Evaluation of Practice and Performance "I Predict A Riot"

In the first lesson on "I predict a riot" we did planning and deciding what song we were going to and in what style. This was a good lesson because we were quite good and we split into two groups and one group discussed and wrote down things about the specific song and the other group discussed the ideas of what is important in the genres we are doing. We then decided who was going to be playing what instrument and put it into a graph so we easily could tell what was going on. We eventually decided to do "I predict A Riot" the genera for the first half was going to be country and the second and the second half was disco. To be honest I think that disco was not a good idea because we dot have a keyboard player.

Practice:
Setting up for our "I predict riot" rehearsal we were quite quick and efficient to set up compared to when we set up in Hey Jude. We were all much more organised and helpful. It also really helped that the drum kit was already set up so that saved a lot of time. We were in quite a small practice room so our co ordination was quite good. Also this helped us have more eye contact with each other. This really helped us stay in time with each other, unlike when we played Hey Jude. In this performance played guitar

Performance:
The performance of I predict a riot went quite well and I think that this was because we had a lot more time to practice and also we spent more time doing actual practice and not just setting up and playing on our own. Also we gad all practised our parts at home so we knew what we needed to do. So when we played it we did it in one take and it sounded pretty good. I think the bass line that James was playing in the performance complimented the guitar line that I was playing well and sounded really good. Also the drums and the fish thing that Ed was playing sounded good in the contrary part of the song. The elements of a musical ensemble are that there are lots of instruments which work well together.  



     

Evaluation of Practice and Performance "Hey Jude"

In the first lesson on hey Jude we did planning and deciding what song we were going to and in what style. This was a good lesson because we were efficient and we split into two groups and one group discussed and wrote down things about the specific song and the other group discussed the ideas of what is important in the genres we are doing. We then decided who was going to be playing what instrument and put it into a graph so we easily could tell what was going on.

Practice:
Setting up for our "hey Jude" rehearsal and performance took us a long time and there was a lot of sitting around and waiting around for other people to get set up. I think that the whole process could have been more efficient if everyone had been more helpful. For example me and James were just standing around once we were set up, when we could have helped set up the drums or something. Once we were all set up our coordination was not very good and there was no real leader of the pack. A lot of the time we struggled to stay in time with each other and had a hard time keeping it all together.

Performance:
To be honest the performance was pretty bad. This was due to the fact that none were at all enthusiastic and it was all just a bit un-organised. this was because I think that we could have done with more time to practice and also our practising time could have been more efficient. One thing that went well was that at the end we all finished at the same time and this was due to us all starting to have a bit of eye contact. This really helped the performance because we looked slightly better syncopated when we finished, The structure of our song was fairly simple apart from the bridge but as a group we really struggled to. I think that the punk part of the to make the performance better would have been a piano because it would add to the a more structured chord pattern.