Chosen role:

The role that I have chosen for my portfolio is a performer. What I hope to be able to show is improvement of my band work during my time in college and how I am able to use any skills that I Have learnt outside of college as well.

This will also allow me to have a CV for the future that I can add on to if wanted to in order to get into other job opportunities that I may get as a performer or otherwise that will also have grade on it for the graded unit.

A community performer is usually someone that will preform at a live gig for their community, in the case of the brief for graded unit it is an opportunity that a local council to give people the chance to see a live gig who might be unable to see one. These will also occur in community venues and festivals so that easier to attend. In order to be a good performer you have to be able to be a good communicator which may include keeping eye contact with band members so you can signal when a part of a song is about to start or interacting with an audience.

Research for the role:

For this role it is to the chance for people that might not be able to see a live gig the opportunity to see one. For preforming I will have to bear in mind that this may come under communication to the public due to playing songs live and people may be recording as well. This will allow me to also showcase skills such as communicating and working well with others.

I will also be going to the HEllo event once at Sighthill and other networking events to gain contacts and information for being in the music industry as well as Support Your Scene. This will allow me to gain an insight of how the music industry works and how to navigate it.

As I have also stated for this role these performances will take place at local venues in this case it will be for a music gig. Some of these venues and festivals can be the following

Venues/Festivals

•Edinburgh Fringe

•Edinburgh Community Preforming Arts

•Edinburgh International Festival

•North Edinburgh Community Festival

An important aspect of being a community performer can is being able to network with other performers and being able to make yourself known. You can achieve this by going to networking events such as the HEllo event taking place in Sighthill campus (Edinburgh College). By doing this I will be able to be more collaborative and be able to widen my skill base by having new contacts to seek more opportunities that will further improve on my skills as a performer. This will also allow me to gain insight from other people about how to navigate the music industry as a performer and will be a chance to be able to explain and showcase any gigs that I have previously done.

Evidence for role:

With all evidence of my role I will upload them as unlisted videos on YouTube with a link onto the Padlet or get them from my onedrive and upload them as a mp3 if I have to.

As evidence of this role I will provide videos of my Live Performances and audio recordings of my rehearsals (if I am lucky I may also be able to make videos of my rehearsals as well). I will produce this evidence by getting recordings from my phone of any rehearsals and live performances along with some potential videos from an audience prospective as well. I will also provide videos from Edinburgh college as well such as music box sessions and live performances inside the college or at The Mash House in order to show my stage presents and my ability to work in a band.

As for using theory within the context of music I will use examples of my songwriting in order to show how it can be used to help make a song and my song analysis to showcase my understanding of what elements are used to make a song which will be shown as a word document. I will also use my work form Audio from Multimedia class to showcase that I am able to use a daw in order to create a song or any other project that you may do.

I will also use my Audio for multimedia class work in order to showcase how you can use theory within a daw I'm order to create a song or in a jingle. This will also showcase useful skills that you might need if you are doing studio work such as knowing which part to play and how to produce and mix something that has rather been done on your daw or in a recording studio. To show evidence of this I will upload an mp3 of my radio jingle.

The least thing I will put in my evidence for theory is my first study piece's so I can talk about and showcase techniques that can be used for Bass and how it can apply to my practical work such as understanding structures of songs. These will also be presented by recordings through my phone and uploaded to YouTube in order to upload a link on my padlet however for my song analysis I will upload a word document from onedrive to my padlet.

To produce evidence for contracts and copyright I will be able to use my work in my Music Business class to show my understanding of contracts and copyright. This will include live performance and manager contracts as well as any laws that count towards copyright.

As for my cv that should be done and ready to submit by 17th of March and may include some of the evidence from music business. This will show that I understand what happens on the business side of music such as getting manager contracts. It will also showcase the skills that I have and want to develop as a musician and showcase the experience that I have as a performer.

For any external evidence I plan on using recordings of my band outside of college that will help enhance my evidence for the performer role and provide recordings of some of the original songs that my band have made if possible. I will provide the evidence for this via recordings that have been made from when these gigs have happened.

I will also showcase what I have done during my time a recording studio with my band and will show things such as the importance of knowing your part so that you can play your part for when the recording session is going on as well as showing and sharing creative ideas in a band within a recording studio as a performer with original music within a band.

Dates for uploading evidence and breakdown of purpose of evidence:

Live performance:

Music Box session (Live Performance)| May 17th |

Mash house gig (Live Performance)| May 24th

First assessment performance (Live Performance)| 13th March

Song for songwriting (Songwriting) | May 1st

Theory:

Song analysis (songwriting)| April 15th | This will evolve my melody, structure, rhythm and lyrics assessments for my songwriting class and will showcase that I understand the steps for writing a song.

Jazz radio Jingle (audio for multimedia)| May 7th| This will showcase how theory can be used into a daw such as logic and create a jingle or song through that daw such as using chords and harmonic techniques along with skills in being able to produce a jingle or any song within a daw.

Bass scales+arpeggios (first study)| March 12th | This will be a video uploaded to YouTube which will be put on this padlet via a link and showcases the technical exercises that I have done for my first study instrument and how they are effective as warm ups or show to be able to use them in any songs that you learn for a performance senario. For this and my first piece and technical exercises I will also have program notes on these that will go into detail of the technical exercises and information about my first piece.

First piece for first study (first study) | March 14th| This will also be a video uploaded to YouTube and be put into the padlet via a link. This will showcase one of the techniques featured in my technical exercises which are arpeggios for the song I Want You Back by Jackson 5 and this will also give me the opportunity to talk about other bass techniques. This will also showcase these techniques being used within a song and what it can add to a song in terns of dynamics and rhythmic interest. Further information for this piece will also be included in the program notes as well as information about the people behind the creation of the original piece along with the bands history as well.

External:

Band work for studio (External band)| April 18th | This will showcase how my external band records music and the process of making sure we are happy with it as well as artwork discussions that will sometimes occur.

Cadet Voltaire gig (External Band)| March 12th| This was a gig my band played at in November and will showcase skills within a live performance such as communication on stage and crowd interaction.

April gig in Edinburgh Fruit Market (External Band)| April 27th| This is an upcoming gig that will showcase more skills for live performance. This is also my band playing a support act so it will also showcase getting a crowd excited for a headline act.

North Edinburgh Community Festival (External Band)| May 19th

Business and cv:

copyright and contracts (Music Business)| March 28th | These will be taken from the quizzes from the assessments for music business about how copyright and performing and management contracts work.

CV (Music Business)| March 28th

I will be able to provide evidence of live performance at the Mash House roughly at the 12th to 15th of May. And I have a recording of my first performance for this class already and will upload whenever able to. I am unsure of when I Will be recording a Music Box with my two bands but I will provide evidence for both bands that I am in. I should be able to record my second assessment performance at the 7th of January. Then I should be able to upload this on the 7th of February

I should be able to start uploading my evidence near the start of February. Then I should be able to upload my evidence of Mash House by the 18th or 19th of May but it will depend when the video gets uploaded so this is subject to change. I am aiming to upload this on at leats the 24th of May

I will upload my first assessment for this class for roughly the 29th of January or the 7th of February.

As of my music box session that I am doing with both bands I will upload the evidence for one of my bands on March 15th.

HEllo event- networking event taking place in Sighthill

Support your scene- an event an Leith that is also Networking (event has already happened and I have attended to it)

The purpose of these events will be to gain more information on the music industry and learn how I can navigate the music industry as well. This will also gain me contacts that I can use in the future so that I can have future opportunities to do stuff, no matter if it's gigs or recording.

For this of evidence (which will most likely contain recordings of my gigs and or rehearsals) it will allow me to showcase skills such as communication and how I am able to work in a band during a performance setting.

Theory:

For this set of evidence (which will contain song analysis and my practical excursuses and if I can my multi media work) I aim to be able to show that I understand theory and am able to use it in a practical way, such as learning the structure of a song and writing a song as well.

Business/cv:

For my cv (which will be containing evidence through music business) I intend to show that I understand the music business, copyright and the contracts that are involved with things such as management in order to navigate the industry.

External evidence:

With my external evidence (which will contain gigs from outside of college) this will allow me to show the opportunities and the skills I have developed from these opportunities from what I have learnt from these opportunities.

Dates for uploading evidence and breakdown of purpose of evidence:

Live performance:

Music Box session (Live Performance)| May 17th | This will be a studio session of a cover that my college bands are doing and will showcase skills to have in a studio such as knowing how to play your part of recorded solo or with the band and how to evaluate the piece you played for that session. This will be uploaded via a link to a YouTube video.

Mash house gig (Live Performance)| May 24th| This will be a gig done with the college and will showcase what all our rehearsals have built up to as well as the refinements we had to make for the song on our setlist. It will also showcase studying the parts and not just learning what you played for that part.

First assessment performance (Live Performance)| 13th March| This was the first band performance for the academic year at college and will showcase our skill set at the start of the year such as stage presences, crowd interaction and also learning you part for doing covers.

Song for songwriting (Songwriting) | May 1st| This will be a song that I have written for my assessment in songwriting. This will showcase knowledge of how to right a song as which include lyric writing, creating melody and harmonies and arrangement. This will be uploaded as a mp3 onto Moodle.

Theory:

Song analysis (songwriting)| April 15th | This will evolve my melody, structure, rhythm and lyrics assessments for my songwriting class and will showcase that I understand the steps for writing a song.

Jazz radio Jingle (audio for multimedia)| May 7th| This will showcase how theory can be used into a daw such as logic and create a jingle or song through that daw such as using chords and harmonic techniques along with skills in being able to produce a jingle or any song within a daw.

Bass scales+arpeggios (first study)| March 12th | This will be a video uploaded to YouTube which will be put on this padlet via a link and showcases the technical exercises that I have done for my first study instrument and how they are effective as warm ups or show to be able to use them in any songs that you learn for a performance senario. For this and my first piece and technical exercises I will also have program notes on these that will go into detail of the technical exercises and information about my first piece.

First piece for first study (first study) | March 14th| This will also be a video uploaded to YouTube and be put into the padlet via a link. This will showcase one of the techniques featured in my technical exercises which are arpeggios for the song I Want You Back by Jackson 5 and this will also give me the opportunity to talk about other bass techniques. This will also showcase these techniques being used within a song and what it can add to a song in terns of dynamics and rhythmic interest. Further information for this piece will also be included in the program notes as well as information about the people behind the creation of the original piece along with the bands history as well.

External:

Band work for studio (External band)| April 18th | This will showcase how my external band records music and the process of making sure we are happy with it as well as artwork discussions that will sometimes occur.

Cadet Voltaire gig (External Band)| March 12th| This was a gig my band played at in November and will showcase skills within a live performance such as communication on stage and crowd interaction.

April gig in Edinburgh Fruit Market (External Band)| April 27th| This is an upcoming gig that will showcase more skills for live performance. This is also my band playing a support act so it will also showcase getting a crowd excited for a headline act.

North Edinburgh Community Festival (External Band)| May 19th| This will be a community festival that my band is playing at and will showcase more skills to have during a live performance such as stage presences and communication.

Business and cv:

copyright and contracts (Music Business)| March 28th | These will be taken from the quizzes from the assessments for music business about how copyright and performing and management contracts work.

CV (Music Business)| March 28th| This will be where I am able to share the skills that I have and the ones that are developing as well as the reasons why I would want to be community performer. It will also showcase my experience before the point where I write the cv for being a community performer.

Assessment 2| January 13th

Assessment 3| March 3rd

Assessment 4| May 19th

These exercises are useful to have as warm ups before you start playing as it allows you to warm up your fingers and be able to use these techniques in any song that may have arpeggios and certain scales.

The scales that were used for this are as follows

Scales:

•A major/ two positions and two octaves

•F# major/ two positions and two octaves

•B harmonic minor/ two positions and two octaves

Arpeggios:

•G major 7/ two positions and two octaves

•E major 7/ two positions and two octaves

•B minor 7/ two positions and two octaves

If you do not do warm ups there is a chance that you may not play as well and end up with people not wanting to play with you or you may get injured which would effect your career of a community performer.

What I normally do for warm ups is I would run through scales and arpeggios for 1 to 2 minutes and also play certain parts of songs that I know of as warm ups as well which will allow me to relax while playing and make sure that I am not stiff while playing on stage or in rehearsals, therefore making my playing better for when people see me on stage.

Since I am in two bands for this class I had to preform six songs for this assessment. The six songs I preformed goes as follows

The Kitchen Lighters (band 8):

•Bad Woman by Paloma Faith

•For Your Love by Månskine

•Freedom by Jesus Culture

Red Velvet (band 5):

•Working for the Weekend by Loverboy

•Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

•Taste by Sabrina Carpenter

The video in this section shall be the video for The Kitchen Lighters performance who at the time were called band 8.

Band 8 (The Kitchen Lighters) feedback:

According to feedback that we got of that performance we had a good stage presents and sense of unity. Thanks to our vocalists we were able to have audience interaction making a connection with them which according to the lectures is a sign that a band is strongly gelling together.

Harmonies were also great as the vocalists were able to be engaged with the song but they did say that the harmonies can be developed further. Another major piece of feedback is that we needed to also further develop dynamics mentioning that drums could be more controlled in quieter sections for the rhythm section which would further enhance dynamics. However in the end we were able to deliver a performance that was well rehearsed and well executed.

Band 5 (Red Velvet) feedback:

According to feedback song choices were good and work was put in so that the performance could be as strong as possible. I was able to communicate when songs were ending and is often an overlooked part of stage presents which helped the band be able to gel together during songs. The chemistry of this band was also great and could be sensed by the audience which kept the audience engaged and kept us together during the performance. However this band also got feedback that mentioned to develop dynamics further for volume.

If you don't practice regularly as a band your performance may not sound as good as it can be and people may not want to see you again.

However if you do practice regularly as a band and interact with the audience it gets the audience involved and invested in the performance whilst also making them want to see you again and bring their friends along as well.

If you do not have an understanding of theory behind songwriting then you may have a song in the future which might not appeal to the public which means they may not want to listen to it and will result in a loss of profit in the future.

In order to make sure I had a good analysis I listened to the song section by section to extract as much info as possible about the songwriting techniques used in the song.

For this session Red Velvet (one out of two of my college bands) decided to do Heart of Glass by Blondie. This is also apart of the set list for this band so we had practiced this a lot before hand.

If we had not prepared for this live take it would have not only potentially have sounded as good as it dose in the video but it would also detract from people wanting to see Red Velvet at Mash House since this live take ended up being uploaded to a website which would also potentially make the website less appealing.

In order to make sure that we had a successful session we played the song during our rehearsal time and made sure that we went over any sections that needed to be looked at. We also did this in order to polish the song for the music box session so that it may be appealing for the website. I also made recordings for

I was able to use this to make sure what I was playing was accurate and can return to it anytime I need a reminder of how to play it.

If you do not practice enough of any song and or techniques that you do there is a chance of injuring yourself which may have an effect on your career as a musician. It will effect you’re playing and may make musicians not want to work with you.

What I did to make sure I had a good outcome is that I practiced the song on a consistent basis and split the song into sections so I can learn each part individually making learning the song manageable.

Here is a link to the website with last year’s poster on it (HN1 year). It will also promote all other bands that have played at this festival.

Once again if you do not have a successful recording it will detract people from the website which will mean not only they may not buy tickets but they will as may not want to see you on a live stage overall making the website less appealing.

In order to make sure this did not happen we practised the song we did (Til I’m Done) a lot and recorded ourselves playing the song along with the rest of our set. We also did this to make sure to polish any mistakes that were made before heading into the studio.

If you don’t practice before hand or the song is not mixed properly then it will detract people from wanting to see you live and listening to you’re music which means that you may get less opportunities like gigs.

In order to prevent this we made plans ahead of time so that we knew what we were doing before hand. We also practiced the songs as well as looked at the songs carefully so that we could decide what to chance and what not to change.

So far I have had no trouble with learning the set but am still to practice with the band.

Spectrum Set List:

In The Air Tonight

Superstition

King of Rock N Roll

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Mustang Sally

This Love

This is done so that all the information is easy to find and is easily accessible by however looks at the program notes.

Abigail also provides some vocals with humming to help keep Lewis on track with the song.

However multiple people can also have owner ship of the copyright or it can be inherited by someone. One example of this will be if two people have wrote the songs that are inside an album but the logo therefore the copyright would be shared like if a lecture creates a padlet for a class, that padlet would also be property of the College due to the College being the employers of the lecture. Another example is when someone inherits work, as an example of this is when Aya Rand died and Leonard Peikoff inherited the copyright in 1982.

Copyright can also take many forms which is under the laws of copyright. The lyrics to the songs in the CD counts as Literal work which can be protected under copyright law. Any samples that are used from other people have to go to the original as a shared property as long as they know that you ask them to use a sample if their work. The recording of the CD can also be copyrightable due to it being evidence of the songs in the CD being yours (which would be a sound recording). The producer of the CD can also get credit but it would be under phonograph and may also add some elements to the songs in the post production stage. Somethings on the CD can also have a copyright symbol to make it clear that something is protected under copyright.

However some piece are public domain which means anyone can use them such as titles, jokes and government publications.

If you find yourself in a situation that you are in a court of law you can use evidence as long as it is substantial, an original piece of work and in a fixed format through a recording. You can use a recording from a studio or rehearsal that was recorded on your phone to prove that the work is yours. You can also mark things with the copyright symbol and phonograph symbol on sites such as Spotify to prove that the work is yours and the idea was originally yours. You could also give other peoples recordings from gigs and open mics to prove that it is yours.

Moral rights:

Attribution

1. This right gives you the ability to claim a piece of work that you have made as your own by asserting this right as your own

2. You can be credited at a live performance or a movie that states that the a piece of work is yours and you can also have paper documents that you have signed that says that the work is yours, an example of this would be if someone asked you to make music for a movie and you signed a contracted saying you were asked to create it.

3. In the case of Amara Nath Sehae vs the UOI (Union Of India) a sculpture's building he made for the Indian Government had been knocked down which resulted in the name coming off during the process and Amara was able to claim his moral right of Attribution in order to show that he had been asked by the UOI to build the building by showing the court the contract he had signed that stated Amara was to build this building and ended up wining the case.

Derogatory

1. This right is to make sure that people respect the work of the creator and not try to claim it as their own work in a disrespectful manner

2. In order to use this right you need to have the right to the Attribution of the work that has been made however it can be difficult to prove Derogatory in a court.

3. In the case of Confetti Records vs Warner Music a band called Anthill Mont complained that Heartless Crew had added rap lyrics to the song had been put over the original song however their claim of Derogatory was to no avail due to the lyrics being incoherent. 

Objection to Fals Attribution

1. This right prevents your name on work that you don't want or don't have credit for.

2. In the case of Blaney's Blarney an unidentified person attempted to impersonate Blaney's Blarney and make comments on Twitter posts and though this person was still unidentified they were giving their order via Twitter which was the first order to be giving on Twitter.

Performer contract:

A live performance contract is when you are playing at a gig and sign the contract with the following detail.

Date and Duration| This covers how long the gig will be and what date its will happen. Typically it may be 2 weeks for its duration and it will also include break times if you are playing over 2 hours. If you are Orchestra player then there will be times for the gig, rehearsals and dress code for the night of the gig.

Cancellation| This is recommended to cancel two weeks before the concert takes effect as suggest by the musicians union however if you cancel after it has already started you still get paid foe what you did during the contract and sometimes it may also come down to mutual agreement in terms of cancellation of the contract or modifications. 

Fees| This will depend on the situation and duration of the gig. This is due to musicians getting paid as per musician as well as set up time and Portage depending on which instrument that you carry and gear and overtime.

For example for two weeks with a band of five for four hours you would get £260 per musician and £51.50 for set up times. They would also get £77.25 for overtime and Portage payment as well depending on what you carry like a guitar and amp would be £38.50.

The organisers would have to make sure that everyone on stage is safe as well as the band itself and of course give a power supply for you to use. It will also be wroth asking for a noise limiter because if you are too loud then an alarm may go off or the power might go out. Recordings of your gig is your copyright so you can make sure that the organisers don't use it for advertisement however ideally you can say for no recordings during the gig. 

Modifications of the contract similar to cancellation when both parties have to agree to what modifications have been put in place.

In this situation you would have to find a venue that will be able to have them play there for the year from the connections that you have. Then if tis a band of five mention that £206 is the limit for per musicians if its four hours and if they can't do £206 then negotiate on a price that the organiser would be willing to pay for your gig.

if you also get overtime payment then make sure that they get paid for that as well and Portage which would be £77.25 for overtime and whatever instruments you carry would depend on the instrument itself. For modifications this will also be a good time to talk about what changes you do have before you both agree to the terms because theses fees and modification changes are what are recommended from the musicians union to make sure that you do get paid during a gig since you still have value as a musician. 

It will also include the following on the contract itself.

Date and Duration| This covers how long the gig will be and what date its will happen. Typically it may be 2 weeks for its duration and it will also include break times if you are playing over 2 hours. If you are Orchestra player then there will be times for the gig, rehearsals and dress code for the night of the gig.

Cancellation| This is recommended to cancel two weeks before the concert takes effect as suggest by the musicians union however if you cancel after it has already started you still get paid foe what you did during the contract and sometimes it may also come down to mutual agreement in terms of cancellation of the contract or modifications. 

Fees| This will depend on the situation and duration of the gig. This is due to musicians getting paid as per musician as well as set up time and Portage depending on which instrument that you carry and gear and overtime.

For example for two weeks with a band of five for four hours you would get £260 per musician and £51.50 for set up times. They would also get £77.25 for overtime and Portage payment as well depending on what you carry like a guitar and amp would be £38.50.

The organisers would have to make sure that everyone on stage is safe as well as the band itself and of course give a power supply for you to use. It will also be wroth asking for a noise limiter because if you are too loud then an alarm may go off or the power might go out. Recordings of your gig is your copyright so you can make sure that the organisers don't use it for advertisement however ideally you can say for no recordings during the gig. 

Modifications of the contract similar to cancellation when both parties have to agree to what modifications have been put in place.

Management contracts:

Management contracts are used to make sure that you get everything that you need and makes sure you get paid for your gigs as well since you still are of value. They will also be engaged and interested in your band as well and make sure your band gets the best in terms of the value and money you get off of gigs. For a good manager they will include the following

Terms and Post terms| You can give someone a trial run of a certain time and if they are a good manager you can then sign the contract to get them as your band manager, which would be what they get while working with you. Post term is when they get at least 15 to 10% of the money that your band generate which drops off overtime from something such as a gig but they tend not to hold band money so it would be wroth getting a accountant for your money. 

Commission and expenses| They will get paid commission which means they will get up to 15 to 20% rate of which they can talk up about the rate as well to make sure that a band gets the money it gets. However for travel it will come out of the bands pocket due to managers not tending to spend money on travel etc. For places where you can sign contracts this will be called musical territory so you can have a band manager in the UK and another one in America.

The problems with a bad band manager would be if they get a gig for you put the things they spend money on end up losing money for the band and not making money as a result. They may also not have connections (depending on what you're looking for) and be badly organised. They may also not have any gig location that would fit the style of band that you are in. 

For a manager you want will have these qualities in mind.

Terms and Post terms| You can give someone a trial run of a certain time and if they are a good manager you can then sign the contract to get them as your band manager, which would be what they get while working with you. Post term is when they get at least 15 to 10% of the money that your band generate which drops off overtime from something such as a gig but they tend not to hold band money so it would be wroth getting a accountant for your money. 

Commission and expenses| They will get paid commission which means they will get up to 15 to 20% rate of which they can talk up about the rate as well to make sure that a band gets the money it gets. However for travel it will come out of the bands pocket due to managers not tending to spend money on travel etc. For places where you can sign contracts this will be called musical territory so you can have a band manager in the UK and another one in America.

Recording contracts:

A advance for a record company is a loan that is given to you by the company for anything you might need which could be an equipment you need or anything to do with life coasts. 

The pros of this is that you can use this to get anything you and you have the option to not take the advance but it is advised that you do in case you need to get any equipment and meet your basic needs. However the cons of this is that no matter if you have hit success or not.

The terms of a record company refer to the length of the contract and the amount of music you make (number of albums, singles etc). There are clauses that will be in the contract such as the following.

*Advances will be part of it where you get a loan and have to pay it back.

*Royalties and Recoupment refers to what you coast like promotion and recordings you pay back to the company for recoupment. Royalties is when you as the artist get 20% of income from the dealer or public (public being the better deal but appears less often).

*Formats refer to what form your music will take when it is released such as CDs or streamed on any streaming platform.

*Territory refers to what region is the contract is legal and where the contract applies to.

One more important thing to do is to get a Lawyer so you are legally represented.

Publish contracts:

The time frames is the commitment of the artist releasing music which would usually be once a year. The total time frame usually would be 5-6 years in any form that the music takes which could be CD, Vines or any streaming platform that your music is on. This also only refers to the artist and not the songwriter. 

Royalties rates for record companies are usually 20% to the artist from the dealer or the public. Public is better due to you getting more money from retailing of your songs but 20% from the dealer is more likely to appear. However before you get the money there are also deductions from recoupment which is payment for promotion, recordings and anything you have to pay back to the company.

If you do not have a successful song then people may not want to listen to that song and it will detract people from giving any opportunity for gigs which also means missing out on potential profit from those gigs.

To ensure that I had a good result with my song I focused on writing out my lyrics first which I got an idea from a songwriting exercise, then focused on finding chords so that I can build the foundation of my rhythms and melody by using a guitar and midi keyboard. Then while recording I firstly put in my chords and used the marker on logic so that I could know where each part was in the song before adding my hook line and other details for my song like drums (which in this case were programmed drums).

For my planning stage it allowed me to effectively create a rough timeline of when I was going to get the evidence I needed in order to develop my portfolio and to know what I could add straight away and what I had to add later. This plan also gave me time to develop my support documentation since I have been gathering evidence throughout the year.

For my development stage I was able to effectively put in some of my evidence since it was some that already had from early in the year which meant I could focus on getting evidence for all my other classes that I was going to use for my portfolio.

However there was one event that I didn’t expect which was the inclusion of the band Spectrum for my college Mash House gig since they lost their bass player but I was able to step in and learn their set even though I only had two weeks to learn their set. I also created backing tracks for when I was learning the songs so I would be ready for both rehearsal and gig.

One of the skills that I have developed was being able to effectively plan things out so that I knew when and how I was going to get something done in a timely manner. I also developed a lot for being on a stage such as having good stage presence and getting better at my technique for bass thanks to the technical exercises and improving throughout the year.

Some strengths of my planning stage is that it very clearly states the evidence to put in and when to upload them allowing for a timetable of when to upload my evidence. Another strength of this stage is that I was able to gather a lot of research such as key skills of a performer, venues and places where you can network giving me more knowledge of being the best performer that I can.

A weakness of my plan could be that the timeline could maybe be a little more detailed but that could come down to not knowing when I would be able to get the evidence for some of the sections of my portfolio. Another one could be not having enough of a backup plan in case unforeseen events were to happen which could be having some evidence ready to upload in case some of the ones originally stated couldn’t be uploaded.

A strength of my development stage is that there is plenty of evidence and some supporting documentation (some for more than one artefact) to clearly show my skills in that section. Another strength is that it goes into detail of what the artefact is, what could be the down sides and how to make sure that it ends with a good result.

A weakness of the development stage is that perhaps there is not as much supporting documentation as I would like there to be so perhaps more time could of been spent on supporting documents to back up my evidence further.

Despite this I feel as if I have achieved everything that I have set out to do one my plan for this portfolio even if there was a surprise along the way. For future projects I would make sure to look at what I already have and what I could use for my portfolio to speed up the process and not be afraid to take up any opportunities that I am given because that will allow for even more evidence for my portfolio to use not only now but for the future as well.

If you don’t have an appealing jingle it will make people not listen to whatever you have to advertise and in turn they may not buy or listen to whatever you are trying to advertise.

In order to make sure that I had a good jingle to advertise I wrote out what I was going to say on a wood document and planned out what my jingle was going to be about which was going to be a jazz radio. Then I recorded chords onto logic and made up a bass line to play over those chords with programmed drums.

If a gig like this dose not go well then once again it will make you have less profit, people may not want to see you live and the venue may not invite you to play again.

In order to make sure that the gig went well we once again went over all the song in the set during rehearsals so that everyone knew what they were doing and we could preform as best as we could.

Set List:

In The Air Tonight Phil Colins

Superstition Steve Wonder

King Of Rock And Roll Prefab Sprout

Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears Of Fear

Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett

This Love Maroon 5

If a gig such a a this one doesn’t go well it may reflect bad upon the college due to behaviour or performance issues since you would be representing the college during this time and may make the venue not want to invite you back which means you will get less profit.

In order to make sure that we had a successful gig we rehearsed all of our songs and made a plan for an intro and the rest of set. We also practiced as if it was the actual gig as well walking on one by one as per plan for the intro.

If a gig like this dose not go well you may not be invited back to play which will also make you generate less profit. It may also make people not want to see your band live or listen to your music.

In order to make sure the gig went well we had rehearsals and put focus on the covers during those covers since both cover song we used as covers for social media to promote the band. We also focused on areas that needed to be worked on like the chorus of footloose.

This takes place during the last night of Out The Box Festival.

The set list goes as follows.

Set List:

Heart Of Glass Blondie

I Want You Back Jackson 5

Super trooper ABBA

Dance The Night Dua Lipa

Messy Lola Young

One Of These Nights The Eagles

Similar to Wednesday if the gig dose not go well the college may get in trouble due to behaviour and or performance issues since you would be representing the college and also they might not invite you back which means a lose in profit.

In order to make sure the gig went well we rehearsed the set list a lot of times and went over anything that need to be fixed such as the harmonies for One Of These Nights and rhythm for I Want You Back.

Set List:

Til I’m Done Paloma Faith

Brown Eyed Love Allan Stone

Gods Great Dance Floor Chris Tomlin

Die With A Smile Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga

Fly As Me Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak

Don’t Stop The Music Rihanna

Once again if a gig such as this one dose not go well then rather due to performance issues and or behaviour the college will get in trouble and you may not be invited back to play which results in a loss in profit.

In order to make sure we had a good gig we made sure to practice all the songs in our rehearsal and communicate things that needed fixing such as timing issues for Don’t Stop The Music.

Within a test we were giving a scenario of which we had to decide if and what someone is guilty of for breaking these restricted acts and therefore committing copyright infringement. Here is my breakdown of the answers I gave to this question.

1. Scott is guilty of a direct infringement due to reproduction of a product which is a bootleg copy of the single.

2. If Annette has sold something that was second hand then she dose not need permission to distribute it, however due to knowing that is is not realised she may be guilty of indirect acts through distribution.

3. Laurie would not be Guilty of any acts because he needs to have knowledge of the product in order for it to be an indirect Restricted act.

4. Richard is not guilty because he may of not had knowledge of Scott recording without permission.

5. The Charity shop is not guilty of any restricted acts due to being able to sell products without permission and they had no knowledge of the previous actions before Laurie donated the copies.

6. You should not accept the copy of the CD because he is not lending a copy to you and the CD is a reproduction of the recording due to it being a bootleg copy.

If a gig such as this dose not go well then not only will people might not want to see you live again and or listen to your music putting down profit but also the venue may not invite to the venue.

To make sure the venue went well we played through the songs in rehearsals and made sure we went through anything that needed to be looked at while also practicing as if we were in front of the crowd.

 They collect royalties are taken from places that want to share performances such as venues, radio stations and other public spaces but this will depend on where you play. Then the payment will go to the songwriters, composers, performers that played in that venue as well as the publishers. 

Members used to get sent a pay check but now the society will pay directly into your bank based on the calculations that they have made. The payment months are April, July, October and December.  

This society looks after the recording of your song so whoever owns the rights to the recording such as publishers, record labels and songwriters. They have to prove that they have the rights to the recording (similar to PRS) so that the MCPS can collect the royalties for anything that has been reproduced.

The MCPS collect royalties from streaming the song on places such as Spotify for audio products which may also include vinyls CD's and cassettes which then the royalties go to whoever owns the recording of the song. Their payments are made in March, June, September and December and it also gets paid directly into their bank.

This society lets recording artists, session musicians and record labels to join and cover performances that are on recordings. These may take place in TV and radios. The copyright that is covered by this society is for your performance and they also once again have to prove they have the rights to the song they may use for that recorded performance. 

They collect royalties from any media that their recording has appeared on and the payment goes to session musicians, recording artists and anyone who is audible in the recording that they did. The months of payment are February, May and November for payment of royalties. 

This can also relate to CV work so this will make sure that you are ready for any questions that are given to you.

Since I am once again in two bands I had to play twice during this gig. The video in this section will show both of my bands playing which were first and last and the bands set lists (three songs in total since one band only played one song) goes as follows.

New Decline:

•Angels Like You by Miley Cyrus

Bad and Bougie:

•Life Is A Highway by Rascal Flatts

•You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by •Dead or Alive

We did not get any feedback for this however we did have to write an evaluation for each performance. Within the evaluation for New Decline I mentioned that even though we only did one song we had done that song well and we had spent the time in rehearsal to refine and improve any part of the song that needed work. Me and our drummer at the time Keith were able to keep an consistent rhythm throughout the song and I was in constant communication with the band by looking around to see where they are.

As for Bad and Bougie in our rehearsals we did quick sound checks to make sure we had the balance of volume was right for the auditorium and rehearsal rooms as well as making choices for what to play which Spin Me Round ended up our set for Mash House. For our performance it ran very smoothly and we were all in constant communication with each other along with a cohesive set. We also had crowd participation by clapping along with the quiet chorus for Life Is A Highway but we only had one part that we struggled with which was harmonies since Charlie's voice was straining but besides from that we were able to have a good performance.

If you do not practice as a band then the performance that you do may not sound as good as it can but also people may not want to see you again because of your performance.

In order to prevent that we had practiced a lot for this gig and had a plan of what parts we play and how to interact with the audience making them interact with your performance and make them want to see you again.

Set list for event:

•Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots

•Hanging On the Telephone- Blondie

•You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)- Dead or Alive

If we had not practiced for this there is a chance that this may detract people away from listening to use in the future and draw attention away from the college social media and YouTube where the Music Box Sessions are shown as well as promotion on their social media.

To make sure this didn’t happen we made sure that we focused on and refined the set we were going to play for this event since these songs were also going to be apart of our Mash House set in May so it was important that we worked on these as much as possible as well as the rest of our Mash House set so it could be as good as it can be.

It also goes through the bands whole set list and what effects will be needed as well as gear that we would be taking to the gig.

Modes:

A Dorian (played in the video)

F Mixolydian (played in the video)

G Phrygian (played in the video)

B Locrian (will have a video soon)

If you don’t practice scales and other exercises that you can use for practice not only might you not know what to do for anything improvised but you may also result to injury if you don’t have proper technique which may effect your career as someone who performs in function bands and original bands.

In order to get the best outcome I practice these modes for at least and hour a day and sometimes do them before band rehearsals as warm ups since it dose help to get my fingers moving and makes sure that I am ready to play.

If we had not practiced for this it might of not been as good as it was in the recording and it may of had a chance to detract people from the Out The Box website so they also wouldn’t want to hear us in Mash House.

In order to make sure we had the best result we practiced the song we did constantly and made sure we refined any parts that needed to be worked on before going to our recording session.

This is where all the Music Box Sessions and gig videos go once they have been done along with photos for all bands.

As well as the festival they also promote their Music Box Sessions which gets students to perform live takes of covers or original songs.

If you do not do research on whatever is featured within your case study then you may not be as knowledgeable about the subject as you could be and the presentation will become uninformative.

In order to make sure that the presentation was as informative as possible my group split our work load evenly and we all got to research about a different aspect of our case study. For example my topic for the case study was the current legislation for teaching of which then I was able to pin point sections of my groups case study that related to this issue such as cyber bullying.

If we had not practiced for this recording session we would of not only potentially got less done but it would of also not been in a good place to release the song.

In order to combat this we practiced this song along with other originals regularly so that they could be in a good place for recording and eventually be available for the public to listen to.

If we had not prepared for this then our songs in the EP might of not sounded as good as they could have and potentially not make people want to go to the festival and listen to the EP.

In order to get the best outcome we had practiced a lot since we had a festival and focused on being recording ready for when it was time for our recording session in Dunfermline.

We had not practiced for this it wouldn’t have sounded as good as it potentially could have and people could of not wanted to go to anymore of Dry Eyes gigs in the future.

In order to get the best outcome we had separate rehearsals for the band and the brass section before combining them together in the auditorium where we all rehearsed together before the gig and the Christmas Concert for Edinburgh College that came after.

If we had not practiced for this gig we may have not only make people potentially not want to see us again but we also might not of sounded as good as we could have which also adds up to less merch sales.

In order to get the get outcome possible we had rehearsed as much as we could and spent time planning the set and when our singers where going to talk while instruments tune for the next song.

6th Arpeggios:

C major 6th

B minor 6th

9th Arpeggios:

G major 9th

D dominant 9th

If you do not practice these arpeggios then much like with the scales you may not know what to do if you have to do anything improvised and you may run the risk of getting an injury while playing.

In order to get the best outcome I practiced these arpeggios regularly at the required bpm so that when it came to recording my arpeggios I was able to do each on two times in a row for both positions.

Much like the 9th arpeggios if you do not practice these arpeggios you may gain an injury and may not be able to come up with ideas if you have to improvise when you have to.

In order to make sure to achieve the best outcome I also practiced this set of arpeggios at 100 bpm so that they would be ready to record for at least an hour a day.

If you don’t analyse a song you might not be able to catch every detail that goes into the song that you trying to listen to in order to make arrangements or notation for that song.

In order to get as much of the details as I possibly could I started by breaking down the songs structure into a verse, chorus structure, also known as A,B,A,B. I can then go into detail about what each of those parts contain and discuss the vocals in the song and what the lyrics mean within the song.

If you don’t have a lesson plan in place then your lesson may not be as organised as it can be potentially losing time for progressing your students skills in their chosen instrument. The lesson may also not be as engaging which will result in the student being bored and potentially not wanting another lesson.

In order to make sure the lesson is as successful and engaging as possible I made sure to include the student picking a song they want to learn and exercise that revolves around the song for to practice at the start of lessons and as drills. I also listed everything that I would need such as amps, access to a computer or laptop and tablature for the music which I ended up making myself using Noteflight.

All research resources will be listed within the songwriting Padlet.

If we had not practiced for this Music Box Session just like the other two sessions it may make people not want to listen to this band and make people not want to visit the college social media to see what else they have done.

To prevent this we practiced in the auditorium as much as we possibly could so that we could be as prepared as possible so the recording can be as good as it can be.

If you don’t have the theory knowledge that you may need for a composition with transposing instruments then depending on how you right out your composition if people use that composition it may be difficult for others to read or find some parts confusing.

In order to get the best possible outcome MuseScore has an option for concert pitch which I made use of in order to make that I can get parts for my transposing instruments written correctly while also keeping all the instruments within the right key for the song.

If we had not prepared before this session the recording may have not been as good as it could be and could of had the chance to turn people away from the Out The Box website and the gig so they wouldn’t come see New Decline.

To make sure we got the best outcome we spent a lot of time practicing this song and even had a dress rehearsal for Mash House before going to our Music Box Session so we were prepared to play Umbrella and get a good recording.

This and Bad and Bougie are just two out of the twenty band in this festival that are on the website along with bands from the previous year which are also promoted on the Edinburgh College website.

Bad and Bougie set:

•Hanging On The Telephone- Blondie

•Call Me- Blondie

•Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots

•I Don’t Love You- My Chemical Romance

•You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)- Dead Or Alive

If you do not practice and are not prepared for a gig then people may not want to see you play at any future gigs or listen to your music if you have original music.

In order to get the best outcome me and my band practiced every Friday morning so that we could go over the set list that we put in the place. We also planned what we were going to say and what to play for sound check.

New Decline set list:

•Angels like you- Miley Cyrus

•Do I Wanna Know- Arctic Monkeys

•She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5

•Join Me In Death- HIM

•Umbrella- Rihanna

If you do not prepare for a gig before hand then the audience may not sound as good as it could be and it may make people not want to come to any future gig that you are playing.

In order to get the best outcome we did a lot of rehearsals where we focused on fine tuning our set and had a rehearsal before going to the venue.

If you don’t have or deliver on what you had planned then the lesson may not be as engaging as it can be and the student may not want to have another lesson.

In order to make sure the student stayed engaged in the lesson I made sure that I gave clear instructions and went through parts of the chosen song slowly then playing said part repeatedly to make sure they understood what they were meant to do. I also gave the student some technical exercises they could do in order to warm up before going into the song or any rehearsal that they have in the future.

If you do not keep a log of what you have done in previous lessons then you may forget what you have done in previous lessons but also you may not have notes of modifications to make for the next lesson that you have with your students.

In order to make sure that everything in the log is informative I listed the activities that were done and said what did and didn’t go well. I also reflected on the lessons as a whole and made sure to include modifications and what to do for the next lesson.

•Introducing of person- Name (in this case Daniel), the instrument I play if in a band and being a music student would be the answer for this question.

•If a student what is your study?- The answer would be that the study is music and I play bass (first study), guitar, a little bit of keyboard and a little bit of vocals.

•When did music become a career choice and why?- The answer would be that I started getting into music during high school when I started to pick up bass and started getting more involved in music activities. This was then later on became apparent when I became a music student that played in gigs a lot and went to Download which then convinced me that I wanted to do music as a career because I really enjoyed being able to travel and play for people and creating my own music.

•Toughest thing about being a musician?- The answer would be that the hardest part is the amount of bands I have to be in as a bass player. However despite having to take up so many requests by staying organised and having a place to keep everything in one place helps me get everything ready in a timely fashion.

•Any highlights from any performances- For this question one highlight is my Mash House performance with Spectrum and The Kitchen Lighters during Out The Box since they were able to bring in a lot of energy and in my experience with Edinburgh College they were the best bands I had been put in.

Another highlight is going to Sunderland since I got see the music scene from a different of the UK and I got to perform in England.

If we had not prepared for this recording then the video may have not been as good as it could be and if this is used for promoting it may turn people away from wanting to listen to this band.

In order to get the best outcome we rehearsed at Colour Sound and at the college so that we could prepare as much as possible for the recording. We also changed the key of the song so that it would fit Ellie’s vocal range.

(I should also note that this piece of evidence has nothing to do with Silenced Blue)