Jeffrey Lee

Soo… For those that didn’t know, I performed with Andy (TBeezy) for the Stylish Magic Talent Show on Oct. 30th. Long story short, we won the talent show!! We got a cash prize, and some small gifts from SM.. But they also said that part of the prize was “a chance to be on media” (which none of us know what that actually means lol) so we have yet to see what’s up with that, since they haven’t said anything about it… Anyhow… the performance was actually pretty bad compared to what I had wanted it to be like…

To begin with, we were told to get to the place by 5pm to do a rehearsal and sound check.. We didn’t end up getting there until almost 6, which wasn’t really a problem, since a lot of other performers were also late. On top of that, I didn’t find out until I got there, that there were only going to be 5 performers including us!! Apparently, they only let in 6 performances, and one of the performances was a no show.. Anyhow, so we started to set up. I bought a piano stand from Tom Lee a couple of days before the performance to use, and I was planning on returning it. Little did I know that when I opened up the piano stand to set it up, it was missing a few pins that make it work!!! So then we started scrambling around looking for a table that we could put the keyboard on…

Then… we were originally told that there would be two wireless microphones, since both Andy and I needed one. On the day of, however, one of the mics didn’t work, so the only thing I could do was either use a wired mic, or use the ear mic (the ones that hang from your ear.. the ones that singers use when they have to dance and sing at the same time). I didn’t want to use the ear mic, so I was stuck with the wired mic. So we finally got everything set up, and the sound check was perfect. We were ready to perform!!

Of the 5 performers, Andy and I were the last ones to go, so they had to move the keyboard off to the side (so it doesn’t get in the way of the other performers). Finally, when it was our turn, we had to bring the keyboard and table and everything back out.. After setting it up, I started playing and singing.. From my perspective, everything seemed to be going fine, since I could hear the piano fine, and — since there were no monitor speakers towards the stage — I wasn’t able to hear if the singing was too loud compared to the piano or whatever. It wasn’t until AFTER the performance that people told me that the piano was really quiet. So I was wondering… did someone change the volume when they moved the keyboard out of the way? But I JUST found out what the problem was!!!

Take a look at this picture! On the back of the keyboard, there are 2 cables plugged in. One is for the pedal, and the other is the power adapter. There’s also an empty input there!! That was supposed to be where the cable goes to plug the piano into the speakers!!!!!!!! So the problem was… When they moved the keyboard out of the way, they also unplugged it, and I didn’t realize =.=

Anyhow, that itself wasn’t a HUGE problem… for our performance, I start off by playing the piano and singing Khalil’s Singalongsong. At this point, the audience thinks that I am the only performer, and that this is the performance already. However, when I repeat the chorus the second time around, I stop playing the piano, and Andy — who’s sitting with the audience the whole time — starts beatboxing to my singing. So when we reached that part, I decided to take the mic off the stand so I could hold it and sing. When I did that, the cord for the mic fell off!!!!!! So then I had to end up singing extra loud to make up for the fact that I didn’t have a microphone to use!!! Then, the same problem happened again later on, in the middle of our performance… The whole thing seemed sooo sloppy…

And besides that.. When I was singing Billie Jean, I totally went offkey on one of the notes =.= and I’m sure it sounded terrible… I’m a little scared to see the video now, if there is one.. Anyhow, I’m still happy that our performance was enough to get us first place!!