The keyboard is a basic instrument in music it is used in most music, the keyboard can do different effects like different instruments or pitch, the keyboard can be used in a solo performance, in a band and on a midi data in the studio. A keyboard is like a piano but more digital, how is it more digital? a keyboard is more digital because you can change the type of instrument so for example you can play violin, flute,saxophone,trumpet etc all sorts of instruments you can think of. You can set a metronome to keep you in time and play in time, change the tempo, record your song and re play it if you want to hear what it sounds likes. So the difference between a keyboard and a grand piano with a grand piano it is very classical and it is only piano and all you can do is play piano, you cant add effects or anything just straight piano but with a keyboard it is very digital and gives you all the effects and instruments and you can also carry the keyboard around to a performance or anything else.
Solo Keyboard Performance
For a solo keyboard performance the keyboard is performing on its own so the keyboard player can do what they like perform whatever song and follow their own tempo, follow their own pitch and be free. With a solo keyboard performance the keyboard is simple, the performance does not have many effects (only if the player wants to add effects), the keyboard doesn't have to follow anyone, the keyboard player is on their own and needs to be perfect because it is a solo performance and if its on its own it cannot make any mistakes because all the focus is on the keyboard and mistakes would be picked up quickly. Also the keyboard makes their own Harmony's and has their own chords and melody, in the solo keyboard performance the keyboard is doing all the work and all the life is on the keyboard in a solo performance.With a solo keyboard performance you follow your own vibe and your own timing you do everything on your own so example with a live band the keyboard can follow the drums for timing and tempo or the melody of the lead guitar and the keyboard harmonises with all the other instruments. But with a solo performance the keyboard has all the spotlight and the keyboard can do freestyle do whatever it likes. With the solo performance because all the attention is on the keyboard the solo performance has to be interesting and be able to connect with the audience well.
Live Performance Of A Keyboard With A Band
So from the keyboard solo performance to a keyboard performance with a band it all changes. Because with a full band every band member has to follow each other and suit to each other, so with the keyboard it could either start the song then the band follows with it or the guitar can start and then the keyboard follows, with the band the keyboard has to get the tempo from the drums because the drums makes the beat and the life but in some cases the keyboard starts of the song and then connects with the drums and it all goes together. The melody can either come from the lead singer but the keyboard is dependent on the chords to fit in with the melody. In a live band performance the keyboard accompanies the singer and the rest of the band but it depends sometimes the keyboard is just a backing and isn't so important but usually the keyboard accompanies the singer and the band. The singer is dependent on the pitch because the band follows the pitch the singer is in and suits the keyboard or the bass or guitar. In the live band performance the keyboard does the riff and the guitar is responsible for the rhythm or it can just play the chords. In the live band performance the keyboard is not so loud and is not so individual like in the solo performance the keyboard could either be playing the melody or just playing the chords in some cases the keyboard would have to be quite loud in the band or just be a backing instrument.
Keyboard Used For Inputting Midi Data In The Studio
With the midi data keyboard the keyboard does not make any sound on the midi data keyboard all the information and data transfers to the computer in the studio so the sound is made on the computer and whatever you play on the midi keyboard you can edit it in the studio to make it higher or lower, you can edit the pitching, the length of a note, timing, pitch bend and modulation. With the midi data keyboard setting it is very digital and you can edit things out it is all on the computer not like a normal keyboard where the sound comes out of the speakers of the keyboard or the speakers in a gig.
Functions of the three padals on a grand piano:
On the grand piano there is three padals the left one is called the una corda, what it does is it moves the hammers to the left and leaves one string open and the effect it gives to the sound is it mutes the sound a little, so only one string plays and mutes the others. The second padal witch is the middle padal is called the sostenuto what this pedal does is sustains one chord and leaves the other notes normal. The third padal is called the sustain padal, the job this padal does is it hammers the strings and makes the chords and notes longer.
Three differences between a grand piano and an upright piano:
1. The sostenuto padal on the grand piano and the upright piano are different because the strings get hit by the hammers differently.
2. The shape of the grand piano is different to the shape of an upright piano, the grand piano is round and is bigger and wider, the upright piano is shaped squared and thinner.
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What parameters can you control with the keys of a midi keyboard?:
if you use a sustain padal on a keyboard and a midi keyboard, you dont have to hit any strings, with a midi keyboard the information transfers from the midi keyboard to the computer and with the keyboard it works without hitting strings. On a piano the sound is thicker then the sound formed on a keboard and midi keyboard.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of shaping midi data using a keyboard? give some examples of when using the software interface may be better.
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Friday, 7 December 2012
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Areas Of The Music Industry
The music industry is a very busy and hard working industry, there are a lot of areas to make the music industry work and successful. But there is four areas in the industry that are very important and need to be payed a lot of attention because without these areas the music industry would not work at all. So the four areas are: Recording companies, artist management, music publishing and live performance, these four areas fit in together but how do they fit together? its all in steps...
Step 1 - 'Artist management'
For an artist to be successful and to get out there they have to have an artist manager also can be called a music manager, because an artist manager does most of the work for them and helps them get out there, finds them a suitable recording label to be able to record their songs, books all the meetings, gets them gigs, gets them connections with promoters and other people in the business, guides them through the way to make right choices, encourages them, supports them, is determined for them etc..
But its not all easy, the artist and the artist manager has to have a close relationship and be able to bond, trust each other, get along with each other, because there have been loads of cases where artists and artist managers clashed and did not get along, the artist manager embarassed the artist and was negative and did not compromise with the artist witch did not get the artist any where and made the job really hard and pointless. With an artist manager most of the money goes to the manager because the manager is getting you out there and the artist is working for the manager so the manager gets more money then the artist, but you have to be careful because some artist managers are rip offs and take all the money, lie to you, some managers have bad history that effects on the artist and gives a bad reputation for both the manager and the artist.
There are so many different ways of selling music, there is major labels where they get some of the pay for selling the music and where they work for the artist and help the artist get out there, then there is independent labels where it gives the artist more independence and the artist earns their own money because with an independent label you make your own way and publish things on your own so in a way an indepent label is much better for an artist for money wise but it is really hard because major labels have connections and can back you up but with an independent label you do it all on your own but get all the money.
Then there is a 360 deal witch is the worst deal for the artist because with the 360 deal the labels and areas cut of everything for tours, concerts,gigs,sales of singles and albulms so the artist hardly gets any money only a little amount because the 360 deal cuts it all of and goes to the labels and publishers.
Bibliography:
Music publishing - wiklopedia
Recording companies - wiklopedia
Artist management - wiklopedia
Step 1 - 'Artist management'
For an artist to be successful and to get out there they have to have an artist manager also can be called a music manager, because an artist manager does most of the work for them and helps them get out there, finds them a suitable recording label to be able to record their songs, books all the meetings, gets them gigs, gets them connections with promoters and other people in the business, guides them through the way to make right choices, encourages them, supports them, is determined for them etc..
But its not all easy, the artist and the artist manager has to have a close relationship and be able to bond, trust each other, get along with each other, because there have been loads of cases where artists and artist managers clashed and did not get along, the artist manager embarassed the artist and was negative and did not compromise with the artist witch did not get the artist any where and made the job really hard and pointless. With an artist manager most of the money goes to the manager because the manager is getting you out there and the artist is working for the manager so the manager gets more money then the artist, but you have to be careful because some artist managers are rip offs and take all the money, lie to you, some managers have bad history that effects on the artist and gives a bad reputation for both the manager and the artist.
Step 2 - 'Recording companies'
So what that artist needs next is to find a recording company to sign them and promote them, this would be the artist managers job so the artist manager needs to search for a record label to match up with its client (artist), because there is loads of different recording labels but not every one of them is going to suit the artist or the record label will not be interested in signing the artist, the artist needs a record label because what a record label does is signs an artist, records their tracks and then promotes their tracks. This could take a lot of time for the artist to find that one record label, but its all with luck and time.
With a recording company the studios have to be easy to work with for the artist because the artist needs to be able to work in piece and be happy and calm with the recording studio because then other wise the artist's money towards the studio time is a total waste. There have been loads of court cases with recording companies and artists for all sort of certain reasons so as an artist and a manager you have to be wise and make sure you are using your money well and money is fair between the recording companies, artist manager and the artist.
With a recording company the studios have to be easy to work with for the artist because the artist needs to be able to work in piece and be happy and calm with the recording studio because then other wise the artist's money towards the studio time is a total waste. There have been loads of court cases with recording companies and artists for all sort of certain reasons so as an artist and a manager you have to be wise and make sure you are using your money well and money is fair between the recording companies, artist manager and the artist.
Step 3 - 'Music publishing'
So here is when publishing the music comes in the journey! the artist recorded their album or single but it needs to get out there people are not just going to know about the album all of a sudden, the artist needs a music publisher to help them publish their album or single they have recorded.
But with music publishing all the rights go to the song writers and composers because they created the song and they have to have their right for people to know its their material, but the artist still gets credit for performing it but not that much. So the music publisher's job is to make sure the song writers and composers get their payment when their songs is being used commercially, get the songs used in film soundtracks or in televison and commercials. But the music publishing have to receive up to %50 of the money being earned by the song writer or composer because they are publishing their music and making it well known.
So for an artist it is best to be able to write and compose their own songs to earn more money.
So for an artist it is best to be able to write and compose their own songs to earn more money.
Step 4 - 'Live Performance'
This is where all the fun is made and the most important area in the music industry! why is this the most important area? because live performance is where the artist get to perform their material live, get everyone to come, show everyone what they can do, sell their cd's there, so when they perform their material if people like their songs they all can buy the cd's there on the spot and the artist will also tell the audience to search their name online so they can search them online and then spread the word.
Live performance is also really important because the people that show up to their gig and likes them the artist gets more fans and those fans can grab interest in them and tell everyone they know and show everyone they know the artist's material and thats how the artist becomes famous from building a fan base.
To be able to build a good fan base in a live performance is to have confidence and connect with the audience and hope the audience will like their music and buy the cd's.
To be able to build a good fan base in a live performance is to have confidence and connect with the audience and hope the audience will like their music and buy the cd's.
There are so many different ways of selling music, there is major labels where they get some of the pay for selling the music and where they work for the artist and help the artist get out there, then there is independent labels where it gives the artist more independence and the artist earns their own money because with an independent label you make your own way and publish things on your own so in a way an indepent label is much better for an artist for money wise but it is really hard because major labels have connections and can back you up but with an independent label you do it all on your own but get all the money.
Then there is a 360 deal witch is the worst deal for the artist because with the 360 deal the labels and areas cut of everything for tours, concerts,gigs,sales of singles and albulms so the artist hardly gets any money only a little amount because the 360 deal cuts it all of and goes to the labels and publishers.
Bibliography:
Music publishing - wiklopedia
Recording companies - wiklopedia
Artist management - wiklopedia
Friday, 16 November 2012
'Hear and Identify'
Worst Version
8 faults:
1. there is a caugh and noise at the beginning,and more noise from 0.16 - 0.20. this effects the track because it doesnt sound good with the track and it is unexpected, it sounds unprofessional and wierd. this could of been prevented by muting the microphone while recording the instruments at the beginning, re-recording it, or editing it out on logic.
2. the instrumental at 0.00 starts out of time, and the timing is off and it sounds rushed. this couldve been prevented by re-recording it, using a metranome to keep in time. it couldve been fixed by quantising it on logic.
3. the microphone is fuzzy on 0.53 and on, it is not clear, sounds very fuzzy and blury, so from 0.00 - 0.53 he sounds quite clear then other bits like 0.53 and on sounds really blury and not clear, sounds like the microphone has bad quality and sounds wrong. this couldve been prevented by setting up the microphone differently, testing it out before recording.
4. music and vocals over power each other, at times the vocals is much louder then the music and then other times the music is louder then the vocals so its over powering each other, also the backing vocals are not clear and are quite fady. this couldve been prevented by editing the volume of the vocals and the volume of the music to match and sound equal.
5. tuning is really bad on 0.53 - 1.11, this point sounds really flat and out of tune, you could fix this by tuning the vocal on logic and putting the vocal into tune, fixing the pitch and changing the settings of the vocalist.
6. the panning is unstable and isnt in the middle, throughout the song the sound goes from the right ear to the left ear, from 0.00 and on the sound is on the right ear, then when it gets to 0.30 the sound transfers to the left and is more equal but the panning is stronger on the left ear, the panning keeps changing from left to right to equally to the middle. this could be changed by changing the panning settings on logic or what ever program is being used, changing the panning to equal and making sure non of the settings are to the left or to the right unless the producer purposely wants to have the panning unequally.
7. tuning is really bad from 1.35 - 1.43 this point sounds really flat and the lead vocalist does not sound equal with the backing vocals, this couldve been prevented by tuning the vocals to make it sound smooth and in tune.
8. 0.22 - 0.24 he sais 'with the degree' this is really out of time and the word 'degree' is really out of time,it sounds like the vocalist is hesitating and lost his timing but it is just the timing is not in time, this could be fixed by re - recording it, and quantising the timing and the beat to fit with the lyrics.
8 faults:
1. there is a caugh and noise at the beginning,and more noise from 0.16 - 0.20. this effects the track because it doesnt sound good with the track and it is unexpected, it sounds unprofessional and wierd. this could of been prevented by muting the microphone while recording the instruments at the beginning, re-recording it, or editing it out on logic.
2. the instrumental at 0.00 starts out of time, and the timing is off and it sounds rushed. this couldve been prevented by re-recording it, using a metranome to keep in time. it couldve been fixed by quantising it on logic.
3. the microphone is fuzzy on 0.53 and on, it is not clear, sounds very fuzzy and blury, so from 0.00 - 0.53 he sounds quite clear then other bits like 0.53 and on sounds really blury and not clear, sounds like the microphone has bad quality and sounds wrong. this couldve been prevented by setting up the microphone differently, testing it out before recording.
4. music and vocals over power each other, at times the vocals is much louder then the music and then other times the music is louder then the vocals so its over powering each other, also the backing vocals are not clear and are quite fady. this couldve been prevented by editing the volume of the vocals and the volume of the music to match and sound equal.
5. tuning is really bad on 0.53 - 1.11, this point sounds really flat and out of tune, you could fix this by tuning the vocal on logic and putting the vocal into tune, fixing the pitch and changing the settings of the vocalist.
6. the panning is unstable and isnt in the middle, throughout the song the sound goes from the right ear to the left ear, from 0.00 and on the sound is on the right ear, then when it gets to 0.30 the sound transfers to the left and is more equal but the panning is stronger on the left ear, the panning keeps changing from left to right to equally to the middle. this could be changed by changing the panning settings on logic or what ever program is being used, changing the panning to equal and making sure non of the settings are to the left or to the right unless the producer purposely wants to have the panning unequally.
7. tuning is really bad from 1.35 - 1.43 this point sounds really flat and the lead vocalist does not sound equal with the backing vocals, this couldve been prevented by tuning the vocals to make it sound smooth and in tune.
8. 0.22 - 0.24 he sais 'with the degree' this is really out of time and the word 'degree' is really out of time,it sounds like the vocalist is hesitating and lost his timing but it is just the timing is not in time, this could be fixed by re - recording it, and quantising the timing and the beat to fit with the lyrics.
Monday, 22 October 2012
working with others evaluation
The working with others lasted for 6 weeks, 6 weeks of hard work! in these 6 weeks everyone had to perform to each other to see each others talents, pick covers to do together and write songs together. Everyones solo performance was really good, everyone was original with themselves, had their own style and performed really well. I feel as if my performance could have been better, yes i showed my performance talent and how i can express the song and use the stage, but to show off my singing the song was not right and i felt like i did not sing good enough and i could of sang a better song to show off my singing vocals. I was also very nervous when i do not usually get nervous and the nerves came through my vocals because when i sang i trembled and had trouble breathing so it did not sound very good. But overall all the performances were really good, the performances brought everyone together because everyone found out the talents and got people socialising and asking people about their talent and how long they have been doing it etc.. I realised that after the performances everyone was a bit more comfortable with each other and were feeling more confident with each other.
After the performances we all chose 2 songs to do a cover of, and those 2 songs were 'read all about it' by emile sande and 'i feel good' by james brown. We all were very happy about these songs, happy to work on them, some people got put into 'i feel good' including me' and others got put in to do 'read all about it', 'i feel good' was going good in rehersals every member in the band were energetic and feeling the song. 'read all about it' sounded really nice from the singers and i love the way the band played. Then came the song writing assignment, we all got seperated into small groups and every group got a colour my group got 'purple, my group were very shocked and confused because we did not know how to connect to the colour purple, we just sat there thinking hard. I have never written a song and never knew how to so i was just there very lost and did not know what to do, if i were to do this again i would try much harder and worked with my group better, lucky there was joe and emmanuel because they both have written their own songs before and are more expierienced, so joe played with the guitar and then something sounded nice and we all said 'yhhh lets do that' then i jumped onto the piano and played with him and harmonised with him, even though i have never played the piano before i feel like i got a good ear for music because i was playing about and it actually sounded really nice with the guitar joe was playing. Our song came up alright but i feel it could of been better if we put more effort into it. After all of that we talked as a group and chose another 2 songs to cover and we chose 'heart shaped box' by nirvana and 'ordinary people' by john legend so like we did before half of us got put into 'ordinary people' and the other half got put into 'heart shaped box' i got put into 'heart shaped box' this song is very heavy and has a depressing feel compared to other songs i have sang or performed, for the band they did not have a big problem they just had to re arrange instruments and make it their own but for all of the singers we did not know what to do because it was not really our style and we were not very happy with it, but we were positive and made it our own and made it suit our vocals and harmonised it really nicely. This was a good experience because we all worked together very well and the vibe and atmosphere between the band and the singers were strong and positive and it felt really good. So everyone worked on these songs but we had to choose the best 4 songs to perform in the induction performance we had to choose the 2 best covers and the 2 best colour songs, the 4 songs we decided to perform were 'read all about it', 'heart shaped box', 'green envy' (an original song), 'blue storm' (another original song) and 'ordinary people' that was the order of our set, the last 2 weeks before the induction performance we rehersed a lot and perfected it all, i feel like the rehersals were not very good because people were not giving 100%, people were messing about and not listening to each other, even i feel like i did not do my best, because rehersals are really important in rehersals you need to give 100% and reaherse how you would perform in the actual performance so then in the actual performance it will be really strong and you will be confident, but because people were messing about and not giving 100% effort and full concentrating we could of done much better in the induction performance. i realised we all have to express ourselves and show energy on stage and show confidence because when you perform as a music artist you need to show your enjoying yourself or like you mean what your saying, i feel like people expecially the singers just stand there and sing and they look as if they are not too confident and scared, that is a big thing all of us need to work on! another important thing we all need to work on is connecting with each other on stage and connecting with the audience, i tried to tell people all of this advice but no one wanted to listen to me witch is another thing i feel was not good, people do not listen enough and just do what they want to much, we all need to compramise and work with each other and understand each other.
The induction performance went really well much better then rehersals and that is because there was an audience and the audience put our level up because we wanted to impress them, i feel like i did alright, i performed to my fullest, i connected to the audience, and donavon did really good, he performed to is fullest and really showed emotion through the song and you could feel his good energy and he just made the room shine. I tried to connect with the other singers or people from the band but it failed because people do not know how to connect on stage and i just felt like i was looking into space, that is something we all need to work on. But overall the performance went really well we all got good comments from the audience after the performance ended, in general there was a good energy.
So the whole working together project had its good and its bad, people worked good together but there was some moments where people messed around, did not want to listen to each other, were in their own world, but there was positive energy throughout the weeks and good support for each other, because people felt down and unconfident and we all helped each other and made those people feel more confident and more happier with themselves, everyone got a chance to shine and show off their talent and we all feel proud, it feels like we have done a good job but it also feels like there is a lot to work on.
After the performances we all chose 2 songs to do a cover of, and those 2 songs were 'read all about it' by emile sande and 'i feel good' by james brown. We all were very happy about these songs, happy to work on them, some people got put into 'i feel good' including me' and others got put in to do 'read all about it', 'i feel good' was going good in rehersals every member in the band were energetic and feeling the song. 'read all about it' sounded really nice from the singers and i love the way the band played. Then came the song writing assignment, we all got seperated into small groups and every group got a colour my group got 'purple, my group were very shocked and confused because we did not know how to connect to the colour purple, we just sat there thinking hard. I have never written a song and never knew how to so i was just there very lost and did not know what to do, if i were to do this again i would try much harder and worked with my group better, lucky there was joe and emmanuel because they both have written their own songs before and are more expierienced, so joe played with the guitar and then something sounded nice and we all said 'yhhh lets do that' then i jumped onto the piano and played with him and harmonised with him, even though i have never played the piano before i feel like i got a good ear for music because i was playing about and it actually sounded really nice with the guitar joe was playing. Our song came up alright but i feel it could of been better if we put more effort into it. After all of that we talked as a group and chose another 2 songs to cover and we chose 'heart shaped box' by nirvana and 'ordinary people' by john legend so like we did before half of us got put into 'ordinary people' and the other half got put into 'heart shaped box' i got put into 'heart shaped box' this song is very heavy and has a depressing feel compared to other songs i have sang or performed, for the band they did not have a big problem they just had to re arrange instruments and make it their own but for all of the singers we did not know what to do because it was not really our style and we were not very happy with it, but we were positive and made it our own and made it suit our vocals and harmonised it really nicely. This was a good experience because we all worked together very well and the vibe and atmosphere between the band and the singers were strong and positive and it felt really good. So everyone worked on these songs but we had to choose the best 4 songs to perform in the induction performance we had to choose the 2 best covers and the 2 best colour songs, the 4 songs we decided to perform were 'read all about it', 'heart shaped box', 'green envy' (an original song), 'blue storm' (another original song) and 'ordinary people' that was the order of our set, the last 2 weeks before the induction performance we rehersed a lot and perfected it all, i feel like the rehersals were not very good because people were not giving 100%, people were messing about and not listening to each other, even i feel like i did not do my best, because rehersals are really important in rehersals you need to give 100% and reaherse how you would perform in the actual performance so then in the actual performance it will be really strong and you will be confident, but because people were messing about and not giving 100% effort and full concentrating we could of done much better in the induction performance. i realised we all have to express ourselves and show energy on stage and show confidence because when you perform as a music artist you need to show your enjoying yourself or like you mean what your saying, i feel like people expecially the singers just stand there and sing and they look as if they are not too confident and scared, that is a big thing all of us need to work on! another important thing we all need to work on is connecting with each other on stage and connecting with the audience, i tried to tell people all of this advice but no one wanted to listen to me witch is another thing i feel was not good, people do not listen enough and just do what they want to much, we all need to compramise and work with each other and understand each other.
The induction performance went really well much better then rehersals and that is because there was an audience and the audience put our level up because we wanted to impress them, i feel like i did alright, i performed to my fullest, i connected to the audience, and donavon did really good, he performed to is fullest and really showed emotion through the song and you could feel his good energy and he just made the room shine. I tried to connect with the other singers or people from the band but it failed because people do not know how to connect on stage and i just felt like i was looking into space, that is something we all need to work on. But overall the performance went really well we all got good comments from the audience after the performance ended, in general there was a good energy.
So the whole working together project had its good and its bad, people worked good together but there was some moments where people messed around, did not want to listen to each other, were in their own world, but there was positive energy throughout the weeks and good support for each other, because people felt down and unconfident and we all helped each other and made those people feel more confident and more happier with themselves, everyone got a chance to shine and show off their talent and we all feel proud, it feels like we have done a good job but it also feels like there is a lot to work on.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
week 6 evaluation
This week was our induction week on monday 15th of october. We performed infront of the whole of the performing arts department! Level 2 music performed and also level 3 music production. Level 2 had about 3 or 4 acts, and each of the level 2 music acts performed really well with a lot of energy, their performances had a lot of life and energy on stage and they got a good reaction from the audience, expecially their last act the audience went wild.
Level 3 Music production had 4 acts, all of the music production level 3 acts had rappers involved in each song, they had a good change of style, the first act was a basic singing dubstep tune, the second act was a love duet and harry from level 3 music helped them out, the third act was a group full on rapping tune, with mad rapping, and the last act was a catchy rap, rnb song. The audience went wild, they really enjoyed their music and responded well to their music. The music production performances showed a large amount of energy on stage, showed a lot of confidence, they looked as if they owned the stage and been performing for a while, all their songs were orignal witch were really catchy.
After the music production level 3 performed us level 3 music performed, I feel like we did really well, there was good energy, the audience responded really well at our songs, they looked as if they enjoyed it and the audience really supported us and cheered for us and went wild for us, I personally did not expect to get such a good response from the audience. Although I feel as if everyone couldve given more energy and look more enjoyable! But its not easy they will gradually do it and get the hang of it.
Overall the whole working together process, rehersals and performing went really well, we all put a lot of work in, we all stayed positive, creative and enjoyed the whole process. Throughout the process there was a few errors and bad points like messing around or not listening to eachother, not giving enough energy, people not coming in for rehersals so that held the whole band up etc. But it all came together and we all tried our hardest to keep together and make it as perfect and nice sounding as we could.
Level 3 Music production had 4 acts, all of the music production level 3 acts had rappers involved in each song, they had a good change of style, the first act was a basic singing dubstep tune, the second act was a love duet and harry from level 3 music helped them out, the third act was a group full on rapping tune, with mad rapping, and the last act was a catchy rap, rnb song. The audience went wild, they really enjoyed their music and responded well to their music. The music production performances showed a large amount of energy on stage, showed a lot of confidence, they looked as if they owned the stage and been performing for a while, all their songs were orignal witch were really catchy.
After the music production level 3 performed us level 3 music performed, I feel like we did really well, there was good energy, the audience responded really well at our songs, they looked as if they enjoyed it and the audience really supported us and cheered for us and went wild for us, I personally did not expect to get such a good response from the audience. Although I feel as if everyone couldve given more energy and look more enjoyable! But its not easy they will gradually do it and get the hang of it.
Overall the whole working together process, rehersals and performing went really well, we all put a lot of work in, we all stayed positive, creative and enjoyed the whole process. Throughout the process there was a few errors and bad points like messing around or not listening to eachother, not giving enough energy, people not coming in for rehersals so that held the whole band up etc. But it all came together and we all tried our hardest to keep together and make it as perfect and nice sounding as we could.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
week 5 rehersals
I had to miss monday due to jewish festival 'Sukot' but i cought up on everything on wednesday and settled in with the set and performed well.
This week we all worked on our original songs our color songs, but we worked on 3 colors, green, blue and yellow because we thought as a group that green, blue and yellow were the best songs to use for the induction performance. for the three original songs we listened to them and made changes that would make the song better, what the songs needed, so we all split up into 3 groups, some people went into the green group, some went into the blue group and then some people went into the yellow group, i got put into the green group. To all the people that got added to one of those colors had to do something in the song like: play piano, or sing with the lead vocalists, play the drums, add all sorts of things to make the song lively and the best it can be.
This week we all worked on our original songs our color songs, but we worked on 3 colors, green, blue and yellow because we thought as a group that green, blue and yellow were the best songs to use for the induction performance. for the three original songs we listened to them and made changes that would make the song better, what the songs needed, so we all split up into 3 groups, some people went into the green group, some went into the blue group and then some people went into the yellow group, i got put into the green group. To all the people that got added to one of those colors had to do something in the song like: play piano, or sing with the lead vocalists, play the drums, add all sorts of things to make the song lively and the best it can be.
All week each of the 3 groups rehearsed the song many many times, got used to the song, got the vibe of the song, improved little bits, changed bits. We all really worked hard this week and worked as groups really well. The songs sound even better then they used to. We also scrapped 'i feel good' because as a group we all felt as if the song was really not strong enough to be performed for the induction performance and we felt like it was not good enough. Everything is sounding really good and is feeling strong, there is still a few little errors we all need to fix and correct but other then those errors everything is going really well.
On friday we rehearsed our final set, we performed to the year 2 music students, the set lasted 27 minuets, so something went wrong because we took to long and went majorly over our time limit, so on monday hopefully our set will go as it should be and we will be in time with our time limit.
in between songs people took to long to set up their instruments, people stood in the wrong place and that took time to move to where they should be placed, people were talking with each other about the song or talking in general. i feel as if everyone did really good in the whole performance expect for the fact that people took to long to set up and held the whole performance but other then that people were confident, i feel as if people including me can put more energy in their performance, have a bit more fun with it, towards the end of 'ordinary people' donavon lifted up the energy and started dancing and grooving with the song, this was really effective and made the audience react positively, the audience and the performers started laughing and a really good energy was created and it looked like people were enjoying themselves.
I think the audience really enjoyed the set, they laughed, got really excited, commented natrually with excitement eg.. 'yes yes she is goooood' etc, they clapped along with the songs, they looked like they were enjoying it all by the way they were smiling, moving their head with their song, smiling etc, there was a good vibe in the room but i still feel that we all could of done stronger and much better, i really hope the induction performance will be much better and we will actually feel like we achieved something, and feel good about it. I felt like i could've done so much better, i guess i was nervous, because as a singer i am really not confident so it pulls me back from doing the best i can as a singer.
On friday we rehearsed our final set, we performed to the year 2 music students, the set lasted 27 minuets, so something went wrong because we took to long and went majorly over our time limit, so on monday hopefully our set will go as it should be and we will be in time with our time limit.
in between songs people took to long to set up their instruments, people stood in the wrong place and that took time to move to where they should be placed, people were talking with each other about the song or talking in general. i feel as if everyone did really good in the whole performance expect for the fact that people took to long to set up and held the whole performance but other then that people were confident, i feel as if people including me can put more energy in their performance, have a bit more fun with it, towards the end of 'ordinary people' donavon lifted up the energy and started dancing and grooving with the song, this was really effective and made the audience react positively, the audience and the performers started laughing and a really good energy was created and it looked like people were enjoying themselves.
I think the audience really enjoyed the set, they laughed, got really excited, commented natrually with excitement eg.. 'yes yes she is goooood' etc, they clapped along with the songs, they looked like they were enjoying it all by the way they were smiling, moving their head with their song, smiling etc, there was a good vibe in the room but i still feel that we all could of done stronger and much better, i really hope the induction performance will be much better and we will actually feel like we achieved something, and feel good about it. I felt like i could've done so much better, i guess i was nervous, because as a singer i am really not confident so it pulls me back from doing the best i can as a singer.
week 4 rehersals
This week we chose another two songs 'heart shaped box' by nirvana and 'ordinary people' by john legend, we all got split into 2 groups i got into the group 'heart shaped box', heart shaped box is a rock song and all of the singers have never sang rock before, but we made it our own, we harmonised it, added our own tone to our voice to suit the song. The band worked with us and made the instruments suited to us, because we made some changes in the song they had to follow us, example in the beggining we start accapella with harmonies and then the band come in, when a solo singer is singing the verse the band play softly so it sounds good with the solo singer and does'nt sound to loud for the singer, then come in heavily in the chorus, the way we all worked together really worked well because it sounds so good and we made it our own witch is even better.
All of this week each group rehearsed their 2 songs, so for me i rehearsed with my groups 'i feel good' and with my other group 'heart shaped box' for other groups they rehearsed 'read all about it' and 'ordinary people', for these 4 songs all the groups are different there is different people in every group, so for 'i feel good' there is certain people then for 'heart shaped box' there is different people from the last group'. I realised that the singers have to be really strong in 'heart shaped box' this song is a very heavy, dark song so we need to give as much energy in the chorus really mean it, kind of shout the words out. The solo singers can do their own thing and be a little quiter then the chorus but still have a dark, heavy tone to their voice because this song has that vibe and style. I think we all digested the song really quickly and worked well on it, did not complain just got on with it, at first the singers were like how are we going to sing this kind of song? but we stayed positive and made it work for all of us, and i think it feels really good, and sounds really good.
This week we also worked on our color songs, but i was'nt in on the wednesday when they worked on my color so my group actually changed the whole song and made it a duet between immanuel and joe.
All of this week each group rehearsed their 2 songs, so for me i rehearsed with my groups 'i feel good' and with my other group 'heart shaped box' for other groups they rehearsed 'read all about it' and 'ordinary people', for these 4 songs all the groups are different there is different people in every group, so for 'i feel good' there is certain people then for 'heart shaped box' there is different people from the last group'. I realised that the singers have to be really strong in 'heart shaped box' this song is a very heavy, dark song so we need to give as much energy in the chorus really mean it, kind of shout the words out. The solo singers can do their own thing and be a little quiter then the chorus but still have a dark, heavy tone to their voice because this song has that vibe and style. I think we all digested the song really quickly and worked well on it, did not complain just got on with it, at first the singers were like how are we going to sing this kind of song? but we stayed positive and made it work for all of us, and i think it feels really good, and sounds really good.
This week we also worked on our color songs, but i was'nt in on the wednesday when they worked on my color so my group actually changed the whole song and made it a duet between immanuel and joe.
week 3 rehersals
This week the 2 groups carried on working on the 'i feel good' and 'read all about it' made adustments, improved it, corrected some off bits, trying to make it perfect, because we are performing these songs to the whole performing arts department so we have to make it perfect and really good, i hope they will enjoy it. Rehersals went really well, we all worked together and it feels really good performing it as a group.
This week in song writing we all got given colors and every color is a group, we all got some chords we had to use in the song but every group can use those certain chords in any order, do whatever they want with it, every group with their color had to make up a song with their color being their motif, my group got the color purple, when my group got the color purple we all were shocked because purple is a hard color to talk about, we just sat there thinking hard but we came up with something in the end, we came up with someone getting hurt and everything build up, we all thought of ideas then joe played around on his guitar and made up a melody, then i went on the piano and tried to work with joe and ended up making a nice harmony, then joe and immanuel threw some lyrics witch was the hardest thing because its not very easy with purple, but they came up with good lyrics, and the final touches came out pretty nice.
This week went really well, everyone worked as hard as they could, we all worked together and are getting further, better and stronger. Although i feel as if we all need some confidence boost because to make a song really good and strong we need to feel the song and be confident and strike the audience, we need to all look as if we are enjoying the song and enjoying what we are doing, not look nervous and scared!
This week i had to miss wednesday because of 'yom kippur' another jewish festival, this was a fasting festival so i had to fast very religiously and pray in sinagouge, but i came back and caught up on everything, but i felt like i didnt miss much, i picked anything i missed very quickly. hhh
This week went really well, everyone worked as hard as they could, we all worked together and are getting further, better and stronger. Although i feel as if we all need some confidence boost because to make a song really good and strong we need to feel the song and be confident and strike the audience, we need to all look as if we are enjoying the song and enjoying what we are doing, not look nervous and scared!
This week i had to miss wednesday because of 'yom kippur' another jewish festival, this was a fasting festival so i had to fast very religiously and pray in sinagouge, but i came back and caught up on everything, but i felt like i didnt miss much, i picked anything i missed very quickly. hhh
rehersals week 2
So last week everyone performed to each other and chose 6 performers to perform for this fridays performance at the spot in the college, the 6 performers we picked are: demver doing his violin piece an instrumental from pirates of the carribean, joe doing his original song on guitar, la-shaun doing his original rap but covering a song and having joe to sing the chorus for him and play guitar for him, immanuel doing his original song 'to number one' with a backing track, caitllyn doing her original song on piano and harry doing his original song on guitar. For this fridays performance at the spot to be successful we had to get into groups and every group had a job to do towards the performance for example: filmers, organisers, equipment managers, advatisers etc. I was put in the filmers group, for all of this week me and my group had to film the 6 performers rehersing, and film the actual performance. The performance went really well and the audience really enjoyed the performances, i think we all did a good job to make it successful.
This week we also chose 2 good songs: 'i feel good' by James Brown and 'read all about it' by Professor Green ft Emeli Sande, we got put in to two groups one group had to work on 'I feel good' and the second group had to work on 'Read all about it', in the two groups every person got a different job to do example: who plays guitar, bass, piano, who is going to sing etc.. i got put in the group for 'I feel good' i really like this song it is so catchy, fun to sing and a good old tune. It was easy to work on because most people know the song very well. There was a few errors with timing, singing was a little off, harmonies went off, so hopefully next week we can correct those errors and make the song sound really good. I feel like i couldve sang better and feel the song more, because i feel that i didnt put enough effort and felt like i couldve performed much better in able to make the song stronger, because i believe if everyone in the group gives a lot of effort the better and stronger the song will sound.
Although i think the band played very well and did a good job in working with the singers.
This week i had to miss the days monday and wednesday due to jewish new years, a very important festival and i could not come in but i cought up on friday with the songs, learning them now throughout the weekend, so next monday i will be up to date.
Although i think the band played very well and did a good job in working with the singers.
This week i had to miss the days monday and wednesday due to jewish new years, a very important festival and i could not come in but i cought up on friday with the songs, learning them now throughout the weekend, so next monday i will be up to date.
Friday, 5 October 2012
week 1 of rehersals
This week the whole class of the course music year 1 performed to eachother, there was a variety of accoustic guitar, backing track (rapping), piano,violin,drums,bass guitar and accapella. Everyone was very good and had there own style, the vocalists had unique voices and showed emotion and came through to us,told us the story. The rappers were very orignal, all orginal songs that were performed were catchy and were good to listen to, i could buy them and listen to them daily also show them to my friends and family.
After everyone performed to each other we all had to chose our 3 best performers that we think should perform in the spot performance next friday, so the final 6 performers that were most said were: caitlyn, demver, la-shaun, harry, imannuel and joe.
I feel like i couldve performed a better song to show off my vocals, and couldve done better vocals, but that is something i can work on in my own time, i will improve on my vocals by singing a lot and working with my private singing teacher.
Today everyone was quite nervous to perform to each other, but the performances came out great, really showed us the talent in the class. I am looking forward to working with everyone and experimenting different songs together.
After everyone performed to each other we all had to chose our 3 best performers that we think should perform in the spot performance next friday, so the final 6 performers that were most said were: caitlyn, demver, la-shaun, harry, imannuel and joe.
I feel like i couldve performed a better song to show off my vocals, and couldve done better vocals, but that is something i can work on in my own time, i will improve on my vocals by singing a lot and working with my private singing teacher.
Today everyone was quite nervous to perform to each other, but the performances came out great, really showed us the talent in the class. I am looking forward to working with everyone and experimenting different songs together.
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