Raw talent! Wow.

Music is a means of expression known to all mankind and some say any living being. No matter your race or religion, country of origin or culture, good music are noticed even by the deaf.

Centuries have passed and yet the means of making music have been the same. From an infant, our mouths babble. We learn to clap and stomp. Subsequently we learn melodies and harmonies by phonations. Those privileged enough manage to pick up musical instruments.



Common ones are the piano, guitar, drums. In asia, the gu zheng, sitar and kompang. There are hundreds and probably thousands of instruments.



Today, well more like several years ago this boy introduced an old yet new instrument. And he played it to it's full potential.

Just awesome talent, this kid makes an instrument out of PVC pipe, awsome !!


Among the popular songs he jammed to were: super mario, pirates of the caribbean, final countdown, lady gaga, james bond and etc.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.



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Nobody but you

Here's a little BeN'Zures! Info's all in the youtube video! Do check it out and if you like it (or not!) subscribe :))

Nobody - Wonder Girls - BeN'Z cover (eng)



Ans here's the 20 million over viewed original music video!


Nobody - Wonder Girls



Do let you're loved ones know that you want nobody but them! Enjoy the season holiday!


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She stole my heart!

As the title says, clearly, this lady.... stole my heart!

I wrote this random song in the midst of studying (well trying to do so) and also surfing the web. The lyrics are melodious and rhythmical, but some parts i have to admit - as mentioned in the song, make no sense at all.

Well, who cares really? most of the songs nowadays don't mean anything but everyone buys and likes them. Hopefully this is one of it! hahahaha!

She Stole My Heart (original song) - BeN'Z

Yes, in the song there is mention of my exams coming this week.

Pediatrics and Obstetrics.

please pray I do well. Can't afford not to :S

Also, top youtubers such as

nigahiga

raywilliamjohnson

peterchao

luanlegacy

kevjumba

shawndawson

ijustine

and justin bieber.

Mainly because I can never understand sometimes

how they get 100s of thousands of views and most people like it....

really puzzles me.

What do they have, that i don't? HAHAHA!

Anyway, I love their stuff. Really entertaining, and hopefully i do so too.

Not in a (i humiliate myself way) bad way i hope.

Here's the award winning picture i used in the video (owners link in the video)

what a genius :P

Cheerios!

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Christians boring? Think again ;)

So the stigma is, the average christian boy goes to church evry sunday, is all pious, doesn't involve himself in sinful acts (goody two shoes), does well in exams, is a geek who gets kicked in the balls every now and then, is a weasel when someone does something bad, and is the biggest geek who keeps telling everyone come to church!


But no, we're all not like that. We're the same, except some extremists but then again that's found in every religion.

Take a chill pill brothers and sisters!


On the other hand, maybe this may change your mind:





How was that for boring and lame and lifeless?! Haha.
So, YOU COME TO CHURCH NOW! SEE YOU SUNDAY OR ELSE!!!
:p
If you have nothing better to do and have the time, why not give it a try. No pressure. It's a personal choice :)






God bless you and have a great week ahead!


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The year of the iPad 2!

We all know where 2010 went in terms of gadgets. Apple essentially stole'em all with the iPhone 4, iPod touch & nano 4gen, and iPad.

Little were the competition e.g the Samsung Galaxy tab, RIM's Torch and etc.

















After tuning in to the near 2 hour live event hosted by Steve Jobs himself, this is the gist of it.


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- if you don't already have an iPad, go buy this. And even if you do, you might consider it (want to have it)
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4 main things to note are:
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1. Sleek design with decreased weight by 15% from prev gen. - coupled with maintained 10 hour battery life






2. A5 chip with dual-core processors - delivering even faster graphics & more multitasking







3. Front & rear cameras (HD 720p) + gyroscope. - coupled with Facetime, Photo booth, iMovie and Garage band














4. iOS 4.3 - even more features including the long waited Air Play.


And all that for the same prices as the prev gen iPad:
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starting at $499
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Available in 16, 32, 64 GB ;
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wifi/3G enabled ;
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black and white colors ;
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And all beginning march 11th!
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I'm not sure bout' you, but i definitely am very much interested on getting myself one of these. There goes my lappy usage :p










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I'd do anything for ya -Grenade Bruno Mars

This song has been playing in my mind for the past few days. haha. Tyler Ward did it justice with this acoustic cover ;)

Bruno Mars - Grenade (Julia & Tyler Acoustic Cover)

Hope ya don't have to sing this song to your loved one. As sweet as it is, the person was ditched! :(

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That girl - love her more than life!

As the title says, need i mention more?

A David Choi original but cover by yours truly BeN'Z!

BeN'Z was bored sitting around

on a "Thursday" night

and this came up!

That Girl - David Choi - cover by BeN'Z

This is an episode of BeN'Zures

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Greatttt musicccc :)

The most recent hit single that makes all the girls hearts warm:

a well done rendition to

"Just the way you are" - Bruno Mars - By Jayeslee

And if this isn't your taste, then let's go old school and legendary!

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen! but instead -

"Bohemian Slide" - MysteryGuitarMan

Hope you enjoyed :)

So sing a lovely song to your lovely friend :P

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Bob Fits at GTPJ! This Friday 27/08!

If you didn't know, there's no cell this week. Instead, head on over to Church and catch

Bob Fits (boob tits: i joke)!

Here's a bit of the info:

Love Remains featuring Bob Fits

date:- 27 AUG 2010

time:- 8:30pm

venue:- GTPJ Maranatha Auditorium

Really, if you can make it,

GO FOR IT!!

And if you're going or not,

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS or their friends too!!!

For the facebook link & more info, click here.

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Love the way you lie

Been a really long time since I made a video. Well, here I am once again. This was really really random! Read the info on Youtube itself. But yeah.

Here's Myself playing and singing to

Love The Way You Lie - Rhianna feat Eminem - BeN'Z cover

Don't be harsh. I know I went off at times. Whaddya expect on the first attempt :P Just jamming it out. haha!

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DAMN! 32 songs in 8 minutes!

Singing + Guitar plucking!

Not to mention, they're songs that are extremely familiar! watch how he meshed all of them together. It really is something spectacular to listen and see how creative and innovative people are.

32 songs in 8 minutes

Here's the songlist!

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Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Jizz in my pants (Lonely Island) - 0:19
Wannabe (Spice Girls) - 0:23
Mario Kart Love Song (Sam Hart) - 0:39
Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland) - 0:50
Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne) - 1:00
No woman no cry (Bob Marley) - 1:12
Never gonna give you up (Rick Astley) - 1:16
Harder, better, faster, stronger (Daft Punk) - 1:34
White&Nerdy (Weird Al Yankovic) - 2:03
Tribute (Tenacious D) - 2:18
Numa Numa/Dragostea din tei (O-Zone) - 2:28
Angry video game nerd (Rolfe & Justin) - 2:42
Mamma Mia (ABBA) - 3:03
Smoke on the water (Deep Purple) - 3:37
A whole new world (Disney) - 3:59
Let it Be (The Beatles) - 4:14
Eye of the tiger (Survivor) - 4:26
Leave Britney Alone (Me / Chris Crocker) - 4:45
Thunderstruck (AC/DC) - 5:02
Feel good inc. (Gorillaz) - 5:15
Metropolis (Dream Theater) - 5:30
Pokemon Theme - 5:48
Through the fire and flames (Dragonforce) - 6:00
Chocolate Rain (Tay Zonday) - 6:09
Listen to your heart (Roxette) - 6:22
Hips Don't Lie (Shakira) - 6:31
Killer Queen (Queen) - 6:38
Time is running out (Muse) - 6:55
When you say nothing at all (Ronan Keating) - 7:14
Road Trippin' (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 7:24
Power Rangers Theme - 7:33

To check more of him, click here.

To check BeN'Z out, click here.

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Straight Up!

If you're an American Idol fan, this song will be no stranger to you.

Here's one of the top 10 contestants in American Idol's 2010 line-up, Andrew Garcia on the Wendy Williams show performing his rendition of "Straight Up" - originally by Paula Abdul.

"Staright Up" - Andrew Garcia

Lyrics

Lost in a dream
Don't know which way to go
If you are all that you seem
Then baby I'm moving way too slow

I've been fooled before
Wouldn't like to get my love caught
In the slammin' door
How about some information--please

Straight up now tell me
Do you really want to love me forever oh oh oh
Or am I caught in a hit and run
Straight up now tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together oh oh oh
Are you just having fun

Time's standing still
Waiting for some small clue
I keep getting chills
When I think your love is true

I've been fooled before
Wouldn't like to get my love caught
In the slammin' door
How about some information--please

Straight up now tell me
Do you really want to love me forever oh oh oh
Or am I caught in a hit and run
Straight up now tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together oh oh oh
Are you just having fun

I personally love his version of this song. Especially at the endings of the chorus - "fun" Fa ah ah ah ah annnn :)

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Of music videos

It has surely been a long while since any posts were about good music videos. Generally youtube, but in no way below the standard of excellence! Hence, here are a few to spice your day or night whichever time you check'em out!

For a nice relaxing and love-ish feeling:

To embrace that classical side of you but having a thrill of excitement and upliftment:

SUNGHA JUNG - Classical Gas

And finally, the performance that pretty much the entire world knows about!

LARRY PLATT - Pants On The GROUND!!!

Have a great day or night!

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TenSTRINGS!!!

As you all know, I'm becoming more of an active youtuber. This is in my efforts of entertaining others out there with the little GOOD, and the hopefully lesser bad talents. :P

Youtuber account: benedictsachdev0 - do subscribe to support!

Today this post is about tenSTRiNGS! You may be wondering what is that. Briefly, they're a violin and guitar duo that I stumbled upon while youtubing.

These guys really blew me off my seat with their diverse yet coherent music improv and covers. Although they've yet but begun, I would like to introduce you to them.

Here they are, TenStrings with Billie jean!

Are you as amazed as I was? I do wish to reach that standard and higher on my violin soon enough :)

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JS - Officially Missing you - Tamia

Stumbled upon these gurlz, Janice and Sonia. Hear about them off a wall post on facebook from my buddy Ian! As i'm new to these two girls, all I can say is their cover is awesome!

"5stars on youtube!"

Don't believe me? Just listen for a few moments and I bet ya'd be hooked on'em!

"Officially Missing You" - Tamia

Cover by Jayeslee.

And since they did such a wonderful cover, it inspired me to do one too! Whether it works out for me as it did for them is another story. So stay tuned!

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La Campanella!

La Campanella, a tune well heard by classical musicians of all instruments; but can only be played once great skill is acquired! Two great variations one by Franz Liszt and the other Nicollo Paganini.

This is one of my favorite pieces for the piano as well as violin!

Below are my hand-picked videos for this piece on the Piano, Violin and Guitar. I assure you they are played by Virtuosos!

To begin here's:

Piano - Adam Gyorgy

Violin - 11 year old girl

Guitar - not sure whom, but I never knew it was possible to play like how she plays on the guitar. God like...

Good huh?!

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Music dilemma..

11:18am Just awoke after a 13 hour sleep. Boy I feel so much better now compared to the 2 hour sleep and 15 hours of being awake. Anyway, I'm in a dilemma regarding what instrument I should focus on. Again and again it comes to me. hehe. The contest is between the piano, guitar and violin. Not drums because I'm pretty alright with that already. The piano just dazzles me away, guitar makes me feel like a Rock Star, whilst the violin is just emotion and sentiment piercing... Help me?

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More than words!

These are the words that may sound so cliche but still used by many guys or girls to their loved ones.

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~ imagine a phone call talk between two lovers late at night ~

Girl:

baby.. . how much do you love me? (cute babyish voice)

Guy:

so much... (groggy tired voice)

Girl:

yeah I know... but how much is that? (acting cute)

Guy:

more than words can express.. . . even the word love doesn't tell you how much I love you..

Girl:

aww... -kisses- I love you so much sweetheart! you're the best! (gleamy eyes)

~ ends conversation with huge smiles ~

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Yeah... Love... so complicated... no time for it. haha.

Love is blind as they say. Don't know what you get yourself into till you're in it!

And here's my little verse rendition to the famous song

~More than words~ by Extreme

Do comment. Be nice =D

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WTF is Tommy Emmanuel doing?!

Short and simple, surfing through youtube videos and this was what I found

'Guitar Boogie' - Tommy Emmanuel

And if you've watched it, you'll understand completely why it's called guitar boogie. It was as if he was doing a jive + swing + boogie into his playing for this song. Also, what blew my mind was the speed he executed some scales.

WTF is Tommy Emmanuel doing?! He's definitely a guitar legend!

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Of guitar skills that kills

As most of you may already know, I do play the guitar. Not very good at it though. Just your basic strumming and a little soloing to cover up for mistakes ;p

However, uncertain if I've shared about this guy; or boy in this case, who has thrown me out the window by playing classical type pieces on contemporary music.

~Of guitar skills that kills~

Sungha Jung

Here's a favorite song of mine

'Kiss from a rose' - Seal

Also, my secret agent fantasy life...

'Mission Impossible theme song'

Who knows... Having to be so young, and if he continues playing like this, he may just be the next Tommy Emmanuel.

Here's the song that blew me away

'Classical gas' - Tommy Emmanuel

Gosh I wish I'm able to play like this better or near there...

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