Rehearsal

We, my band and I, at the moment, suggest a time, twice a week, other than lessons and outside of college, of when we can rehearse. We rehearse 5 times a week in total. Each rehearsal in College is 1 hour and 30 minutes long (it has been known to go on for longer) and outside of College, each revision session is roughly 3-4 hours long with little breaks in-between. In the near future, we plan on making a weekly schedule of when to rehearse so we will have 2 set times outside of College as well as our Music Performance lesson in College.

Introduction

This is a Music Performance Diary blog for Unit 40 of my first year BTEC Music Performance Course. In this unit, I need to perform in front of a live audience in a band (anything ranging from 2 or more people). In the band, we need to talk amongst ourselves and come to a decision of 3-4 songs to play in a 15-20 minute set in front of a live audience. The three songs of our choice have to be able to portray our musical abilities individually but also as a group and how well we can work with other people and to see what ideas we come up with as a band to make our performance work well. We then must perform this set list at a venue of the teachers choice (The venue of this performance is at the Grand Hotel Ball on Tuesday the 11th of February). As a member of a band, I need to dedicate my time and effort into everything that it also entails such as the planning, rehearsals, preparation and the performance itself.