畢無正業 BMJY • Head in the Clouds (Feet on the Ground)

We’re back! 🙌🏻 好開心好開心可以同大家分享呢集，因為 we had the best time with @hyperbolit 🥂 一傾傾左兩個幾鐘，最後 edit 到大概一個鐘左右，希望大家都鍾意聽，聽得舒服 🌱 please sit back, enjoy, and feel free to check out the timestamps! 🐌

Timestamps 📍

(00:36) 認 "Jen" 自介一下 | The Chronicles of Jen: The Ticket, the Offer and the Porcelain Vase

(10:13) 讀文學？畢業後出黎炸薯條？🍟 (spoiler: she's doing fine) 

(14:54) 當興趣遇上工作 | The perils of turning your passion into a career?

(16:36) Miss Jen 小教室 | A bit about Hyperbolit 📖

(20:26) 最初接觸英國文學 | Early encounters with literature

• (22:20) Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

• (24:38) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

(27:07) 關於翻譯與譯者 | About translated literature 💬

(29:08) 俄羅斯文學 | Russian literature 🇷🇺

(30:53) 日本文學 | Japanese literature 🇯🇵

(31:33) 葡萄牙文學 | Portuguese literature 🇵🇹

• (31:40) Blindness by José Saramago

(32:10) 英國文學 | British literature 🇬🇧

(33:22) 文學可以為你帶黎... | What literature has to offer

(35:35) 文學與現實的距離 | Is literature and real life intertwined?

(37:25) 文學 其實就係人 | Literature and the human experience

(39:30) 課室入面既英國文學 | The way we teach English literature

#Onomatopoeia #WhyAreTheCurtainsBlue (BECAUSE THEY ARE BLUE)

(44:05) 具爭議性既藝術(家) | Can you separate the art from the artist?

• (47:40) Vladimir Nabokov and "Lolita"

• (49:38) 林奕含與《房思琪的初戀樂園》

(52:28) 藝術家與痛苦 | The myth of the suffering artist

(55:05) 總結：Back to Hyperbolit (IG/ YouTube/ Blog) ✨

• (58:00) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• (01:00:51) 經典文學的煉成 | What makes a literary work a 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜

(01:01:50) 最近既好介紹 | Our current reads 🥂

• (01:02:00) The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth

• (01:02:58) A History of God by Karen Armstrong

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同平時既 episodes 有少少唔同，希望你地唔會介意，have a wonderful evening ✨ P.S. 今次我地以 Hadestown 既一首歌黎做結尾，個人認為係成集最正既位，如果你直接飛到 25:42 聽 I ain't gonna be mad 🥂

Timestamps 📍

(00:00) 消失的 podcaster: 關於無力感 | A prelude to our interlude

(02:17) 點解你會鍾意個海 | A love letter to the sea

(06:34) 梧桐樹與活著的意義 | "What's even the point?"

(10:44) 講起希臘神話 | From sycamore trees to narcissus

(12:02) 其實神話 說穿了就係... | Myths and fairytales and legends 🧙🏻‍♂️

(14:49) 希臘神話 有咩咁正 | Why Greek mythology

(16:46) 傲慢與... 蜘蛛? | Hubris: Icarus and Arachne 🕸

(20:12) 希臘神話 有咩咁正 2.0 | A glimpse into the past

(21:17) 弗雷澤與榮格 | Frazer and Carl Jung

(23:36) 現代希臘神話故事 | Modern retellings: Prometheus and Orpheus

完 ～

今集小介紹 References 💡

•  "The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green

•  "Mythos" by Stephen Fry

•  "The Golden Bough" by James George Frazer

•  The "Collective Unconscious" by Carl Jung

•  Prometheus Bound (被縛的普羅米修斯)

•  Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell

歡迎黎到我地第☝🏻個 book club episode! "It is a truth universally acknowledged"... that a podcast must be in want of a 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗? 📖 今集主要係一個「前言」，同大家討論一下我地閱讀既 why what and how 🌱 下集再入正題，一齊傾下一本我地三個都最近睇過既書 ☕️

Timestamps 📍

(00:50) 序: 一起逛書展 | Wandering through the aisles 🚶🏻‍♂️

(02:03) 我們與書的邂逅 | How do we find books to read?

(03:46) 平時揀咩書睇 | What do we read?

(05:02) 點解鍾意睇書 | Why do we read?

(09:40) 幾米《不愛讀書不是你的錯》| Thoughts on reading 💭

(10:58) 關於一開開幾本書黎睇 | How do we read?

(13:46) 睇書先抵讚？書與其他媒體 | Is reading overrated? Books and other media 🎞

(21:00) 最愛/最怕邊種書既類別 | Our evolving genre preferences

(32:06) 下回入正題 | Our next book club episode 📖

完 ～

今集小介紹 Our recommendation 💡

•  Suz: www.gatesnotes.com/Newsletter by Bill Gates

•  Jasmin: www.bookdepository.com, www.theparisreview.org/poetry

點解咁快又到星期一既？🦫 今集我地會輕輕鬆鬆淺談一吓返工既意義，同埋究竟傳說中既 work-life balance 存唔存在 ☁️ 希望呢集可以減輕到大家既 Monday blues 啦 🌃 #給你一個擁抱 #今晚早D訓啦

Timestamps 📍

(00:18) 呢個時間點既我地 | Where we are currently 💬

(02:58) 返工既意義究竟係咩 | What is the purpose of work? 🚶🏻‍♂️

(06:48) 朱興華《求存》"To Live, We Have to Work" (2017)

(07:40) 香港人真係咁鍾意返工？| I go to work by bus 🚌

(08:16) 放工係咪真係放工 #少年你... | Working from home

(10:00) 搵錢黎追夢 | Making a living to pursue a dream?

RE: Off Camera with Sam Jones Ep 203. Constance Wu

(17:03) 咩叫 "work-life balance" | Is there a perfect balance?

(19:48) "Me time" 重質唔重量 #細味屬於你的3分30秒 | About breaks ☕️

(21:14) 用自己既步伐走下去 | Finding your own pace and direction

(24:16) 幫緊你幫緊你 | Little apps and methods that may help!

完 ～

第8集，我地一齊8吓 (#punintended) 有D咩 #特別唱歌技巧 🦤 究竟點先練到震音 (vibrato)? Chest voice 同 head voice 有咩分別? 試寫出 TA 同 CT muscle 既全寫 (10分題)?

Timestamps 📍

(00:22) 序: Miss Lau 舊腹肌 #丹田 | Breath support in singing

(04:30) 我地把聲點黎架 | The creation of our voices 📢

(09:02) "破音" 係咩一回事 | Chest v.s. head voice (v.s. mixed voice)

字幕機: TA (thyroarytenoid) muscle, CT (cricothyroid) muscle 💪🏻

(14:45) "皮帶" (係咆哮) | Belting (Let it go～) ❄️

(19:22) 古典聲樂 v.s. 流行曲唱腔 | Different vocal styles and genres

(21:10) 唱歌都有得考試? | About singing exams #ABRSM #Rockschool

(24:30) ~震音with me* | How to #Vibrato 🦑

(27:48) "Your voice your fate"? #AnyoneCanSing!

完 ～

今集小介紹 Our recommendation 💡

•  Frances: The Songbird Tree by Kerri Ho @ YouTube

•  Jasmin: Idina Menzel, Ramin Karimloo

終於忍唔住要講 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 🗞 請原諒我嘗試說服大家點解呢個 subject 咁重要同埋咁有趣 🪐 究竟 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟 同 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳 既字體有咩分別？唔同既字體 (例如 the 8-bit arcade fonts 👾) 係點演變出黎？

Timestamps 📍

(00:44) 俾個機會我解釋先 | Hear me out 💬

(06:35) 我們與 typography 的距離 | To quote ‎Miranda Priestly 👠

(08:40) 由細細個講起 | Growing up with #ComicSans #TimesNewRoman12

(12:26) 大獲到上新聞 | How bad typography can ruin... the Oscars?

(14:20) 一齊跳上時光機 | Learning about typography with historical context

•  The "comic book font" and cheap paper 💥

•  The "8-bit arcade font" and the story of 64 grids 🕹

(17:18) 好快講講印刷術 | A brief history of printing technology

(19:08) 終於入正題之 Typeface v.s. font

(20:44) 唔好要我找重點 | Typographic hierarchy

(21:34) 原來叫 "襯線字體" (好似毛筆字嗰D呢) | Serif and sans-serif typefaces

(25:06) 留白的藝術 | The art of negative space #CooperBlack

(27:55) 仲有未提及到既 contrast, colour, alignment, consistency...

(30:10) 咁中文字呢 | Chinese typefaces ⛰ #TsukushiARoundGothic

完 ～

今集小介紹 Our recommendation 💡

•  Jasmin: The Art Angle (Podcast) | diyjason @ Instagram

•  Frances: Zentangle patterns 🌸

如果有聽 Serrini 既 #我在流浮山滴眼水.jpg 🌄 你可能會留意到中間有一段有種特別既 sound effect，聽落好似係收音機播出黎咁 📻 今集我地會講關於 song mixing 既各種 tips and tricks 🐇 原來 reverb 都有幾百種？一間錄音房「乾」同埋「濕」又係咩意思？Autotune tune 到音準 100% 完美，又係咪一件好事？Please enjoy, we hope you'll have as much fun as we did recording this episode 🙌🏻

Timestamps 📍

(01:22) 《我在流浮山滴眼水.jpg》📻 Special vocal effects

(02:44) 後製幾多係 stylistic choice? | Mixing live performances

(05:25) 有咩混音技巧 | Components of mixing 🥣

(05:45) 剪接 ✂️ Trimming and crossfading

(06:55) EQ (spoiler: not “emotional quotient”)

(11:34) 收窄音量幅度 🥪 Compressor

(13:32) REVERB-verb-verb-verb-verb...... 🐚 Dry v.s. wet rooms!

Demo 1: In a bathroom 🛁 Demo 2: In a cathedral ⛪️

(16:51) 「劃口水」✍🏻 Removing clicks and pops

(19:23) 想當年既混音 | Mixing technology: now and then

(22:53) 一首歌既空間感 | Panning: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen 🙌🏻

(26:21) 如果想加厚 D 把聲 🐇🐇 Doubling

(28:23) To 混 or not to 混 | The dilemma of mixing

(29:06) Tune 音: 真的假不了 | Pitch correction 💬

(34:34) 混音初學者入門軟件? 🖥 #LogicPro #Ableton #Audacity

(36:50) Side note: Foley artists 🥬

完 ～

今集小介紹 Our recommendation 💡

•  Frances: prodbylax @ Instagram

•  Jasmin: Twenty Thousand Hertz (Podcast)

第一次係呢個 podcast 講心理學，當然要請埋 Frances 孖生家姐，依家讀緊 clinical psychology 既 Grace 🐳 上黎同我地一齊傾啦！係呢一集，我地主要會傾吓 mental health (一個同我地每個人都息息相關既話題)，討論吓一D對於心理健康比較普遍既迷思 💭 至於更深入既話題 (例如: 身心之間既聯繫，精神科疾病既診斷，媒體如何描繪精神病患者等)，就要留返 future episodes 再一齊傾啦 ☕️ please enjoy!

Timestamps 📍

(01:15) 今集既嘉賓 | A bit about Grace and clinical psychology

(03:22) 關於精神健康 | Mental health matters

(07:24) 黎緊會講乜東東 | A preview of future episodes on mental health

(11:08) 乜你咁軟弱架 | Is it a sign of weakness? 🍂

(14:25) 係咪每個人都有機會受影響 | A multifactorial model

(16:33) 睇唔到既傷痕 | About visibility and empathy 🪴

(18:45) 正視情緒 | Embracing our emotions

(21:02) 當身邊既人對你坦誠 | A friend in need 🧸

(26:35) 幫緊你幫緊你 | Psychologists, psychiatrists and more

(29:28) 小總結 (待續) | To be continued 🌱

完 ～

今集小介紹 Our recommendation 💡

•  Grace: storytalerhk @ Instagram | 我們與惡的距離 (2019)

•  Jasmin: hearttoheart.hk @ Instagram

做左三個月骨科 houseman，發現呢個地球真係好很跣，地盤真係好很危險，整親既方法真係好很多 👀 今集終於唔係得我地兩個 (美麗動人) 既聲音，仲有 Peony 同我地一齊 chill ☕️ 雖然係意外 jam，但骨科呢個話題又咁啱開正佢 engine 嗰範 🔧 Let us S/F into the world of orthopaedics together 🚧

Timestamps 📍

(02:00) 序：Uncle 隻腳趾公 (Hi Alfred！)

(03:38) 骨科其實睇咩症架 | The scope of orthopaedics 🦴

(05:10) "S/F" (spoiler: 唔係 supply and fix @Peony) #其實係FlyAndFall

(10:52) 關節小"臼"室 | Sports-related injuries and joints ⚽️

(15:06) 真 · 危機重重 之 地盤工傷 | Construction site injuries 🚧

(21:05) 照骨後既意外發現 | Incidental lesions... 🔍

(24:04) 小手拉大手 #可愛婆婆 (sor 係姨姨) | A closed reduction experience

(29:20) 關於骨科 | About orthopaedics as a specialty 🥢

(31:14) 結語：祝 Alfred 腳趾早日康復 ⛰

完 ～

第三集，我地黎個 🎼 Songwriting 101！首先要講既，當然係 chords 🎉 等我地一齊由淺入深咁睇吓 (聽吓) 呢幾粒音係乜東東，有咩咁特別，同埋傳說中既 C–G–Am–F 究竟係咩一回事 🎧 P.S. 我地今集終於有👏🏻琴👏🏻用啦！

Timestamps 📍

(01:57) 其實 chords 係乜東東 | What are chords? #Triads

(04:08) Primary and secondary chords 🎒

(07:34) 點五度 ⚾️ (五度圈～) | Circle of fifths 🖐🏻

(12:20) Diatonic and non-diatonic chords (待續...)

(12:32) 傳說中既 C–G–Am–F | The I–V–vi–IV progression 🎤

(16:08) 其他常用既 chords and progressions

(19:10) Borrowed chords - Picardy third #幾時還 🕶

(21:00) Q&A: 愈多 chords 愈威？| Complex chords: the more the merrier?

(21:45) Chords 只係寫歌既一小部分 🌱 | Other components of songwriting

(23:42) Q&A: Melody 定 chord 先？🐥🥚 | How to get started

(25:56) Q&A: 如何創作新 melody | So mAnY pRe-EXiStinG mELodiEs 🙀 #Leaps

(28:42) 小總結 (待續！) | A preview of future episodes on songwriting 🙌🏻

完 ～

今集小介紹 Our recommendation 💡

•  Frances: The Craft of Songwriting: Music, Meaning, & Emotion by Scarlet Keys (Berklee Press, 2018)

•  Jasmin: Charles Cornell @ YouTube