Another development of the piece was the vocals themselves, which we took from the stimulus as the phrases ‘beat those drums (break it down now),’ and ‘play it louder’ as our take on Latin music; the drums and beat are a key feature in order to push the song and allow people to dance to it. These lyrics were repeated throughout the song accompanied by changes in the texture and dynamics of the instruments to outline the structure of the song. 

Just prior to performing, we described our song as a happy one you can dance to, as well as ‘loud and proud.’ I feel that we accurately portrayed our take on the stimulus in the performance through our use of techniques, especially the rhythm. After viewing our performance, our peers described our song as having a good bass riff which followed the drums well. The vocals are also described as ‘positive’ and ‘upfront,’ which suited our view of the song as being proud and upbeat. Therefore I would describe the strengths of our song as being the powerful vocals and the use of the bass and drums playing the beat together in order to push the song.

As for my own strengths and weaknesses, I think I did well in following the drums on the rhythm and opening the song. To improve, I would have developed the structure in order to allow for some note and chord changes so that the part I played wasn't as repetitive. 

Overall, I believe our performance piece was effective in response to the given stimulus, as a result of the rhythm we used especially. It does need developing further in the structure and vocals, yet I think it was a success.