easter gig evaluation

In the process of making the song, we originally started off with just a piano melody which we were planning to use with accompaniment of the guitar and drums. During rehearsals we didn't face any difficulties for the first few times because the song was coming along swiftly and everyone was finding a place to fit in their instrument. However, their was one person missing from our group every week which made us just continue the song without the persons feature for the first few weeks. Our first plan was just to use two pianos but then we had feedback from Chloe on the type of piano effect that should be used, we tried out different effects and we ended up going with a marimba type piano effect accompanied by a real piano which made the song sound cooler and more pleasant to hear. The group member that didn't turn up in the first few weeks started to turn up so we had to write a second verse for her which was a last minute task. This caused a bit of stress because the structure of the song changed and we had to find a good structure which allowed every single instrument to stand out by itself. The rehearsal were in general a success as we managed to put every idea together and make sure everything worked out.

When it came to the performance we were quiet confident with the way we were going to perform especially when it came to the sound check. We had planned out our performance from the rehearsal confidently and we knew everyone's role in the song and what we had to do. We were all quiet nervous to perform because performing in front of a crowd is evidently different from practicing in rehearsals. We showed good communication towards each other, especially me and Alex because we both had solos after the second chorus so we had to focus on when both of our performances are finished. Some of the problems we faced in rehearsals was the transitions in between the verse and the choruses, we overcame that problem in rehearsals by constantly practicing these transitions. Therefore, when it came to performing we had no problem with any of the transitions. We managed to get a very positive reaction from the audience and the teachers which is always good to get after a performance, however, we all knew we could've performed much better mainly because we had rehearsed before and we sounded better than the live performance, Nonetheless, the performance is a good experience to get used to performing in front of a live audience and learn from the mistakes that were made.