually recorded the...
andreahywong
Feb 28, 20212 min read


Floral Noise #5 - Ivy Jukebox
It’s been a very very long time! The holidays and really all of January 2021 were very busy with packing, unpacking, and cleaning because...
andreahywong
Feb 9, 20217 min read


Game Music Basics - Ch. 1 Notes
I started reading this book in October and thought I’d aim for a blog post per chapter! Let’s go! Here are my notes from Chapter 1...
andreahywong
Dec 16, 20207 min read


Floral Noise #1 & #2
I decided to "just do it" and open these old, but unopened pack of watercolours I received from a friend some years ago. I know. YEARS ago..
andreahywong
Nov 30, 20205 min read


ICCCH Episode 4-5: Harmonica Advanced Techniques
So these two episodes are focused on some harmonica advanced techniques! I don’t know if I’d ever get a chromatic harmonica and try these...
andreahywong
Nov 29, 20204 min read


Project: Interactive Visual Audio Novels
This project is something I’ve actually wanted to do for a very long time. It came from my desire to learn how to use an audio middleware th
andreahywong
Nov 27, 20204 min read


CWC-S2020 Update
#CreateWithCodeSummer2020 My gosh, talk about coming back to a project. Life happened, things got busy, and suddenly August, Sept, and...
andreahywong
Nov 23, 20201 min read


ICCCH Episode 1-3: Harmonica Mechanics, Basic Techniques, & Limitations
The Hong Kong Harmonica Association (HKHA) is releasing some online resources regarding the chromatic harmonica and I thought I’d jot...
andreahywong
Nov 2, 20204 min read


!! New reading material: The Game Music Handbook
Alright, so last week I got this order in the mail and I’m so excited to dive into it! I think one unique aspect of game music is that it...
andreahywong
Oct 28, 20203 min read


The 1st Hong Kong International Composition Competition for Chromatic Harmonica 2021
Alright. So I came across a post by my favourite harmonica player, Cy Leo, on Instagram...
… and I might’ve done something impulsive.
andreahywong
Oct 22, 20204 min read


Totoro Themes
I took my previous blog’s notes and transcribed ~3 of the main themes in the My Neighbour Totoro OST. I loved this activity: trying to...
andreahywong
Oct 15, 20201 min read


Album: My Neighbor Totoro OST – Joe Hisaishi
I decided a few tracks in, that the music was just too good to skim through and decided to spend 45 minutes listening to all 20 tracks.
andreahywong
Oct 8, 20207 min read


Argonaut Studio – Instagram AR filter #1: Totoro
Today, a friend and mine are working on trying to make some AR filters. We selected a favourite movie as a theme – Totoro by Studio Ghibli.
andreahywong
Oct 8, 20202 min read


Sleepy Llama
... so here's another little #painting of "things around my home"! Today, the object of interest was my favourite mug - a llama mug...
andreahywong
Sep 6, 20204 min read


Building My (First?) Pedal Board. Part 1: Pedal Surface Planning
So, I finally got to organizing how to build my pedal board! #pbj I ended up making a slideshow to plan it all out and figured I’d blog...
andreahywong
Aug 30, 20202 min read
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