First off we had rehearsal whilst our singer went to go warm up, as a band we warmed up then decided to run through Just a Girl and once we got it right a couple of times we called our singer in to get her part within place which only took a few takes, we now have to work on perfecting the ending and how smooth we look whilst playing it.
Jason came in nearing the second half of the session and helped us out with ‘Ironic’ which was great, we went through the arrangement as a band as far as we felt comfortable with the quality we were playing at. Jason helped me figure out the bass part as I had trouble the night before trying to learn it with my wrist and fingers playing up which isn’t great.
Afterwards we packed up and had a break, then we had concert and stage production with Dan which was interesting none the least. I proceeded to ask a fair few questions whilst the rest of the class chatted amongst themselves really which was very disrespectful towards Dan considering how he put time and effort in to making it a convenient thing for us.
It consisted of going through a workbook listing everything we would need as a band to go out to play a gig and or any venue in fact, we had to work out the outage all our equipment would need so we wouldn’t blow a fuse and how we would distribute power on stage which is crucial. Next week we are going to be assessed on how we set up the stage with Dan’s guidance and so forth which I am looking forward to.
In theory with Jason I did my rehearsal diaries again because I clearly lack the capability to answer questions correctly, I spent all session doing this because I have finished my Stylistic Analysis I need it to be checked and to see if I can add anything else to boost my mark and or change anywhere I may have went wrong.
After lunch we had rehearsal but our singer went home ill so we had to go out on a limb again and go through our songs as a band which we never enjoy fully, but I know that it will maker tighter as a unit. We’ve now decided on ‘Just A Girl’ by No Doubt, ‘Black Velvet’ by Alannah Myles and ‘Ironic’ by Alanis Morissette with the help from Chris and we have kept ‘I Want You Back’ by The Jackson 5 which is our go to. I need learn Black Velvet and Ironic and get my parts down in both to keep some form of efficiency within rehearsal.
Tutor was alright apart from it feeling like I was within a Guillotine with people staring at me when Chris went on about our singers attendance and how I felt about it so I kept quiet as I don’t want to seem stuck up even though I am really..
Ellie Thornton Music 