Performance of the song starts from 10:02 on the video

1.        What did you like about how you used your voice?(think about vocal choices you made, how you emoted, etc)

I am quite happy with my voice. I used different qualities in vocal and I think vocally I divided the song parts quite well.

2.       What did you like about your performance?  I like energy and stage craft and movement along the stage. I enjoyed this particular performance.

3.       What else did you like?

 I am happy that I managed to deliver emotions which are attached to the song and the fact I overcome stress and fear to do it in front of the audience.  

4.       Did you feel that you were committed throughout the song? 

 I feel I was committed through out the song from the beginning to the end and I enjoyed it. I think I express the meaning of the lyrics in enjoyable way.

5.       If you could do the performance again, what would want to do that you didn’t do?

 I would sing with better timing closer to the original song. I will try to sing directly to a microphone to keep consistency and be hearable. I will avoid unnecessary movement to not compromise vocal quality.

6.       What will you do about it in the future (ie practise/performance strategies)?

 I will practice clip on/off a mic from a mic stand to do it unnoticeable and smoothly with one hand when necessary. I will plan a whole song movement to provide professional performance.

7.       What do you want to make sure you take with you from this performance? ( ie lessons learned)  I need more practice with  stage craft and stage movement with microphone to sing directly to it.

1.        What did you like about how you used your voice?(think about vocal choices you made, how you emoted, etc)

I am quite happy with my voice. I used different qualities in vocal. I used mostly with smooth or aspirate technique to bring atmosphere of easy, summer tune.

2.       What did you like about your performance?  I like quite clear vocal and I didn’t show my stress and nerves as the song was the first during the performance.

3.       What else did you like?

 I liked movement behind the mic and I have kept some jazzy elements like vibrato, syncopation, improvisation which reminded the original genre of the song.

4.       Did you feel that you were committed throughout the song? 

 I feel I was committed through out the song from the beginning to the end however I could be more committed during the instrumental part when I was doing improvisation.

5.       If you could do the performance again, what would want to do that you didn’t do?

 I would sing some words quitter to keep the characteristic of the song as a whole. I would use high chair to reduce unnecessary movement and sing in more relaxing posture.

6.       What will you do about it in the future (ie practise/performance strategies)?

 I will practice improvisation in different ways to make sure the best vocally fit.

7.       What do you want to make sure you take with you from this performance? ( ie lessons learned)  I need more practice with  breath techniques and jump quickly between chest/head voice falsetto/smooth/glottal singing to be sure I can deliver it easy during improvisation part.

Reflection on my recent performance. The performance of the song starts 4:36 on the video

1.        What did you like about how you used your voice?(think about vocal choices you made, how you emoted, etc)

I am quite happy with my voice. I used strong chest voice with vocal ornaments which were characteristic for Hungarian/gypsy style.

2.       What did you like about your performance?  I like clear vocal with all lyrics clearly sang and keeping vocally with accelerating tempo during the choruses.

3.       What else did you like? I like movement behind the mic and energy I have put to deliver the song

4.       Did you feel that you were committed throughout the song?   I feel I was committed through out the song from the beginning to the end.

5.       If you could do the performance again, what would want to do that you didn’t do? I would finish with some more movement. I would walk away from the mic with singing which would be good metaphor of gipsy life as travellers.

6.       What will you do about it in the future (ie practise/performance strategies)? I will practice how to sing and move/dance and how to not compromise them to deliver quality performance.

7.       What do you want to make sure you take with you from this performance? ( ie lessons learned)  I need more practice with  breath techniques and singing with chest voice and how to provide quality vocal through the song.

Reflection on my recent performance which starts from 14:26 on the video

1.        What did you like about how you used your voice?(think about vocal choices you made, how you emoted, etc)

I am quite happy with different qualities and how I changed it to bring different mood.

2.       What did you like about your performance?  I like energy and stage craft and movement along the stage.

3.       What else did you like?

 I am happy that I managed to deliver emotions which are attached to the song and the fact I overcome stress and fear to do it in front of the audience.  I liked vocal freedom and singing in different scales which were used in the arrangement.

4.       Did you feel that you were committed throughout the song? 

 I feel I was committed through out the song from the beginning to the end and I enjoyed it. I think I could be more committed as quite often lost my engagement and focus on vocal only. I could be more committed during the instrumental part when I was doing improvisation and scat singing.

5.       If you could do the performance again, what would want to do that you didn’t do?

 I would sing with stage movement matching vocal and music dynamic of a song. I will try to sing directly to a microphone to keep consistency and be hearable. I will avoid unnecessary movement to not compromise vocal quality.

6.       What will you do about it in the future (ie practise/performance strategies)?

 I will practice clip on/off a mic from a mic stand to do it unnoticeable and smoothly with one hand when necessary. I will plan a whole song movement to provide professional performance.  

7.       What do you want to make sure you take with you from this performance? ( ie lessons learned) I need to consider how my stage craft and mic techniques reflect a song and plan it better. I need more practice with stage craft and stage movement with microphone to sing directly to it. Long/ short breath practice to not be physically demanded by lack of technique.

Reflection on my recent solo performance which starts from 9:30 on the video.

1.        What did you like about how you used your voice?(think about vocal choices you made, how you emoted, etc)

I am quite happy with quite clear vocal. It didn’t reflect my stress and nerves.

2.       What did you like about your performance?  I like I managed to involve some audience              members quite effective to make my performance more enjoyable.3.

3.       What else did you like?

I liked some humour I put when I was creating the engagement. That relieved my stress and created relaxing atmosphere.

4.       Did you feel that you were committed throughout the song? 

 I feel I was committed through out the song from the beginning to the end and I enjoyed it. I think I could show more commitment by more vocal expression and  body movement .

5.       If you could do the performance again, what would want to do that you didn’t do?

 I would sing with stage movement matching vocal and music dynamic of a song. I will try to sing with more expression to show my enjoyment and happiness.

6.       What will you do about it in the future (ie practise/performance strategies)?

 I will practice clip on/off a mic from a mic stand to do it unnoticeable and smoothly with one hand when necessary. I will consider a backup plan and possible scenarios when I will plan some audience engagement. I will practice my voice to pass emotions and my feelings.

7.       What do you want to make sure you take with you from this performance? ( ie lessons learned) I need to consider how my stage craft and mic techniques reflect a song and plan it better. I need more practice with interaction with an audience.

Reflection on my recent performance which starts from 14:50 on the video.

1.        What did you like about how you used your voice?(think about vocal choices you made, how you emoted, etc)

I am quite happy with clear vocal and freestyle elements. It didn’t reflect my stress and nerves.

2.       What did you like about your performance?  I like I managed to involve some audience              members quite effective to make my performance more enjoyable.

3.       What else did you like?

I was creating the engagement by rhythmically referring to the previous song and I added audience singing in a form of repetition in melody and lyrics after me at the end of the song.

4.       Did you feel that you were committed throughout the song? 

 I feel I was committed through out the song from the beginning to the end and I enjoyed it. I think I could show more commitment by more vocal and body expression.

5.       If you could do the performance again, what would want to do that you didn’t do?

 I would sing with stage movement matching vocal and music dynamic of a song. I will try to sing with more expression to show my enjoyment and happiness. I would sing with more relax way with some parts of the song siting and shorten distance to an audience.

6.       What will you do about it in the future (ie practise/performance strategies)?

 I will practice how to shorten distance with an audience. I will practice my voice to pass emotions and my feelings and my performance will include more elements characteristic for certain genre.

7.       What do you want to make sure you take with you from this performance? ( ie lessons learned) I need to consider how my stage craft and mic techniques reflect a song and plan it better. I need more practice with interaction with an audience along a vocal which will authentically express emotions I wish to pass by a song.