Week 6, 15th October 2012 - Induction Performance & Evaluation

Performance Evaluation

This week, we finally performed the songs that we have learning for past 5 weeks to the rest of the music department.

The first group to perform were the Level 2 music students, who are very musically talented,, The songs they performed were;

• Evanescence - Bring me to life
• Bob Marley - Jamming

And I cant remember what the third song was but it sounded really good, it was probably the best song out of all of them, The arrangement was really well put together especially with the Bass and the Drums played by Jeffrey and Omar.

Overall, their performance was a big success and it was a smart decision to put them first because they really got the audience into the music..

Next, was the Level 3 Music Production students, which were all mainly rap-based performances. All of the performances were very good however there were a few mistakes where some of the performers forgot their lyrics but overall it was very successful, Mark from the music production class really stood out because of his style of rapping and he made a big impact on the audience..

And finally.. was us, the Level 3 Music class,, Our first song was Read all about it, which was very successful since everyone performing really stepped up and sounded a lot better than in rehearsals, and the audience likes the change of atmosphere when the Drums,Bass and La-Shaun's rapping came in so that song was a success. 

The next song was Heart-Shaped Box, this song kinda ruined the mood after Read all about it because of the theme and lyrics of the song, but the vocalists pulled off some really good harmonies so it turned out okay in the end..

The next song was an original colour song written  by Caitlyn, La-Shaun and Jordan called Blue Storm, The combined vocals of Caitlyn and Jordan sounded really good, and La-Shauns rap verses were good as well, especially now that he's remembered his lyrics instead of looking at his phone like he used to do in rehearsals.. 

The only problem was just after the middle 8, when Caitlyn made a few mistakes on the piano but overall it was a success..

The next song was another original colour song written by Jacob, Shannun, Sheva and Demver called Green Envy, which was a big success because  they decided to add some Drums, Bass, Guitar, Synth and some extra vocalists..

What really caught the audience' attention was Shannun's vocals, especially around the middle 8 of the song where the instruments cut out and then come back in again when the chorus starts...

The last song in the roster was Ordinary People,, This was a big success since this song was very popular since John Legend is a very successful artist.

The vocalists were Donavon, Shannun, Emmanuel 'Image' and Danielle,, this song really stood out because since it was the last song, and a very popular song, everyone decided that they was going to push themselves and make the song sound really good.

Since Emmanuel is primarily a rapper, his vocals were a bit weak when he was singing but when he's singing together with Donavon, it sounded a lot better.

Adding bass and drums to the song was quite difficult at first since there is no bass or drums in the original but somehow it did sound very good when we played it.. 

Everyone performing really started to get into the music around the middle 8, which made the song very effective when it came back to the chorus because Shannun and Donavon started putting in little vocal riffs which made it sound really good..

So Overall,, I think it was a very successful performance, we all still have a lot to learn, especially when it comes to performing together and we are all at different stages since some of us may have more experience than others but overall I think it went very well... :)