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Track 1 - Cover Valerie by Amy Winehouse

Track 2 - Original Easy by Elle Woodgate

Track 3 - Original The One by Eva Closier

Track 4 - Original Untitled by Jamie Joshi

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Get 4-5 originals and a suitable cover tight and ready for performance

Get some ideas for lighting and how the performance is going to look and feel visually

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Personal Sustainability:

Taking care of physical health - drinking plenty of water, going for walks, lifting weights, meditation.

Social Sustainability:

Maintaining a positive atmosphere in band situations, keeping moral up, ensuring consistent communication with the band - talking in a group chat and in person.

Project management:

Coming to an agreement with every band member on the setlist and order of songs.

Organising rehearsal and recording time outside of scheduled university lessons.

The creation and use of a band group chat, with every member in it, to discuss the set and assignments and become closer as a unit.

Health & Safety:

Ensuring cables are neat and out of the way - no tripping hazards.

Being aware of fire exits and rendezvous points.

Environmental sustainability:

Walking to and from rehearsals, or taking public transport when necessary. These are cheaper and more environmentally conscious methods of travel than driving (or a jetpack).

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Valerie:

We thought something was missing from the percussion during Valerie, and decided to add beads to the drum symbols, creating a high-pitched rattle on hit.

During the first verse, rather than strumming chords I tastefully arpeggiate to compliment the piano and create a strong distinction between a chilled verse and more intense chorus, where I begin strumming along with the keys. During the second verse, keys drop down as I strum to fill the rhythm, creating a dynamic feel to the song as there is a clear difference in verse-chorus structure. I used quite a tinny tone for this, using the bridge pickup on my guitar and turning treble up on the amp.

Easy:

During the verses I play licks in between vocal phrases, filling the space. Later on, I crank up the gain and play a guitar solo.

The One:

I pick through guitar triads during the verses, accenting the chords being played by the keyboard, before opening up the song when the chorus hits by strumming the chords, thickening up the sound of the song. I used a rich, mid-heavy tone here.

Untitled:

The process of writing the song was innovation. Adding keys and a sax line where the lead guitar was originally meant to be. The song later dissolves into a rubato jazzy section, where the guitar and saxophone take centre stage to create a spacey, trippy, airy feeling. I play this song finger style, which is not typical for electric guitar.

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The Beatles using Indian instruments, such as a sitar, in western rock songs for the first time. This had never been done before and was unheard of at the time, showing their innovation - Norwegian Wood

Arctic Monkeys pioneering online music promotion in the early days of the internet

Johnny Marr tuning his guitar up to F# for a more jangly sound, and to better fit Morrisey's voice

Madlib seeking out unknown Brazilian LPs to curate obscure samples for Madvilliany

Eek-A-Mouse pioneering his own style of scatting, now known as 'singjay'

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30 minutes guitar warm up - scales and exercises to a metronome

10 minutes 'untitled' practice

10 minutes vocal warm up/practice - scales, jumping between notes

Run through setlist a few times

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Evidence of practice for the main riff of my original song, including playing to a metronome and drum track at 180bpm

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Evidence of scale practice with a metronome - going up in G major and down in G minor pentatonic, then up in A minor and down in A major pentatonic

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Practicing the verse guitar for Valerie (I cannot submit any videos longer than this)

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Rehearsing Valerie from our setlist as a band.

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Rehearsing Eva's original as a band. I'm arpeggiating the triads of the piano chords on guitar.

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Rehearsing my original song as a band