RESARCH AND PLANING

When it came to the resherach and planing of this project you can see  the progress that was made in our final performance compeared to our rehersals all though our rehersals were not the actrul performance it should have be taken much more serious on my behalf for when I look back at these rehersal blogs I noticed that my body languge could have been more aimed at the audience and I could have put more life to the performence.

FINAL Performance

       

EVALUATION FMP

My level 2 music performance (titled) journey turned out to be an Up and Down experience, however, we managed to get through with it.

On the day of the performance we started off by doing a sound check, this slightly brought confusion as Part of the people in are band felt unprepared and felt like the sound check could be a time to redeem themselves. However there was no time at all for it was a sound check, this included in the song( rock star ) where there were 3 microphones that had BV-backing vocals) to give more harmonies, this allowed the song to be more energized and upbeat, this would encourage the audience to get involved.

As this was one of our first gigs on a setup stage we had to make a where of safety echoes, where there was a slight gap between the back wall and the drums so the drummers were told to be careful by the safety team. A long side that thought of safety an idea suggested was to have white tape around the edge of the platform we would be stepping on to get on stage, this was useful for when the lights turned down as it was a black stage the white outline of the tape will be easy to recognise and give people the chance to step on to the stage with confidence.

There were many risks when it came to the lighting one of them was the mind blowing (keyboard effect) this was caused by the shadows of the light and made it look like there were more keys to play, I mainly found it confusing when it came to the song (dollar) the As I was playing two keys, however I dealt with this problem by putting bright blue tape on the keys I needed to play as a reminder, to where I need to play my notes.

When it comes to proformas's any thing can happen that why rehearsals and sound checks are more than important for as an example of this was in our sound check we had a smoke machine that was on just so we could get comfortable with how it felt, however a lot of smoke was being let out and as result a that the fire alarm went off and had the whole college evacuated from the smoke,  in some ways that were a good situation as if that was to happen in the real gig, that really could of put everything at risk but most of all that musical connection with the audience, however, I strongly feel that part of that connection was lost due to the smoke machine being too much to the point I could not see , this was because I could not see the audience enough for me to present the emotional depth in the song and example of this was my solo performance, singing (Ordinary people - by John Legend) I strongly fell that that song can relate to many individuals who might be going through trials and tribulations, as that what people in there numbers go through.

Furthermore if there was one criticism that could be given would be the lack of promotion clearly due to the lack of promotion we had a small and if I'm honest a week audience, this should push us as performers and host of the gig to again try communicate and get them out there comforts zone, this was done wear it was the last song of our gig and it was the last to show what we had to offer as the lead singer I humbly ask the audience how that was doing if they enjoyed the night, and not really surprised by their reaction which came across with a low energy, I asked again trying to hype them up and their reaction was a little better but it worked we then played a well-known song called (happy- by Pharrell Williams) and as it is a well know song the audience would be energised and be loosened up.This Will definitely create a sense of achievement for the band as we were behind in rehearsal from 3 weeks ago, but slowly and confidential built us up.

 and why

REHEARSAL STAGE PRESENCE

Stage presence is a key thing in an performance where it is you and the audience that are meant to have, in most of my songs

TASK 3 My Role visuals

My individual role in the planning of the performance is that I should be responsible for the visuals that will be show case as a whole band, we had the idea to have visuals at the back of us when we are performing, it would be done by having others put a projection of images either showing the songs name or an image that could describe the song as a whole, such as for the song "Dollar" we would have a projection of either money or something associated closely with the title. This could be done by power point projected on a screen or curtains. the facility for this available and I will confer with the technition  along side with Kenia this is also linked to TASK 3.

TASK 2

I will be singing lead in this song and singing it in its original key. However I will add more of my style in terms of the riffs that will be sung,  but I feel quite confident within this song so I feel like I should really give it my all,  that being said if I am going to give my very best performance I would need to practice regularly by doing warm ups with my voice and even accompany myself with a keyboard, if so this should surely leave my ready for the gig.


Also I feel like stage presence plays a very important role in the song I see it as telling a story whiles you will use your arms as a demonstration towards the audience , this shows how the level of interaction and communication will have them hooked to the song.

Lyrics

Girl, I'm in love with you
This ain't the honeymoon
Passed the infatuation phase
Right in the thick of love
At times we get sick of love
Seems like we argue everyday

I know I misbehaved and you made your mistakes
And we both still got room left to grow
And though love sometimes hurts
I still put you first
And we'll make this thing work but I think maybe we should take it slow

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
'Cause we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow
Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow
Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow

This ain't a movie love
No fairytale conclusion y'all
It gets more confusing everyday
Sometimes it's heaven sent
Then we head back to hell again
We kiss then we make up on the way

I hang up, you call
We rise and we fall
And we feel like just walking away
As our love advances we take second chances
Though it's not a fantasy I still want you to stay

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
'Cause we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow
Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow
Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow

Take it slow
Maybe we'll live and learn
Maybe we'll crash and burn
Maybe you'll stay, maybe you'll leave
maybe you'll return
Maybe another fight
Maybe we won't survive
But maybe we'll grow
We never know Maybe you and I

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
'Cause we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
'Cause we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow

Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow
Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow
Take it slow, slow
This time we'll take it slow
Take it slow, ohh
This time we'll take it slow

In happy I will be assisted by the band whilst I will be singing lead vocal and I will be kindly assisted by the Bv's of Kenia & Sifa  as they play a vital part in the song so this will help drive the song and keep it upbeat.

However as its such a upbeat song it must have energy and in doing so we must be able to keep the same tempo so we need to ensure we keep to are regular practice schedule. We have made sure that in order to keep the consistency of the work and keep everyone informed a Whatsapp group was a good idea ,anther performance element is that we need to have movement as well to show that we as a band are enjoying the music when presenting to an audience.  

It might seem crazy what I am about to say
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break
I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don't care, baby, by the way

(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Here come bad news, talking this and that (Yeah!)
Well, give me all you got, don't hold it back (Yeah!)
Well, I should probably warn ya, I'll be just fine (Yeah!)
No offense to you, don’t waste your time
Here's why...

(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

(Happy)
Bring me down… can't nothing…
(Happy)
Bring me down… my love is too high…
(Happy)
Bring me down… can't nothing…
(Happy)
Bring me down, I said

(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down…can't nothing…
(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down… my love is too high…
(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down… can't nothing…
(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down, I said

(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do
[x2]

(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down… can't nothing…
(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down… my love is too high…
(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down… can't nothing…
(Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down, I said

(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do
[x2]

words killer

FMP PRPOSAL

What do you intend to perform at the summer gig?  BAND SONGS   I need a dollar/Heaven or hell  100 Percent  Gonna be a rockstar  Die by the law  So sick   Happy   Turkish  SOLO  Ordinary people   Beautiful Boogie  kenia  shifer

What sort of role do you think you would be good at in the planning and why?  Visuals/multimedia  Music Directer  stage manger  Marketing  Art work  Visuals and lights

Who will the show be aimed at?  College Students  Parents  Friends

What would you like to get out of the experience? Confidence Enjoy the expeirense

What skills will you need to work on to make it successful?  Communication  Time keeping  Respect Memory  Stage presence

Singing Workshop

In todays workshop we was going over warm ups, this would be good in the future for when we may be performing just something that would make you as a singer be sure and ready to go on stage.

We began by using the keyboard and going up in scales to test us in are rage as well however as we went along it got harder and I felt as if I should push my self harder but that was not the case as we was advised when we get higher we should lay back in our voice and take a softer attempt towards it.

This really helped me and will continue to do so.

Band Rehearsal

In todays rehearsal we was continuing our original piece and noticed we are almost at perfection however there is alway,Always room for improvement and in this lesson it would of had to have been the now that we have cleared everything up in different sections it would be time to run it all the way through with out stoping, this dose not mean to say we will get it in our first try but practice makes perfect.