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In this column, make a series of posts providing evidence of your performance. Include the date on each post, and arrange them in date order, earliest to latest.

Deadline for this is Friday 23rd May 2024.

Remember to export your Padlet as a PDF and submit the PDF to Moodle.

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In this column, make a series of posts detailing your personal roles, how you have collaborated, when you have met and planned, and your group's approach to performance conventions. Include the date on each post, and arrange them in date order, earliest to latest.

For this column your posts can be written, or spoken in the form of vlogs, or a mixture of the two.

Deadline for this is Friday 9th May 2025

Remember to export your Padlet as a PDF and submit the PDF to Moodle.

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Please see the attachment for the complete guidance document we have made up for you. It may be helpful to print this out or download it.

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In this column, make a series of posts or upload a word or pdf document giving a summative evaluation of the whole project.

Again for this column your posts can be written, or spoken in the form of vlogs, or a mixture of the two.

Deadline for this is Friday 30th May 2024.

Remember to export your Padlet as a PDF and submit the PDF to Moodle.

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In this column, make a series of posts detailing your research. Include the date on each post, and arrange them in date order, earliest to latest.

For this column, posts should be written rather than spoken.

Deadline for preliminary research is Friday 14th March.

Remember to export your Padlet as a PDF and submit the PDF to Moodle.

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Evidence here can include:

Audio/video recordings

Photographs of performances

Set list

Ticket sales details

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Your role as a performer can include:

personal vocal or instrumental practice

arranging

rehearsing with others

performing

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Here are the questions you should consider:

What type of research did you do, and why?

How did research help or inform the development of your work?

How effectively did you fulfil your personal roles?

How effectively did you work with others?

How well did you manage your time?

How effective was the rehearsal process?

What are you particularly proud of in the development and delivery of the project?

How effective was the final performance?

What kind of feedback have you had about the final performance?

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You can research any of the below areas:

venues

set list

genre conventions/expectations

artists/role models

potential or actual audiences/market

vocal/instrumental techniques

roles and responsibilities

time management

post-event work

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Your other roles can include:

musical director

songwriter (if including original material)

MC

stage manager

front of house

promoter

treasurer

meeting with others to discuss logistics or make artistic decisions

collaborating with others on creative work

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Evidence for practical skills and knowledge can include:

Logs/reviews of personal practice sessions

Audio/video recordings and/or screenshots of songwriting in progress

Audio/video recordings and/or photographs of rehearsals

Reviews of rehearsals

Notes/minutes from meetings

Tech specs and stage plans

Lighting plans (if specified)

Audio/video recordings and/or notation (e.g. lead sheets or full scores) for completed songs

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Chris- bass

Ethan- guitar

Zoe- vocals

nadia-vocals

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venue- for the performance we are playing at the mash house which is a live music venue in Cowgate, Edinburgh.

set list - I will survive, isn't she lovely, boys don't cry, heaven knows I'm miserable, original song

roles and responsibilities- Ethan-guitar ,Chris-bass, Connor- drum , Nadia, Joyce and Zoe-vocals

time- we have a 20 minute slot which is our time to preform

potential audience market- due to the songs we preform being quite universal I feel like we could cater to a lot of different types of audiences

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this was a short rehearsal today but overall went well we rehearsed heaven knows and through the second run through I was a lot happier with how we gelled as singers and for creep we did okay however I definitely have to rehearse that more

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https://themashhouse.co.uk

The venue that we are preforming at is called the mash house and it is a live music venue centered in Edinburgh's Cowgate, it has a rustic feel with brick walls and low lighting which makes the room feel very intimate.

https://www.outtheboxfest.co.uk

The actual event that we are going to be preforming at is called the out of the box fest and it is being run by Edinburgh college from the 12th of may till the 15th where there will be a series of bands preforming from all the different levels in the college, we will be the second band preforming in the 12th of may.

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Performing at the mash house was a very scary however rewarding experience overall i think the whole band did a really good job.

Picking out highlights i think we all worked as a team together really well especially the singers, personally i was very nervous the whole day but was proud of myself for not freezing while actually on the stage and pulling it together. I was pleased with how my two solo songs went and managing to sing with volume as well as hitting all the high notes.

I do however personally with that i had moved around a bit more on stage as i felt i stayed in one spot and looked down more than i should have as a audience member mentioned i have good stage presence just in a more restrained way.

in regards to how i would use this to prepare for future performances. i would be more prepared for my other band members songs as i feel i got my two songs and hyper focused on nailing them so even though the other songs were prepared i could have known them better as there were moments where the other singers on stage got lost and i could have helped them out.

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the first song we are doing is Heaven knows I'm miserable now by the smiths that was originally written by Johnny Marr an released on the 21st of may in 1984

The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

for this song i have noticed he goes higher during the end lines in the chorus to create more focus on it which is something i have tried to focus on doing during rehearsals.

i will survive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHhZPp08s74&list=RDFHhZPp08s74&start_radio=1

at the start of this song Gloria Gaynor drops her voice to a more breathy tone which is accompanied by a single chord which creates more focus on the lyrics

this piano intro consists of an e dominant seventh ascending followed by a F diminished seventh descending,

The chord progression for the whole song is A minor to dm 7 to G to C to F to B to E back to A minor this is called the Circle of fifths.

the third song we will be doing is isn't she lovely by Stevie wonder, this song was written by Stevie wonder about his newborn daughter aishia and was released on his 1976 album 'songs in the key of life'

the fourth song that we will be preforming will be creep by Radiohead that was released

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I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

Boys don't cry - The cure

creep- Radiohead

isn't she lovely - Steve wonder

Heaven knows I'm miserable - The smiths

jeans don't fit

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one strength i found in this was performance was i liked how i got louder as i got to the chorus however i wish i had projected my voice a little bit more at the start.

I also noticed that i got more comfortable and confident towards the end so again just would be good if that was continued.

i also liked how the moments where we did get lost we tried to help each other by making eye contact and cues to get each other back on track.

i also like how in that we were making the decisions of who would sing what parts so that the songs would sounds its best with the varies of voices we were working with.

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Out the Box 25 | Freak Scene

we performed at the mash house on the 12th of may.

The first thing we did was go through a sound check to make sure we sounded good and that everything was level and even as well as to our preferences, we got there at 5 and got on stage after the previous band was finished, we sang a verse and chorus from boys don't cry to make sure we were all level and we could all hear ourselves, in that song i was very satisfied as i could hear myself fine. After that another one of our singers arrived so we sound checked for her which also went well, because we were the first band on we just left out things on stage and i left the mic adjusted to my height as well as the setlist that one of our bandmates had prepared for us.

once on stage and we did any last minute preparations as the audience spoke among themselves, when we were ready we gave the sound tech a signal and we were ready to go. I started by saying hello to the audience and introducing the first song we would be preforming as well as the singer leading it, i also did the same for the other singer's song as well as the last

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ADD LINKS TO SHOW WHAT YOU MEAN.for some of my personal inspirations for singing a main one that comes to mind is Amy lee from evanescence as she sings in a more higher range and sustains notes at that level, her voice is also very breathy which could be comparable to Billie Eilish which is something i like as i feel it makes her very understandable so when i work in my higher range i find myself trying to replicate that a little bit.

Another personal inspiration for myself would be a singer called Kelsey Karter who sings in a complete opposite style to Amy as she has a lot more of a grungy and rougher voice with a lot of "screeches". although both of these woman have very different voices i do find myself taking inspiration from them both as they both have very strong and powerful voices as well as taking inspiration in their appearances as they dress and present themselves in a way i personally really resonate with.

As for band inspirations over they year of working with my bandmates i have gotten to know them quite well and can say that for the general band as a whole we take inspiration from bands like the smiths and dinosaur junior as when we were making our original song which was preformed the guitarist took the lead with developing the melody and he mentioned that those were band he was channelling during that.

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Radiohead Perform "Creep" Live on September 14, 1993 | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

for my personal preparation for the two songs i took lead on which was Heaven Knows I'm miserable by the smiths and creep by Radiohead i took the time to watch videos of the original artists preforming these songs live to see the techniques they used and how that can help me in my performance, however due to the fact that these and obviously older men and i am a younger women our voices sound extremely different so i sang it in a higher octave and watched a cover of someone similar to me singing the song so i could gain inspiration and knowledge of how to sing it in a way that was more suited for my voice.

Carrie Manolakos - Creep (Radiohead)

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Radiohead Perform "Creep" Live on September 14, 1993 | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

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i was grateful enough to have friends there supporting me during my performance and was able to note some of their observations, one friend noted that they noticed how when one of the singers got a bit lost how i stepped in and tried to help them get back on track. Another thing that was noted was how during the performance i would sometimes interact with the audience which my peers said created good stage presence.

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one of my classmates mentioned how linking to a previous observation i had good stage presence however it lacked while actually singing as i would often look to the side at my other singers on stage or sometime down at the floor so an improvement for my next performance was as it is good i can connect and speak to the audience between songs i have to maintain that energy and eye contact while singing.

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for the original song we wrote a song called 'jeans don't fit' which is a light-hearted songs about struggling to find jeans that fit for this one out guitar player took the lead with the melody and our drummer and other singer helped with lyrics i contributed with tempo and phrasing as to make sure that the lyrics fit with the melody

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this was us when we were actually on stage during the start of our set

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the day of the performance i was extremely nervous the whole day so before soundcheck at 5pm i went to the gym in the morning as well as making sure i had a full meal and was really hydrated so that i had nothing to worry about health wise, then on the way to the venue i listened to the setlist on repeat until i was sick of the sound of it so that i knew i was very familiar with all songs and just before we ere due to go on i had a couple of minutes to myself where i went backstage with my headphones and just had another listen to my songs and any songs that i knew helped grow my confidence and self esteem

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the last rehearsal before our gig was quite positive id say we had the whole band there and everyone was fully aware of what they are supposed to be doing and when, we also had Scott come in during that to make sure we were all aware of what time we had to be at soundcheck and how the performance would play out.

overall i would say it was very positive and left me with a lot of hope and encouragement for the gig and took away any silly worries i had.