Today, both Guy and I had a 4 hour session as we were practicing throughout both of our lectures. Throughout these lectures we managed to write a whole song. This song is currently under the working title of 'Multi-coloured Laces', however we are not certain on the real title of the song. I feel that throughout these lectures, we have managed a lot of work and i feel that we have also vastly improved upon the song(s) we are covering.
My task for our next session is to continue practicing the song and try and get it to a really good standard. We will also continue try to write a new song if we can with the spare ideas that we have made.
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Blog Post 7 16/5/17 (TUESDAY)
Today, I have continued to practice the songs and have also written a new idea. I feel that my workflow is going really good, as I am doing things to the deadlines and sticking to my action plan. In sticking to my plan it will means that i can reach the declines of projects on time and understand what i will be doing, and when.
My task for next session, will be to start to develop the songs with Guy and make a full song by the end of the lesson.
My task for next session, will be to start to develop the songs with Guy and make a full song by the end of the lesson.
Blog Post 6 15/5/17 (MONDAY)
Today and over the weekend, I have done approximately 4 hours practice in total for the assessment, as I have another project that I also have to spend a lot of time on. Throughout these practice sessions, i have managed to practice all of my parts and come up with two original ideas that i think are worthy of developing. I have also discussed more songs that we should cover and we have chosen to play an original instead. This is because we believe we can write a new song with the ideas we have collated.
My task for next session is to continue on getting the ideas and songs down really tight. This will allow us to be more productive with our workflow as we will have already learnt the songs and will just need to piece it all together.
My task for next session is to continue on getting the ideas and songs down really tight. This will allow us to be more productive with our workflow as we will have already learnt the songs and will just need to piece it all together.
Blog Post 5 12/5/17 (FRIDAY)
Today I was planning on continuing working on the songs. However I forgot to organise another practice session with Guy and so the session didn't end up going ahead. However, I did manage to practice 'Seven' and our original at home for 1 hour. this session was not as productive as i would have liked it to be as i am playing both the lead and some rhythm part of the songs, so I will preferably need to have Guy playing along with me. However, I did manage to develop the new idea a bit more.
For both the Mondays and Tuesdays every week. Guy will not be able to practice with me as he is practicing in another group. However this allows me to practice my parts to the best of my ability before my next session with Guy. So my aim is to practice the songs we have been working on completely and learn a new song which we will decide over Email.
For both the Mondays and Tuesdays every week. Guy will not be able to practice with me as he is practicing in another group. However this allows me to practice my parts to the best of my ability before my next session with Guy. So my aim is to practice the songs we have been working on completely and learn a new song which we will decide over Email.
Monday, 15 May 2017
Blog Post 4 11/5/17 (THURSDAY)
On Thursday, both Guy and I booked a practice room after our lessons for an hour. we chose to run it from 2:15 to 3:15. during this session we continued to practice our two songs. We also came up with a new idea that we will be working on during the coming weeks. Our aim for this session was to get our two song really tight and develop 'Seven' into a different style. We were also trying to come up with a good idea that we could use
I found this session to be really productive and i felt that we did meet our targets of developing 'Seven' into something really new.
My aims for the next session is to finalise the songs and continue to write and develop the new song.
I found this session to be really productive and i felt that we did meet our targets of developing 'Seven' into something really new.
My aims for the next session is to finalise the songs and continue to write and develop the new song.
Blog Post 3 10/5/17 (WEDNESDAY)
Both Guy and I worked on trying to get 'Seven' by Catfish And The Bottlemen to a decent standard. we both managed to play the whole of the song completely with no mistakes. After, we started to develop the song and start making some changes to it. After an hour of this, both Guy and I then progressed to writing an original. We both found that we had a really productive session, and we managed to complete finish a song. I really enjoyed this practice session as we have already progressed a lot in this project, despite only practicing for a very short number of days.
Though there was a problem with bands and the organisation problem with the college. So, throughout the events management session we did have to change things up and add members. This has made things really inconvenient for me as we will now have to organise a time that we can all practice at. The reason why i chose a duo was because we were only relying on ourselves to organise the practice session, which made progressing in this project very easy as we could choose when we wanted to practice. However, now we have to organise a room that has a drum kit and is accessible to whole band which is going to be a really hassle and stressful as i also have a lot of very important career commitments outside of college.
my aims for next session is to continue to practice playing 'Seven' and our original and write another song or idea that we could work around.
Though there was a problem with bands and the organisation problem with the college. So, throughout the events management session we did have to change things up and add members. This has made things really inconvenient for me as we will now have to organise a time that we can all practice at. The reason why i chose a duo was because we were only relying on ourselves to organise the practice session, which made progressing in this project very easy as we could choose when we wanted to practice. However, now we have to organise a room that has a drum kit and is accessible to whole band which is going to be a really hassle and stressful as i also have a lot of very important career commitments outside of college.
my aims for next session is to continue to practice playing 'Seven' and our original and write another song or idea that we could work around.
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Blog Post 2 9/5/17 (TUESDAY)
Today, I focused on just learning how to play the songs on my own as Guy was practicing with another group. I found 'Seven' to be fairly easy to learn however since i was learning the Intro Solo, i found it kind of hard to play. As, on the recording the solo sits right back in the mix, so it is fairly of hard to hear. Other than this slight problem, i found that i have had quite a productive practice session.
My three aims for tomorrow are to:
practice 'Seven' with Guy and get it to a decent standard.
Write an original with Guy.
Discuss more songs that we could cover.
My three aims for tomorrow are to:
practice 'Seven' with Guy and get it to a decent standard.
Write an original with Guy.
Discuss more songs that we could cover.
Blog Post 1 8/5/17 (MONDAY)
Today, both Guy and I discussed about what were going to play and how we are going to organise our practice sessions. After a fairly long discussion we settled on rehearsals on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Both guy and i decided on this as it is a really good timing for both of us. We also decided on our songs that we would practice for this week. We have decided on learning to play 'Seven' by Catfish and the bottlemen and play one Guy's own songs. At the moment, since we are still only in the preparation phase, there isn't anything that I feel I can improve on or criticise.
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