This week i feel i showed my ability to learn quickly and perform under pressure. The evidence of this was on Sunday night where i was drum teching for Dante a Scottish Indie band at Kinross Community Campus. As we were setting up for the show Sean (Dante's lead singer) asked me to perform a six/eight percussive beat at the end of one of their songs, which i agreed to. Since it was only 2-3 hour before going on i sat with the drummer and went over the rhythm.
The gig on wednesday went quite well and showed my ability of good stage craft and level of performance in front of a relatively large crowd.
My band work on Monday again showed my ability to learn quickly as we had to learn roughly 1.30 minutes of three songs and combine them into a medley with a time period of 2 and a half hours. which, all of us achieved (and i might say with a much better result than the other bands.
Threw last week and Tuesday just gone (22nd Nov) i went into the library to start my history essay which is due in on the 6th Dec. I think this shows my dedication and determination to get things done as soon as so that nothing is too overwhelming and i have to do it quickly and not to my best ability.
The kaRAte Kidd
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Two blogs in one..
Since i missed last weeks blog i'll include it in this one as well as the blog for this week.
Last week (week of the 31st) my band-work band worked on our set list for the gig that will happen for us a week on Friday, 18th November. The songs we all decided to play are Carry On My Wayward Son; No Quarter; She's So Heavy; Don't Stop Me Now; Heartbreak Hotel; Dream On and Hey Jude. Most of them are really long songs so we had to find a way to reduce them slightly for the time given on stage.
All we did Monday just gone was practice all of our songs in the set list so we feel tight enough and comfortable enough to play the gig with confidence.
Started Session Skills last week and talked about all kinds of session musicians (not just the studio and touring session musicians). Gav also talked about playing in function bands e.g. wedding bands and playing on a cruise ship for a potential job path as a session musician.
Last week we talked about how to be a good session player and Gav gave us lots of stories he'd been through to help us picture what you need to be and do to be the best session musician for hire.
Fridays are so far the same. Last week and two weeks ago we were given a grade 7-8 drum book and were to pick 3 but choose 1 to practice now. As well as the piece i've to practice i also try to warm up my fingers and wrists every day and practice my rudiments as much as possible.
Last week (week of the 31st) my band-work band worked on our set list for the gig that will happen for us a week on Friday, 18th November. The songs we all decided to play are Carry On My Wayward Son; No Quarter; She's So Heavy; Don't Stop Me Now; Heartbreak Hotel; Dream On and Hey Jude. Most of them are really long songs so we had to find a way to reduce them slightly for the time given on stage.
All we did Monday just gone was practice all of our songs in the set list so we feel tight enough and comfortable enough to play the gig with confidence.
Started Session Skills last week and talked about all kinds of session musicians (not just the studio and touring session musicians). Gav also talked about playing in function bands e.g. wedding bands and playing on a cruise ship for a potential job path as a session musician.
Last week we talked about how to be a good session player and Gav gave us lots of stories he'd been through to help us picture what you need to be and do to be the best session musician for hire.
Fridays are so far the same. Last week and two weeks ago we were given a grade 7-8 drum book and were to pick 3 but choose 1 to practice now. As well as the piece i've to practice i also try to warm up my fingers and wrists every day and practice my rudiments as much as possible.
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