You must prepare a set of material to showcase for an A&R panel. You will be auditioning against other bands for the opportunity to headline the Bodega, support slots will also be available.

The A&R Panel will consist of music industry professionals from music promotion to Record label owners.

You are required to work with a professional client on a live brief.

This is designed to develop your understanding of the challenges and pressures of working for a client(s) within a professional context. This work will require myself to work both independently and collaboratively to fulfil the needs of your client.

The Objective

Objective 1 – Compose at least 2 songs (with the exception of having

already ready to perform live) Rehearse and develop material

Objective 2 – Record the songs to a professional standard

Objective 3 – Develop a bio/promotional material appropriate to you and your style

Objective 4 – Presentation and A&R feedback 

Goal 1 - To promote your music to a range of music industry professionals

Goal 2 - To receive feedback from clients

Goal 3 - To develop project management skills including project planning, time management meeting deadlines and responding to client feedback 

The Solution 

Statement 1 - Compose at least 2 songs (with the exception of having 4 already ready to perform live) Rehearse and develop material. I will be dedicating a week to each song I am wanting to perform with, I will document my process and development via Padlet.com and my website. 

Statement 2 - Record the songs to a professional standard. Over the course of the months, I will be using most of my spare time at Electric Mayhem with Luke Bell as well as my other band project Marty. 

Statement 3 – Evidence your work through a digital client portfolio. Over the weeks leading up to the deadline, I will be documenting and giving evidence, such as photos, videos, and audio as well as the written journal to support the following criteria. 

Luke Bell on piano, Calum Voce on Drums, Harry Hume on bass, Camron Sinclair Harris on guitar. All working on new/previous material at Octave rehearsal rooms.

Supplied Material 

Song 1 - I can fly Due date 25th Jan 2018

Song 2 - Oceans  Due date 25th Feb 2018

All four songs fully rehearsed and ready to perform Due date 16th April 2018

Expected Results 

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Action Deadline Plan

Luke & Krista 

25th jan - Begin to start recording songs starting with “I can fly”

15th Feb - finalise 2nd song “Oceans”

21st March - Have both recordings finished, mixed and mastered  

5th April - Songs should be well rehearsed and prepared with the added three covers we have chosen for the Bodega setlist 

16th April - A&R Panel, all songs are ready to perform to a high standard, with promotional material completed 

week beginning 30th April - The Bodega gig, if we receive a slot, all set list should be finalised including covers. ready to perform with the used of our promotional material.

End of Jan 24th - Meet with engineers/producers

Mid Feb 12th - Begin recording process (Starting with Worst Case Scenario)

Mid/End of March - Have recordings finished, mixed and mastered

Beginning of April - At this stage, our songs should be well-prepared, just adding finishing touches and preparing any covers that we could use should we get the Bodega headline

Mid April (week beginning 16th) - A + R Panel, therefore songs should be performance ready and all recordings and promotional material should be complete

End of April (week beginning 30th) - Bodega gig, should we receive a slot, all of our songs (including any covers) should be performance ready and we should have made use of our promotional material

Will 

- has improved 

- great harmonies 

- very tight 

- impressive and professional for college band

- I love the branding  

harley 

- professional 

- look great 

- likes burgundy theme 

- love how different each person is 

- love what you are as a collective 

- each bringing something unique to the table, and that's what I think bands are all about 

- impressed with the level of professionalism 

- particularly loved the breakdown, with certain sections and then you brought it back together with the harmonies, I thought that was really clever and captivating

harley 

- you've got some natural chemistry going on here, and if you really work hard, I think you're on the right track 

- by doing gigs and to play nationally already, its a really good sign 

Denisen records 

- slipped on the drums 

- the harmonies were there but could be a lot better 

- work on those harmonies 

- listen to the bangle for their harmonies  

-  the word "scenario" is a particularly difficult word to not only put in a song but to put in the main chorus and I admire you doing that 

- the main thing to do gigs, gigs, gigs, and in a hundred gigs from now, you'll be really tight, you will have got those harmonies together, there are no shortcuts, you cant just do four rehearsals a week, it's all about being out there and doing those gigs  

- and from me, lots of songwriting

- lots of gigs

- just work on those harmonies, I can hear them there but they could be so much better, but that will come in time, and if you can get that if you can nail those harmonies, I think ist great 

- I love the branding with the badges, with the different colors matching each individual member of the band  

- I love the cartoon theme of the badges

- maybe add one 80s cover in your setlist   

Mike 

- the main thing is the branding/ marketing and your image 

- it's quite 80s is quite popular at the moment  

- I think you work well together 

- get a tiny bit tighter with the drums and things like that

- more practice 

- I like the songs, they feel very 80s 

- and just keep working on the songs

badges 

poster 

t-shirts 

stickers 

A&R 

Black and burgundy 

Burgundy off the shoulder top 

Black high waisted jeans 

Black boots 

Black fedora hat 

Black chocker 

Burgundy lipstick 

Long necklace 

Marty Setlist - 2018

(25 mins)

badges paging ideas 

Format - format 

Intentions - what are you trying to achieve 

Presentation - looks clothing, performance stage presents, who’s positioned where, gaps, is it fluent, breaks, talking in between songs, keep it fresh - energy, find emotion, connection to go back to when your connecting a

The aim of this music performance course is to create my own original music with the help of peer musicians, by collaborating with different people will come with different approaches of writing music. Also by working with other people will inspire alternative genres for me to include in my music. 

The plan for time management will be organised into 1 hour rehearsals slots, this will encourage my flow of professionalism by engaging with many musicians. I feel like an hour with different musicians will be enough time to express what music/style/genre and lyrical subjects we want to work with.

Another main outcome of this course will be documenting on our hourly progress this will include written work of evaluation, pictures/video/audio for backing up the written work and uploading our documents on to NOW from the Nottingham Trent University. 

Reflection/evaluation 

Performance skills 

Organising 

Videos 

Pictures 

Audio

Original material 

online presents 

offline activity 

single minded vision 

any genre 

focused on what you do 

you need to be unique 

mass media 

jobs in the music industry

Crew preparation 

Personal responsibility