Song List
- Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi
- Perfect by Ed Sheeran
Monday 20th January 2025
On the morning of this day I did rehearsal of three songs (Perfect, Seven Years and Someone You Loved) on my own in the practice room. Jane had brought in her keyboard from home for me to use to practice on. So I took some time to get used to this new keyboard as I had not used it before. I decided to cut Yours from my set list as I wasn't able to practice with a singer and it was getting close to the performance.
On the afternoon, I practiced Someone You Loved with Mo as main vocals and Kaine as backing vocals. I feel that this session went better than the previous ones. We need more time to practice with each other but we have the rest of this week to do that. I found that in the practice room I couldn't hear Kaine during this session - this could have been due to us not having mics.
Also on the afternoon, Jane cane to listen to my rehearsal session with Mo and Kaine. I discussed with her how she thought the singing went, and we decided that Jayden would be the better singer for Someone You Loved.
Things that went well...
- I managed to run through all three songs completely in the morning sessions
- I am getting better with Mo during Someone You Loved
Things to Improve on...
- Getting used to using the new keyboard for practicing on. This will come with more time and practice
- I can ensure that I make my performances dynamic and add in dynamics to my practice sessions.
Further Progress...
- Make sure to use dynamics into my performances - this will come with more time and practice
- Ensuring that all three songs are ready for the performance.
Tuesday 21st January 2025
On the morning of this session I practiced all three songs in the practice room. I had not had anyone to practice Seven Years with so I discussed with Jane that I decided to cut this from my set list. I also discussed with Jane that I would use the songs which I had cut in future performances - as I did manage to do some rehearsals of them which means I would be able to make them better for future performances.
On the afternoon of this session we did a full run through of the show on the stage downstairs to ensure that we were getting out transition times right. This also helped me to get a feel for the stage. We did a run through of Perfect with Jayden, and we did a run through of Someone You Loved with Mo singing.
Things that went well...
- The run through of Someone You Loved and Perfect went well, because I have had a lot of practice with them
- I feel that my tempo is okay for both of the songs
Things to Improve on...
- I felt nervous to perform on stage with others. However, I will be able to get over this with time and preforming more shows
- I need to add in more dynamics to my performance to ensure that it sounds full when I perform in the live show
Further Progress...
- Make sure to use dynamics in my performance - this will come with more time and practice
- Ensure that both songs I am performing will be ready for the performance
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
We decided this morning that Jayden would perform both Perfect and Someone You Loved with me. We discussed this with Jane. Before the performance run though, me and Jayden did a run through of Someone You Loved in the practice room. Then we did a full run through of the show. I performed Perfect with Jayden with went well. I was feeling more comfortable to be on stage and performing. I was making sure to focus on dynamics during my performance. After the performance of Perfect, Jayden said that he felt ill so stepped off the stage to get some air - I decided that it would be best for me to leave the stage also. As I would have the opportunity to run through my parts of the show this afternoon. I had a quick discussion with Mo and Kaine and we all decided that they would be able to pick up for Jayden if this happened again.
On the afternoon - we had another full run through of the show. I felt that Perfect went well while on stage. I felt more confident for the show during this rehearsal. I was expecting Mo and Kaine to come onto the stage after I had finished Perfect, to preform Someone You Loved with me. However, Aimee came onto the stage to sing for this song. I felt better about this - I think this could be because we had practiced together before on some other songs. Tim came over after we had performed together and mentioned dynamics in the performance and also counting us both in so we were both ready. Me and Aimee focused on this later in the afternoon to ensure that we both sounded good together. I focused on dynamics which were getting better overall.
Things that went well...
- Performing with Aimee went well on Someone You Loved. We're able to perform well together.
- Perfect went well as I have had a lot of practice on this
- The timing for both Someone You Loved and Perfect went really well
Things to Improve on...
- I need to improve on the dynamics for both songs overall - this would come with more time and more practice
Further Progress...
- Perform the actual show
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