Is anything going particularly well?
As the audition is in a few days, I will sort out the problem of my timing issues, because I am playing with a drummer and he relies on being in time. For the audition, I also will include the pedal, which will make the piece a more lyrical flow to it. And again, I am able to play nearly all notes of the sheet music accurately.
Is there anything you find challenging?
I do find it challenging to adjust to the time of the actual piece because, in the recording, I am going quite a lot slower than I should be. But I would prefer to play all the right notes, then be in time to the actual song. After practicing the piece many times, I will be able to sort out this issue.

Do you need to adjust your action plan?
We do not need to adjust anything right now, but we need to think of things we need. For example, a guitarist can either be presented through a backing track or an actual person performing with us. Moreover, as the song is around 6 minutes long, we need to decide whether we want to cut the song or perform the whole piece.

Is anything going particularly well?
Because I'm playing very accurately, I do not need to worry about the notes but focus more on the rest of the song, where it gets harder, and play with the others. I am also now playing this piece with the pedal as I had wished in the first reflection, meaning I have already achieved that target.
Is there anything you find challenging?
This is where I start to practice with my friends, and we have slight difficulty all performing together, because the drums are very loud so I can't hear myself play, meaning I might play a few wrong notes and develop a bad habit because of this. It's quite hard to schedule practices with the whole band because we are all very busy practicing other pieces too so our practices are inconsistent. Also, the timing issue again, because as individuals we all use different beats per minute we needed the backing track to keep us on time as it has clicks per beat. 

Do you need to adjust your action plan?
Yes, we have now decided that the 'guitarist' would be played in the backing track, and we decided, that the first section of the song and the guitarist's solo would be cut, meaning the finished song would be around 4 minutes instead of 6. This will make it a little more difficult for me because I have the first section very well rehearsed and now I am going to not play this, but I will adapt to the situation.

Is there anything you find challenging?
At one part of the song, I do not understand the rhythms because it is quite unusual and uses quavers and dotted crotchets in a certain beat while also being played very fast. So, I had to reach out to my friend (Sheldon) who has previously learned the ending of this song, and he had to help me learn that part. I want to give up playing this piece as it is one of my weaknesses, but I feel like I am improving my motivation with this piece because it's interesting.

Do you need to adjust your action plan?
As there was a slight miscommunication, we could not show our piece to Mr. Khutan and Mr. Lau on a scheduled technical rehearsal a few days before the showcase. This meant we had to show it to them during our breaks, lunches and after school on different days. Also because we recently cut our backing track, we had to adjust to these new timings.