Hello people!!
Have had an awesome week so far!! Although monday was up and down. lol. We had our Creative Industries exam, which i am not feeling too confident about. I did my studying but there was one question that wasnt very clear to me due to way it was written. Plus it was closed book, so everything was memory, however hopefully i managed to get down most of the relevant points. We will find out our results next week.
We were also scheduled to have our Music Theory exam on monday as well, but luckily our lecturer moved it to next week instead for those who wanted one extra week of revision, i was so pleased about this, as got a chance to ask for help in the area i was unclear about, so now should hopefully be better prepared for next week! Also i didnt really fancy 2 exams in one day, one after the other, i think its important to keep a clear head.
Other news from college this week, on tuesday we had band rehearsal all day, and Sean our lecturer organised us some gigs for stagecraft and creative project! :D so very exciting, we also got a brief on creative project this semester, and how it would be good to get some of our original material recorded. We progressed further with our swing song, and just need to structure it, and practice some more. For stagecraft we now have 3 songs for the set, in total we're planning around 8 for the gig, so we shall decide on the songs next week and use the easter holidays to practice individually!
Some of us also had our Graded Unit feedback this week with Marlisa, where we also reiceved our progress reports! I was over the moon, with mine, couldn't be happier, and was so so excited to get an A in my Graded Unit planning stage!!! :D i was worried about getting a B, so am excstatic about the positive feedback all around! Now just need to keep going on and upward.
For the remainder of the week, i will be revising Music Theory, and learning my songs for both Vocal Assessment next week and my Honours Punk gig which is coming up in May!!! So excited about it, and just found out today it will be a 19 song setlist!!!! Incredible, longest set i have ever done, so am both nervous and so excited all at once, and hope i can do the songs justice and pay a good tribute to one of my favourite genres! :) Also have theatre tomorrow night, and working over the weekend! Also at the moment my cousin who is a qualified web designer is developing my artist art work, she has sent me some prototypes and they are looking ah-mazing!
Anyway that is this week, i also now have a facebook artists page, so if you are reading this and have not yet liked my page. Please like!!! :D haha
X.Alissa.X
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
One other note..
Forgot to mention i got a brand new mic stand this week!! A boom stand, so way more compactable and versatile for different performance types! I thought i should go for this one, rather than the straight 50s style stand because there is only so much you can do with that one, whether is my one, you can extend, hold, shorten, turn sideways and it really allows you the freedom to do whatever you want! So very pleased with my purchase! :D
X.Alissa.X
X.Alissa.X
News from this week!
This week in college, we had to decide our chosen 3 songs for our upcoming Vocal Assessment! I have now chosen my 3 one Ella Fitzgerald, one Debbie Harry and one Gwen Stefani, so a wide variety and all are quite different in tempo and style, so therefore will push me in 3 different directions, and will challenge me to portray different emotions for each!
Next week we have both our Creative Industries and Music Theory exams, so quite a compact monday! However i chose to do my theory exam next week, as feel i could benefit from one more week of revisison! From what i heard the exam wasnt too easy, so therefore know i have a lot to brush up on, therefore for me this week will involve a lot of library spent hours working on Creative Industries reseach and Music Theory!
On tuesday, in our stagecraft bands, we now have another song added to our set, Jon Bon Jovi- You Give Love a Bad Name! Excellant song, and one we can really enjoy! I am trying to do as different and vace styles of music in each subject i can in order to challenge and develop myself more as a singer/ performer! At the moment all in all i am part of a Classic British Rock Band, Swing and Punk band, as well as my summer 1950s tribute concert, so lots of different directions and genres to be excited about!
Other news this week, i have recently just purchased Morrissey tickets for the summer!!! So could not be happier about that! The opportunity to see one of my heros live is just spectacular!!! Apart from that i have theatre practice again tomorrow night and am working over the weekend, therefore trying to fit in as much studying as i can in this half of the week, as well as working on all my songs! Graded Unit Planning Stage deadlines were this week, everyone did well in meeting it. I had slight problems with my formatting as do not have microsoft word on my laptop, therefore had to complete it on notepad, which isnt quite the same. However hopefully the content is of a high standard, thats what is important. Next week we shall find out our grades and recieve our progress reports, so quite nervewracking all around.
So there we have this week so far, now more revision for next week :)
X.Alissa.X
Next week we have both our Creative Industries and Music Theory exams, so quite a compact monday! However i chose to do my theory exam next week, as feel i could benefit from one more week of revisison! From what i heard the exam wasnt too easy, so therefore know i have a lot to brush up on, therefore for me this week will involve a lot of library spent hours working on Creative Industries reseach and Music Theory!
On tuesday, in our stagecraft bands, we now have another song added to our set, Jon Bon Jovi- You Give Love a Bad Name! Excellant song, and one we can really enjoy! I am trying to do as different and vace styles of music in each subject i can in order to challenge and develop myself more as a singer/ performer! At the moment all in all i am part of a Classic British Rock Band, Swing and Punk band, as well as my summer 1950s tribute concert, so lots of different directions and genres to be excited about!
Other news this week, i have recently just purchased Morrissey tickets for the summer!!! So could not be happier about that! The opportunity to see one of my heros live is just spectacular!!! Apart from that i have theatre practice again tomorrow night and am working over the weekend, therefore trying to fit in as much studying as i can in this half of the week, as well as working on all my songs! Graded Unit Planning Stage deadlines were this week, everyone did well in meeting it. I had slight problems with my formatting as do not have microsoft word on my laptop, therefore had to complete it on notepad, which isnt quite the same. However hopefully the content is of a high standard, thats what is important. Next week we shall find out our grades and recieve our progress reports, so quite nervewracking all around.
So there we have this week so far, now more revision for next week :)
X.Alissa.X
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
This week! :D x
'If its not love, then its the bond that'll bring us together!' .. Nothing like The Smiths to brighten your morning!
Haha. This week has been an incredibly exciting one so far, It started slow, and really quite dull, maybe to do with the weather as well. However as the day progressed, things got much brighter, as did the weather. Monday, in vocals we were told to choose 3 songs for our next vocal assessment on April 4th. We are to try and differ the genres this time, which will make the choices more interesting, and be more challenging overall. I havent properly decided on my choices yet, although i know one will be something from the 50s i think.
In Music Theory we were told our exam is now in 2 weeks, to give us a chance to finish going through our new workbooks, i find it beneficial sitting through both Music Theory classes, as i dont feel an hour is enough to really take everything in. Anyway my very exciting news for this week, has definitely been the proposal of doing a concert in June. I have been lucky enough to have been asked by my vocal teacher, to sing up to 20 songs, as a sort of tribute night to the 50s and Peggy Lee and all the wonderful artists from that classic era. The proposal came at such surprise, and has really made my week, already i have been thinking of ideas for songs and ideas for the theme of the event and look i will go for etc. I will defintiely be taking inspiration from my nanny for this one, who was a glamorous dancer at The Windmill Theatre in London in the 1950s.
Other news from college this week.. On tuesday we began practice in our new Creative Project bands. Both bands seem to have got to work extremely quickly and i think we all made a very productive start yesterday on a first song. Our band have a song now, that we jammed through several times to really get in the swing feel, and me and my fellow singer, sat with a notepad and tried to come up with lyric ideas, yesterday i jotted down 2 verses, and we practiced fitting them in. At the moment the lyrics a very 'Moon Dance' feel, that glamorous 1950s'60s jazz concept, where everything was based around romance and dancing. We also got a recording of the song, so that we can go away and write some more lyrics at home, with the music,and see what we can come up with for next week. :)
So that was us for this week, today i am up in the library working on the corrections for my Graded Unit, in order to submit for next mondays planning stage deadline. Then at half 12 i will be in the practice rooms, rehearsing with the Honors band 'Punk Project' that i am a part of. The gigs in May, so we've got quite a few songs to get through. So now better turn off The Smiths and put on my punkiest attitude in order to unleash the Johnny Rotten in me haha
For this week, until next time :)
X.Alissa.X
Haha. This week has been an incredibly exciting one so far, It started slow, and really quite dull, maybe to do with the weather as well. However as the day progressed, things got much brighter, as did the weather. Monday, in vocals we were told to choose 3 songs for our next vocal assessment on April 4th. We are to try and differ the genres this time, which will make the choices more interesting, and be more challenging overall. I havent properly decided on my choices yet, although i know one will be something from the 50s i think.
In Music Theory we were told our exam is now in 2 weeks, to give us a chance to finish going through our new workbooks, i find it beneficial sitting through both Music Theory classes, as i dont feel an hour is enough to really take everything in. Anyway my very exciting news for this week, has definitely been the proposal of doing a concert in June. I have been lucky enough to have been asked by my vocal teacher, to sing up to 20 songs, as a sort of tribute night to the 50s and Peggy Lee and all the wonderful artists from that classic era. The proposal came at such surprise, and has really made my week, already i have been thinking of ideas for songs and ideas for the theme of the event and look i will go for etc. I will defintiely be taking inspiration from my nanny for this one, who was a glamorous dancer at The Windmill Theatre in London in the 1950s.
Other news from college this week.. On tuesday we began practice in our new Creative Project bands. Both bands seem to have got to work extremely quickly and i think we all made a very productive start yesterday on a first song. Our band have a song now, that we jammed through several times to really get in the swing feel, and me and my fellow singer, sat with a notepad and tried to come up with lyric ideas, yesterday i jotted down 2 verses, and we practiced fitting them in. At the moment the lyrics a very 'Moon Dance' feel, that glamorous 1950s'60s jazz concept, where everything was based around romance and dancing. We also got a recording of the song, so that we can go away and write some more lyrics at home, with the music,and see what we can come up with for next week. :)
So that was us for this week, today i am up in the library working on the corrections for my Graded Unit, in order to submit for next mondays planning stage deadline. Then at half 12 i will be in the practice rooms, rehearsing with the Honors band 'Punk Project' that i am a part of. The gigs in May, so we've got quite a few songs to get through. So now better turn off The Smiths and put on my punkiest attitude in order to unleash the Johnny Rotten in me haha
For this week, until next time :)
X.Alissa.X
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Update!
Well this week has been quite a busy week so far!
Tons and tons of work, exams and dealines to meet in the next couple of weeks, which is quite scary, so i have been working my hardest, making an effort every day to go up to the uni library and get atleast 3 or 4 hours studying done every day. A little bit every day is a strategy i like to stick to! I enjoy myself though, because i can get into my own zone and grab a coffee whilst listening to music and getting work done, so i find the atmosphere very relaxing and enjoyable. I am also taking advantage of only working one day a week this week, so more days to catch up on everything!
Monday and Tuesday in college were quite busy, on tuesday we got to watch our Fat Sams footage, which was really exciting, however i always get quite nervous about watching myself on stage. But i was very happy with what i saw, and it was great to watch and re live the excitement and fun of performing! I get itchy feet just watching it, and want to back on the stage! :D
We were also put into new bands for Creative Project! We decided bands with a game of rock, paper scissors, which resulted in not a huge change, but an exciting one. At first i was unsure and sort of just wanted to stay in our Fat Sams bands, however when i actually thought about it, i am pleased that there has been a change, because the result was almost a whole new band for me, and musicians i havent worked with yet within my group! We decided upon ideas of swing and jazz, and the image of a formal, classy band. This prospect for me is incredibly exciting, as i am a huge fan of old jazz, and artists in which i would consider influential and iconic to our era of 1950s/60s two of my favourite eras in music. Artists such as Peggy Lee, Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Dion and the Belmonts, my personal favourite. All of which inspired those eras in such a huge way, that to sit down and write our own material for this genre is something i am greatly looking foward to!
It is also a huge change and something i am not used to performing onstage, therefore quite a challenge and scary yet exciting opportunity!
Anyway that was college for this week, I have been working further on my graded unit today and will also start working my way through my theory workbook tomorrow. Then Perth Youth Theatre in the evening, we have just begun working on our new shows for the summer, and officially have our scripts, so very excited to be beginning rehearsals tomorrow night!
X.Alissa.X
Tons and tons of work, exams and dealines to meet in the next couple of weeks, which is quite scary, so i have been working my hardest, making an effort every day to go up to the uni library and get atleast 3 or 4 hours studying done every day. A little bit every day is a strategy i like to stick to! I enjoy myself though, because i can get into my own zone and grab a coffee whilst listening to music and getting work done, so i find the atmosphere very relaxing and enjoyable. I am also taking advantage of only working one day a week this week, so more days to catch up on everything!
Monday and Tuesday in college were quite busy, on tuesday we got to watch our Fat Sams footage, which was really exciting, however i always get quite nervous about watching myself on stage. But i was very happy with what i saw, and it was great to watch and re live the excitement and fun of performing! I get itchy feet just watching it, and want to back on the stage! :D
We were also put into new bands for Creative Project! We decided bands with a game of rock, paper scissors, which resulted in not a huge change, but an exciting one. At first i was unsure and sort of just wanted to stay in our Fat Sams bands, however when i actually thought about it, i am pleased that there has been a change, because the result was almost a whole new band for me, and musicians i havent worked with yet within my group! We decided upon ideas of swing and jazz, and the image of a formal, classy band. This prospect for me is incredibly exciting, as i am a huge fan of old jazz, and artists in which i would consider influential and iconic to our era of 1950s/60s two of my favourite eras in music. Artists such as Peggy Lee, Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Dion and the Belmonts, my personal favourite. All of which inspired those eras in such a huge way, that to sit down and write our own material for this genre is something i am greatly looking foward to!
It is also a huge change and something i am not used to performing onstage, therefore quite a challenge and scary yet exciting opportunity!
Anyway that was college for this week, I have been working further on my graded unit today and will also start working my way through my theory workbook tomorrow. Then Perth Youth Theatre in the evening, we have just begun working on our new shows for the summer, and officially have our scripts, so very excited to be beginning rehearsals tomorrow night!
X.Alissa.X
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