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Our group did okay in out performance. In the first round, Cheng Tao, our bass was out of rhythm so we did it a second time.I think that I played better in the first round because in the second round I heard my dynamics change quite a few times.

All our instruments were about the same speed and dynamics but the voice was too quiet. The structure of our song fits the aa*b style of the blues. Only at some parts some members of my group changed their tempo but we quickly fixed it and got back on track.

I think that overall our group did pretty good ad worked together very well.

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxQk1CyRw0CPQmtIVHgxRXlQN0U?ouid=u30e8c10aa5a25025

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Other groups(Amy, Khanh, Vaanya, Tuong):

First of all, the performance was really good overall.  The group played nearly always on time and followed the structure of the blues. Tuong's voice was also not too loud and the balance of the dynamics between the different instruments and the vocals was really good.
Their song was about backstabbing friends and the structure of the song was very good. It worked well together with the singing. The whole group was also on time with each other.
Maybe the guitar could have played a little louder since I didn't hear it with the singing but overall, their group did very good.

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Head: I have learnt how the structure of the blues works, how to collaborate different instruments together to make a blues music piece.
I also learnt how to sing in the blues style.

Heart: I liked that we came up with our own song about a sad topic. We also got to decide our topic and we chose Failing. I also liked the guitar keys that we played because they weren't as hard and they were pretty simple.

Bag: I know all the blues structure of our song and I want to remember how o do it.

Bin: Nothing

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Today, we performed the draft of our song.

This was the feedback we received:

Plus-
The 3 guitar players were always in time, when we made a mistake, we quickly came back together synchronized.

minus-
The piano and guitars were out of tune. Aditya's singing was too quiet

interesting-
It was interesting that only Aditya was singing whilst he was playing the piano, all of us should sing or one of the guitar players.

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Reflection: 11/5

Today, we finished most of our lyrics, practiced more on our instruments and filmed our progress.

We had some difficulties though because we had to record several times since the audio was really bad and it was nearly impossible to hear anything. Also, the video quality was bad most of the time.

Wow: - finishing our 3rd stanza, filming our individual improvements.

How:
- I think in our group, we need more teamwork to effectively work together and make the music flow.
- We should decide on who will sing

Now:
- We have to start practicing singing like the blues.
- We must finish our lyrics at home and use the rest of our time to practice on our instruments.

We fixed our lyrics which can be seen on the right side:

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Update to our lyrics:

The Blues Lyrics(Failing)

1 - I tried so hard, I tried so hard for many years

4 – I’ll try so hard,

1 - I’ll try so hard for many more years

5 - I feel like the worlds against me

4 - Because I never succeed.

1 - I have failed, I have really failed

4 - I have failed

1 - And no one really cares

5 - When I get a chance,

4 - It just ends up as a mess

1 - Because I really failed, I really failed my whole life.

4 - To get there

1 - And succeed.

5 - The stairs are too high for me

4 - And I think I just can’t make it

1 – Now look at me, what have I done my whole life

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Today, we worked out a few more lyrics, videoed ourselves and tries to sing our song in a blue's voice.

In our group, we are using these instruments:

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In the videos below, my first progress is seen

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These are my group members when we were working on our lyrics

The video below is a time lapse video of me playing guitar.

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Wow: Our group has come together well and we practiced our parts with the instruments. We have also continued our song and we followed the structure:

Failing:

A= I tried so hard, I tried so hard for many years

A*= I'll try so hard, I'll try so hard for many more years

B= I feel like the world's against me because I never succeed.

A= I have failed, I have really failed

A*= I have failed, and no one really cares about my failure

B= When I get a chance, I just mess up

A= Cause I really failed,
A*= I really failed, my whole life.

B=To get there and succeed.

Now:
Next, we have to talk about who will sing these lyrics and we must practice making our vocals sound like the blues which are sad, deep and rough. We also have to continue our song and start using the instruments to study with the song.

How: We will discuss all our further challenges next class with our team mates. Also, we must practice the song by heart for the end performance later on.

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In class, we started forming our groups and we came up with new lyrics for the song. The song is about failing and this is the start of our first draft:

A= I tried so hard, I tried so hard for many years

A*= I tried so hard, I'll try so hard for many more years

B= It feels like the world is against me