Hello From Vietnam
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:23 pm
Hello everyone, I'm a new member of this site (and also a rather 'new' fan of Libera too).
I live in Vietnam, where there are not many classical/choral music fans as far as I see it. I'm currently a university student (still very young) with a special love for music (many thanks to my big family which has a tradition of singing in the local church's choirs). I really really want to see Libera in person but unfortunately, I don't have enough money to afford a trip to do so - I can just sit on the opposite side of the earth listening to their music on Youtube, buying their CDs/DVDs and making small donations. Sometimes I think if Libera were to visit Vietnam, I would go at all cost (even if it falls on an exam day), but that is kinda impossible because they don't have many fans here.
I would like to share my discovery of Libera (since I think it's pretty interesting).
I came across Libera's Adoramus video a couple of years ago but it didn't impress me much, too much synchronization and too little harmony for my taste, so I didn't 'invest' further (which was a shame, I should have). Then in June this year, I came across the video of Far Away (the one shot in Japan with Michael doing the solo) and that was an instant hit for me. The day I discovered Far Away was also the day I got to listen to 'Angel' (I literally weep like a boy the first time listening to this one), 'Sanctus' and other wonderful Libera songs.
It was the day before my exams in the university (I am pretty much a procrastinator when it comes to studying so I usually wait until the last day to study) yet I was drowned in like 50 songs of Libera in that whole day and as a result, not so much studying was done. The exams results are not out yet so I still don't know whether I got high grades or not, maybe I could blame Libera if I failed muahahaha *evil laugh* (just kidding).
One more thing I'd like to add about myself is that I just started my own amateur (I don't know if we're even close to being called 'amateur' haha) vocal group in March and Libera has inspired me a lot, so I have tried taking a new modern approach in our most recent work. I also introduced Libera to all of the group's members and they all enjoy Libera's music very much (some of them even told me that they almost stop listen to modern idol-ish pop music since they started listening to Libera)
I live in Vietnam, where there are not many classical/choral music fans as far as I see it. I'm currently a university student (still very young) with a special love for music (many thanks to my big family which has a tradition of singing in the local church's choirs). I really really want to see Libera in person but unfortunately, I don't have enough money to afford a trip to do so - I can just sit on the opposite side of the earth listening to their music on Youtube, buying their CDs/DVDs and making small donations. Sometimes I think if Libera were to visit Vietnam, I would go at all cost (even if it falls on an exam day), but that is kinda impossible because they don't have many fans here.
I would like to share my discovery of Libera (since I think it's pretty interesting).
I came across Libera's Adoramus video a couple of years ago but it didn't impress me much, too much synchronization and too little harmony for my taste, so I didn't 'invest' further (which was a shame, I should have). Then in June this year, I came across the video of Far Away (the one shot in Japan with Michael doing the solo) and that was an instant hit for me. The day I discovered Far Away was also the day I got to listen to 'Angel' (I literally weep like a boy the first time listening to this one), 'Sanctus' and other wonderful Libera songs.
It was the day before my exams in the university (I am pretty much a procrastinator when it comes to studying so I usually wait until the last day to study) yet I was drowned in like 50 songs of Libera in that whole day and as a result, not so much studying was done. The exams results are not out yet so I still don't know whether I got high grades or not, maybe I could blame Libera if I failed muahahaha *evil laugh* (just kidding).
One more thing I'd like to add about myself is that I just started my own amateur (I don't know if we're even close to being called 'amateur' haha) vocal group in March and Libera has inspired me a lot, so I have tried taking a new modern approach in our most recent work. I also introduced Libera to all of the group's members and they all enjoy Libera's music very much (some of them even told me that they almost stop listen to modern idol-ish pop music since they started listening to Libera)