Music Practice Blog

 Today we continued rehearsing as a band to “someone like you” this is coming along really well. Maddie has had a bad voice for a while however was feeling much better today this helped the rehearsal come together. I have been enjoying playing with other instruments and feeling part of a band. I feel this is a challenge but with more practice will work really well.

Things that went well…

During this session timing has improved another vocalist had joined and sounds good alongside Maddie. We decided to plug the keyboard in to the Amp for better hearing however this was a Bass Amp and had a ringing to it.

Things to improve on…

We need more of a break between parts comparing to last time we did rehearse a break and feel this would be good to practice now. With the guitar playing Dom had advised an upper strum to emphasise this more. We need to plug the guitar into an amp to personify the sound more with other instruments. Next time we may need 3 microphones as only 2 vocals had a mic.

Further progress…

We have discussed learning a new song Adele “Rolling in the deep” we started to play this and I would like to learn the keys starting at the chorus. During my drumming lessons I would like to also attempt to learn the drums for this. I am pleased we have agreed to practice another song that I am able to participate in playing for the show.

Music Practice Blog

 

I have rehearsed alongside more instruments to the piece Adele “someone like you” in preparation for a performance in January. I have already played this song at the end of year show last year alongside vocals. I wanted to challenge myself more and practice with other instruments so during this rehearsal I played with 3 other people. This was with new vocalist and 2 guitarists both playing acoustic guitars alongside my playing.

Things that went well…

We found that Both Kane and Maddie voices went really well together so we started to rehearse with both singing together. Also, both Molly and Kane played guitar this gives more impact to the song with 2 guitarists.

Things to improve on…

When rehearsing the pre-chorus this was particularly difficult to get correct as the vocals came in too early. I feel there needs to be a break given from when I start playing with practice this will be corrected. I have decided to extend the pre-chorus to lengthen it and gives the singer more time. I feel after the break over summer my hand has weakened and need to keep up practice to strengthen at home. Practice is key to gain hand muscle strength, I have thought that a base would sound good however similar sounds can be made with the acoustic guitar.

Further progress…

I attempted to practice 4 chords for the backing of the Beetles I felt that listening to the song before help me to practice the timing correctly. I rehearsed this on my own and am going to practice this soon with the others.

On another session I wanted to practice my keys and both me and Jade tried to learn UP “Married life” This was easy keys and simple to learn. The intention was to learn basic keys so we could practice together in the future. I am currently doing drumming lessons and hope to gain the confidence to play this in the show alongside others.