TERM 1 - 'Take a Ride' - Bringing my ideas to the house band at UNI and reflecting on how it went.

On Tuesday, during our Live Performance Workshop lesson, no one else had anything to show, so I brought my ideas to the house band to see if we could put together at least one section of the song. When I got on stage, I realised that I hadn't come prepared enough. I hadn't planned on performing the song or even showing my idea to anyone yet, my voice notes were all scrambled and I couldn't find the good bits in all the audio there was. Because of this, I didn't really know what I wanted in the song or where I was taking it and this freaked me out quite a lot. The vibe was off. 

I didn't feel comfortable with what was going on, but I still proceeded to play through the chords and improvise melodies onstage, because I couldn't get out of the one that sounded like 'Common People'. This was very scary for me as improvising is not something I have done in front of people before. 

By the end of the session, I felt quite negative about the whole song. It hadn't gone to plan so I felt upset with myself. However, I went home and thought back on it and realised that this had actually been a really good opportunity for me to grown and learn. I learnt that I didn't want to perform the song in that style, and would maybe benefit from spending some more time thinking about what genre I would like to put it in. 

I realised that all I needed was more preparation. If I had spent some time doing things such as writing out the different parts on a page, getting down more lyrics and figuring out a solid melody line, I could have better approached the song as a whole and would have found it a lot easier to know what genre, style, tempo and overall atmosphere I would like to give it.

Here are the videos of the performance development: