Evaluation of my project
Somehow we all met some of the objectives of the project or the main ones.
I think one of the most important objectives of this project to all of us was to start working as a team, help each other by coming to all the rehearsals because if you are in a song with other people then no matter what you are doing we'll need you, and always talk and listen to what other people have to say.
In my opinion what went well in our "working with others project' is that all of us or most of us worked hard to get everything done well, and our teacher gave us enough time in the rehearsing room to practice the song we were writing as a group, and gave us the feedbacks we needed to make it sound better than they were before and because of that, on the day of our performance we did well and most of us enjoined every second performing and were confident because we knew what we were doing.
What didn't went really well in this project, was some of the people in my group who were not focused on what they were suppose to do because instead of using the time our teacher gave us to rehearse, people were singing something else and not the song we were suppose to do or the drummers were making noses. For some of us that was a bit annoying because we were there to rehearse to make the song better.
I think some ways of improving collaborative work in the future is to first of all, focused in one thing because if you start doing something else and not what you are suppose to do then what is the point of you being in a group of people who are there focused on the song they are doing and you're the only one doing something else. Another way of improving is to always be on time, don't come late for you rehearsals and give your best because even if you're doing a solo performance you will need to rehearse, so you'll get more confident because you know wgat to do and people will notice that and coming 20 minutes late for your lessons won't help you to improve your song.
ways of improving my work with others in the future is just to talk more, say what I think/what mu opinion is and give more ideas because that's one one of the most important things when you're working with other people, the main objective is communication because things work if you don't communicate with the people you're working with, and I just need to get a bit more confident when I'm on stage because I've been there before and the good thing is that I don't get nervous anymore, but I need to find a way to show people how much I enjoy performing even if I'm playing a song I don't like, I just enjoy being on stage and when you're on stage one of the first things people notice is how confident you are when you're performing.
If I was to do this 'working with others project' again I would do more, for example, choose the right people to be in my group, the ones who work hard and want everything to be very good on the day we have to perform, just like me.
I gave my best this time, but the next time I'll help more the people in my group because even though I knew what I was doing and were confident about it, some people in my group were kind lost and next time I'll just go in a room with them and try to help, but even if people are not in my group I'll try to help people from the other groups, because that's what music is about, it's about working as a team and working together!
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Week 6
Monday 15th October
On Monday we didn't spend any time in the rehearsing room because it was the day of our performance in front of the performing arts students. In the past few weeks we've been working in three cover songs and we were put into different groups to write a original song related to the colour our teacher gave us to do.
We all rehearsed a lot all the songs we were going to do, so on the day of our performance which is today people would like it and that's what happened. In my opinion we all had enough time to practice all the songs and that's why we had a great concert and all of us enjoyed.
Before we perform we had to do a 10 minutes sound check, just to make sure we knew what we were doing, and to tune the guitar and the bass and also to check the mics and see if everything was ok.
On Monday we didn't spend any time in the rehearsing room because it was the day of our performance in front of the performing arts students. In the past few weeks we've been working in three cover songs and we were put into different groups to write a original song related to the colour our teacher gave us to do.
We all rehearsed a lot all the songs we were going to do, so on the day of our performance which is today people would like it and that's what happened. In my opinion we all had enough time to practice all the songs and that's why we had a great concert and all of us enjoyed.
Before we perform we had to do a 10 minutes sound check, just to make sure we knew what we were doing, and to tune the guitar and the bass and also to check the mics and see if everything was ok.
Monday, 15 October 2012
week 3
Monday
Last Friday our teacher Charlie told us that we were going to do two more cover songs and that songs were 'Heart shaped box' by Nirvana and 'Ordinary people' by John Legend.
On Monday he put us into different group and my group was doing ' Heart shaped box', I'm playing the electric guitar, Caitlyn is piano, we have six singers, Harry is playing bass and Jacob is on the drums.
After telling each of us what we were going to do, Charlie put us into different practicing rooms, so we could start playing the songs.
Charlie asked the singers to stay in another room so they could work on the harmonies and see who was going to sing verse one, verse to, middle eight, etc. In the room I was we are the instruments, so we were talking to each other to see what we were going to do and who was going to play what, but after we talk to each other the singers came back to the rooms I was and we started playing together adding the instruments and the singers.
In the end of the day we had most of the work done, we knew what to do, the singers knew what part they were singing, the drummer was in time, but we had to practice more to get everything right.
Wednesday
Last week we had to finish the colours, because today we had to perform to the other colour groups the song we've been working on. Our song were good but it wasn't the best one because we didn't have enough time to practice and we were kind lost with the chords.
In the end of the day Charlie had to pick the three best colours songs, because we were going to perform them for our upcoming performance.
Last Friday our teacher Charlie told us that we were going to do two more cover songs and that songs were 'Heart shaped box' by Nirvana and 'Ordinary people' by John Legend.
On Monday he put us into different group and my group was doing ' Heart shaped box', I'm playing the electric guitar, Caitlyn is piano, we have six singers, Harry is playing bass and Jacob is on the drums.
After telling each of us what we were going to do, Charlie put us into different practicing rooms, so we could start playing the songs.
Charlie asked the singers to stay in another room so they could work on the harmonies and see who was going to sing verse one, verse to, middle eight, etc. In the room I was we are the instruments, so we were talking to each other to see what we were going to do and who was going to play what, but after we talk to each other the singers came back to the rooms I was and we started playing together adding the instruments and the singers.
In the end of the day we had most of the work done, we knew what to do, the singers knew what part they were singing, the drummer was in time, but we had to practice more to get everything right.
Wednesday
Last week we had to finish the colours, because today we had to perform to the other colour groups the song we've been working on. Our song were good but it wasn't the best one because we didn't have enough time to practice and we were kind lost with the chords.
In the end of the day Charlie had to pick the three best colours songs, because we were going to perform them for our upcoming performance.
Monday, 8 October 2012
Week 5
Monday
Today we performed to each other the colour songs we are doing for the upcoming performance. The reason why we performed today was to show to the other groups how we were progressing as a group and also to see how they were doing with their songs.
The 'Yellow' group was the first one to perform and they were good, but they needed to know what they were doing so they wouldn't get confused again but their song is getting better cause now they have drums and bass, then it was our turn the group 'Green' to play our song. After playing for the other groups , our teacher Charlie gave us some feedback he told Demver who was playing the synth to change it to strings and that the piano (Jacob is the one playing it) should take off the strings effect and leave it for the synth. Then the group 'Blue' performed and Charlie also gave them some feedback, they were good but the only thing was that the guy who's rapping in the song wasn't in today, so Caitlyn who was playing the keyboard and singing had to rap.
After performing to each other our teacher Chalie put us in different rooms so we could rehearse and make the song sounds better than before by doing some of the things he told us to do.
Wednesday
Today in the rehearsing lesson we had in the morning, our teacher asked us to play the cover songs we are doing which are 'Read all about' by Emili Sande, 'Hear shaped box' by Nirvana and the song 'Ordinary people' by John Legend. After playing them all, Charlie gave us some feedback and said some things that we could do to improve the songs and make it sounds better for the concert. And we also talked about the upcoming performance we are going to have on Monday and which song we are going to play first and which one is going to be the last one, and about our posture when we are on stage and try to show that we are enjoying being there and playing the songs.
In the after we had another rehearsing lesson and our teacher put us into different rooms so we could rehearse the colours songs we are doing and practice more the covers if we wanted.
Friday
On Friday we didn't have any rehearsal, but we had to perform in front of the Level 3 Music second year to show them what we were doing and how good we were, and in my opinion I think they liked it and one positive thing about us performing in front of them is that we were better than when we were than on the days we were rehearsing, but I think we rehearsed so many times that now we all know what to do and the songs sound very good with we all working together.
Today we performed to each other the colour songs we are doing for the upcoming performance. The reason why we performed today was to show to the other groups how we were progressing as a group and also to see how they were doing with their songs.
The 'Yellow' group was the first one to perform and they were good, but they needed to know what they were doing so they wouldn't get confused again but their song is getting better cause now they have drums and bass, then it was our turn the group 'Green' to play our song. After playing for the other groups , our teacher Charlie gave us some feedback he told Demver who was playing the synth to change it to strings and that the piano (Jacob is the one playing it) should take off the strings effect and leave it for the synth. Then the group 'Blue' performed and Charlie also gave them some feedback, they were good but the only thing was that the guy who's rapping in the song wasn't in today, so Caitlyn who was playing the keyboard and singing had to rap.
After performing to each other our teacher Chalie put us in different rooms so we could rehearse and make the song sounds better than before by doing some of the things he told us to do.
Wednesday
Today in the rehearsing lesson we had in the morning, our teacher asked us to play the cover songs we are doing which are 'Read all about' by Emili Sande, 'Hear shaped box' by Nirvana and the song 'Ordinary people' by John Legend. After playing them all, Charlie gave us some feedback and said some things that we could do to improve the songs and make it sounds better for the concert. And we also talked about the upcoming performance we are going to have on Monday and which song we are going to play first and which one is going to be the last one, and about our posture when we are on stage and try to show that we are enjoying being there and playing the songs.
In the after we had another rehearsing lesson and our teacher put us into different rooms so we could rehearse the colours songs we are doing and practice more the covers if we wanted.
Friday
On Friday we didn't have any rehearsal, but we had to perform in front of the Level 3 Music second year to show them what we were doing and how good we were, and in my opinion I think they liked it and one positive thing about us performing in front of them is that we were better than when we were than on the days we were rehearsing, but I think we rehearsed so many times that now we all know what to do and the songs sound very good with we all working together.
Week 4
Week 4
Monday
Today in the rehearsing lesson each group had to perform to each other to show where we were at and how we were progressing. There were two groups, in my group we did the song called 'Heart shaped box' by Nirvana and the other group did the songs 'Read all about it' by Emili Sande and 'Ordinary people' by John Legend. My group had one more song to be played which was 'I feel good' by James brown, but our teacher decided that we weren't going to do that song anymore because it wasn't up to scratch and that it wasn't ready to be performed.
After we perform to each other our teacher Charlie gave us some feedback about the songs we performed. We spend the rest of the lesson talking to each other and giving new ideas to make the song sound better for the day of our performace.
Wednesday
On Wednesday we had to performall all the songs we were doing, the covers which were 'Heart shaped box' by Nirvana, 'Ordinary People by' John Legend. and 'Read all about it' by Emili Sande and we also had to perform the original songs we've been writing which are the colours songs. All the cover were good, but the people who were doing the song 'Read all about it' their harmony didn't went really well because they didnt know when to coming in and La-Shaun (the rapper) didnt know his rap, but Charlie talked to them and told them they will need more practicing and told La-shaun to learn his part of the song.
Monday
Today in the rehearsing lesson each group had to perform to each other to show where we were at and how we were progressing. There were two groups, in my group we did the song called 'Heart shaped box' by Nirvana and the other group did the songs 'Read all about it' by Emili Sande and 'Ordinary people' by John Legend. My group had one more song to be played which was 'I feel good' by James brown, but our teacher decided that we weren't going to do that song anymore because it wasn't up to scratch and that it wasn't ready to be performed.
After we perform to each other our teacher Charlie gave us some feedback about the songs we performed. We spend the rest of the lesson talking to each other and giving new ideas to make the song sound better for the day of our performace.
Wednesday
On Wednesday we had to performall all the songs we were doing, the covers which were 'Heart shaped box' by Nirvana, 'Ordinary People by' John Legend. and 'Read all about it' by Emili Sande and we also had to perform the original songs we've been writing which are the colours songs. All the cover were good, but the people who were doing the song 'Read all about it' their harmony didn't went really well because they didnt know when to coming in and La-Shaun (the rapper) didnt know his rap, but Charlie talked to them and told them they will need more practicing and told La-shaun to learn his part of the song.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Week 2
Week 2
Monday
On Monday we kept practicing the covers we were doing which are 'Real all about it' by Emili Sande and 'I feel good'by Joh Legend.
Our teacher put us into different practicing rooms, so each group could rehearse more. Our teacher were spending soem timewith opur group to see what was right or wrong andgive some advice about the song we were doing and he did the same to the other group.
Wednesday
On Wednesday we kep doing the original songs which is the colour songs we were doing last week, but now our teacher said to us that we were going to have to add a middle eight for our song, but first we had to finish the second verse and then add the middle eight, because some people havent finished the verse.
Monday
On Monday we kept practicing the covers we were doing which are 'Real all about it' by Emili Sande and 'I feel good'by Joh Legend.
Our teacher put us into different practicing rooms, so each group could rehearse more. Our teacher were spending soem timewith opur group to see what was right or wrong andgive some advice about the song we were doing and he did the same to the other group.
Wednesday
On Wednesday we kep doing the original songs which is the colour songs we were doing last week, but now our teacher said to us that we were going to have to add a middle eight for our song, but first we had to finish the second verse and then add the middle eight, because some people havent finished the verse.
Week 1
Week 1
On my first week of Level 3 Music we had to perform to each other to show what we can do and then in the end of the day we had to vote for the six students who had the best performance and in the next week they were going to perform for the whole school.
On Monday started doing a cover, our teacher put us into two groups and in my group I have Caitlyn, Donavon, Batsheva, Jacob, and some other students. We are doing 'I feel good' by James Brown and the other group is doing 'Read all about it' by Emeli Sande, because they're two of the songs we are going to play for the upcoming performance
On wednesday we were put into six differents group colours (red, blue, yellow, green. purple and orange) and each groups were given a colour and had to write a song about that colour, for example I'm doing the colour 'Red' and we had to write a song related to that colour which means that we had to write a song about love, or anger, or even both cause thats what we did. We had to write two verses and a chorus for the colour song and we did it.
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