This Gig was a ver fantastic Gig performed by all of us from the Level 3 Music Department. I was the one who selected the band Members of My choice and the Songs which we performed were Wavin Flag by K'naan and American Boy by Estelle. We were about to perform Castle of Glass by Linkin Park but unfortunately we had to cancel it because, Kessana wasn't present during the run through which happened before last week but thankfully we could perform the other two songs for the Gig.
In Wavin Flag by K'naan,I sang as I played the Chords using a Guitar/ Bass Sound, Reece played the Bass and Kenny played the Drums. In American Boy, I played the Piano, Kenny played the Drums, Reece played the Bass, Alyx did the vocals and Kessanna did the Harmonisation along with it. It was a good performance by me and my band members, even though I felt that we should've practiced some more, but it was Ok, because they were in many other songs for the Gig with other band members as well, So it was quite hectic for them. I had anyway told them to practice and recap their parts and in the meanwhile during rehearsals and free time, I also practiced and recapped my parts so that we could be on track for the songs, Which is why we managed to perform well. I had worked very hard to select and choose the band members of my choice and songs as well. In Wavin Flag by K'naan,In the Beginning I began to say Give you freedom,Give you fire when it was actually Give me Freedom Give me fire,but it was still Ok ,because the song still means the same thing. Usually when we all practice songs, the sound of the verses sound the same but the lyrics is different and usually what happens is that it minimises interference in attention, but we could still perform well and confidently. In American Boy, Reece didn't actually do the rap which was ok, because we needed to manage our time for this entire gig to actually happen as there were more performances after my one.
I also liked the other performances by other band members, and also I need to tell you that the theatre
was devided into two stages which were the Main stage and the Acoustic stage. The main stage was
used by a number of large band members to perform and the acoustic stage was used by one or two people and even a small band performing.
I liked Marco's Song led me down in which He expresses his feelings while singing, He sang with Alyx and Mimi playing the Piano.
In one of the songs of Kenny's and Alyx's band, Kenny was a bit nervous when he was singing on stage as he had messed up with some parts of the lyrics but it was ok, then he managed to sing properly and confidently.
I also liked Alyx's singing performance which included two girls dancing in one of the songs which
became like a musical theatre than an actual band performing because of the dance. It was amazing.
I also liked Russa's song with the band in the song Rolling smoke which she sang that in the Easter
gig when we were doing our Funky junk project, But in the Easter gig, Alyx was also doing the
Harmonisation in that song.
Overall, I would say that this was a good Gig and it was good that the Gig was devided into two stages so that the Bands could perform comfortably and confidently and would not have any problems, However before the start of each and every performance, the performance took a little time to tune their instruments, especially the Guitarists and Bass players but it was still ok,Which was why they could perform well.
I also liked Mimi Singing one of her songs and one of the songs which Inspired me the most was a
song which basically talks about life meaning one of her original songs and as she kept singing her songs, There were also some pictures on the screen of her family and when she was with
Mathew. There were also some short video clips related to when she was with Mathew.
I had thanked my band members who performed well with me in the Gig and also special thanks to
some of the music production students to perform in the Gig.
Before the performance started, I enjoyed listening to the tracks which the music production people
made like some of them like Kessana who made an EP3 and many other students who made their tracks to make it sound nice for people to hear and listen to some music before the actual performance started.
One of Grant's sound engineers liked the song Wavin Flag by K'naan when I performed in the Gig last night because my singing was sounding very good while playing the piano using Guitar/Bass sounds. I also gave the introduction to the songs very nicely as I had to give and I was the leader of my band. I had first included Marco and Hasna in my band as well but unfortunately they had to
decline their positions due to personal situations, but I was happy with the way the band members
performed with me and there was quite enough of band members to rehearse and perform with me in
last evening Gig. In the beginning of this project, I was just forming opinions of band members.
Olly was very pleased with the performance that happened last night in the Gig. Grant was also very pleased with my singing especially in the sound check and he said that it was sounding very good.
After the Gig got over, I planned to meet my teachers and they were very happy with the way I performed.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123432577@N07/34846845766/in/album-72157681241283783/
My picture of me performing in the Gig.
https://youtu.be/SJeTsOG8XiAMusic gig end of the year 2017
And here is the actual video of the Gig.
The time for the performance for my sound check was at 14.05 and 20.05 on the 24th of May on a Wednesday. Meaning 2.05 in the afternoon and 8.05 in the evening.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123432577@N07/sets/72157681241283783/Pictures of all of us who performed in the Gig
This is a link to all the pictures of the students of level 3 Music performing in the Gig. Why I have put a link to all the pictures in the Gig was because to show something that is more relevant. I had anyway put my photo individually in this post which was good. Just to be more relevant and and specific, I decided to put the link to all of them and also some of the people in these pictures are similar as to who were the ones who performed with me and we worked together.
https://flic.kr/p/V6ibf7American_Boy_picture_of_our_performance_in_the_gig
This link gives you a picture of us performing in the Gig and the song is American Boy by Estelle. The previous links in this post are the one which I am performing with a smile while playing the piano is the song Wavin Flag by K'naan.
No comments:
Post a Comment