In this day and age digital platforms such as Spotify and YouTube are taking over the music industry, which means that artists are not making as much profit as they have done in over 10 years. I believe that this has a positive and negative effect on the

Industry, artists and up and coming artists. the one platform I think that promotes this the most is the well-known Spotify which billions of people use every day.

The aspect of the industry we can see losing out on money most is CD and Record/LP sales because using an app to download “free” music with the technology we have nowadays it proves to be ten times easier. Its plain to see that sales in pysical music has dropped dramatically in the last ten years because near enough everyone has a mobile phone or a device in which they can download or stream any song they want in the touch of a button. you can pay a standard monthly amount of £9.99 or £4.99 for a student and you have over 30m song right in your hand, this means that artists such as Drake can get streams by the billions. Last year Drake’s s music streamed over 4.1bn times and every hour his songs are streamed over 500,000 times on Spotify alone.

Because of the growth in Spotify and Apple music, music streaming has passed over 100m paying subscribers which was something that never seamed possible some years ago.

Universal music couldn’t be happier with these soaring numbers because they are the label that distributes Drake’s music and collects royalties from Spotify each time someone streams one of his songs. it’s artist like Drake who helped build universals profitability last year,  earning the company £1.1bn in streaming revenues in the first nine months of the year which is enough to make up for the fall in CD sales and digital downloads.

Some artists have been reluctant to join the streaming crusade, one artist in particular Taylor Swift, who pulled all her songs from Spotify in November 2014, later explaining she was “not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment”. Her work has just recently returned to Spotify this year the same day that Katy Perry released her new album which seems to have caused a conflict because they dislike each other.

This graph above shows how many streams in america it takes on each platform to make a $1 as you can see its a lot easier to make money when people are subscribed to the platform.

Despite the impressive numbers, there is still tension between the biggest music labels and the technology groups that pipe millions of songs into screens and devices each year. The music groups hold the leverage. The source of their power is found in places like the studios at Universal Music’s offices in places such as Manhattan, where master recordings are copied and then filtered into mobile phones, shopping malls and living rooms. Through ownership of the rights to these master recordings, Universal, Warner Music and Sony together control 80 per cent of all recorded music, with Universal having a one-third share. Spotify pays 70 per cent of its revenues to the content owners while Apple is said to pay a higher rate.

The table above shows just how many people have a subscription to one or more of these platforms, Spotify proving to be the most popular.

Streaming may or may not be the start of something amazing for these labels, but these are halcyon days for the music lover, with companies like Vevo and Pandora preparing to launch subscription services to compete with Google, Deezer, Apple, Amazon, Tidal and Spotify. So far, Spotify has set itself apart by offering well set out playlists and well-targeted song suggestions for each person depending on what you listen to.

Over all, I believe that all these platforms have more positive affects than negatives. the positives are that it is a lot easier to become an up and coming artist because you can put your own self recorded material onto these platforms, but unless you are well-known or have very good self promotion you more than likely wont make a lot of money from doing this, which is a negative. On the other hand if you are a very well situated artist in the industry and are singed to a good label with all the promotion you can get you are more likely to make a lot more money but more so for the lable than what you actually get. Personally I feel like Spotify is a great platform for music and the fact that you have millions of songs at your finger tips is amazing and once you have subscribed the only thing that can stop you from downloading al the songs you want is your storage on your phone.

In this essay, I will be looking into the various job roles within the Live Music Industry and going into detail, discussing the responsibilities and obligations that will take place within the specific job roles.

Transport and Lighting Engineers (Roadies).

Roadies are a team of engineers that go on tour with a band or and artist. Their job role is a crucial part of the whole touring experience because they set up all the concert production so without them there would be no equipment set up or even a stage for the band/artist to perform on, there would be no concert. there are many other roles that are included in the roadies category including:

• tour managers
• stage managers
• front of house and monitor engineers
• lighting directors
• lighting designers
• lighting techs
• instrument techs
• pyrotechnicians
• security/bodyguards
• truck drivers
• merchandise crew
• caterers

All of these roles are equally as important as one another and they all need to work as one smooth unit so the tour goes along as planned without as many things as possible going wrong. If these roles were not tackled properly then it could have a big impact on the tour or possibly threaten the safety of the audience or the artist/band.

Song Writers.

Songwriters are responsible for creating musical tracks that can be used in a variety if ways including:

• advertising
• television
• film
• video games
• plays
• operas
• ballets
• recording artists

Songwriters in the recording industry, are artists for hire who work with producers and record labels to write material for a particular singer, rapper, or band. A single songwriter may work with an artist on a full album, or songs may be collected from a number of different writers to fill an album. A lot of songwriters are favoured and are contracted to write for artists signed to the same company. there are two ways that songwriters can make their money and that is to sell a previously written composition for an artist to record. The second is to be hired to work with an artist to write original material.

Tour Manager.

A tour managers job is to deal with the promoters and the venue managers and also to ensure that the tour goes well for everyone involved and also that it runs smoothly for the artist/band that are performing every other night. also, a tour manager is responsible for making sure that the band and crew get to the venues and hotels safely. Tour managers, like the roadies, also work with everyone that is part of the touring process for example instrument techs and stage managers. this is to ensure that they all are doing their job right so the concerts go as planned.

Typically a tour manager’s day starts off by them planning for future shows, for example, getting in in contact with the venues to arrange load-in, sound check, walkthrough and set times for when the audience started to come into the last person out. Also, the tour manager will work with a representative from the venue to confirm details like the merchandise sales, the venue’s cut and the rider. The rider is a list that the artist/band and crew contract and outline their requirements for the show this could be anything everything from the number of towels in the dressing room to a bowl of brown M&M’s.

The tour manager also handles promotional performances and appearances on TV. Cooperating with the artist’s management and label, the tour manager will get in touch with local radio stations and promoters to publicise the tour ahead and the show dates. All travel and transportation logistics and finances are the concern of the tour manager

The tour manager and roadies ultimately have the same job apart from the main fact that the roadies do all the heavy lifting and the tour manager gets in contact with all the venues that the artist/band plays in. They also work with a lot of the same team members and both hold a major responsibility in the touring process.

front-of-House.

The FOH is the ones responsible for the sound that the audience hears during a live performance. The FOHs main concern is to get the best sound quality out of the venue that the artist/band is playing in. to achieve this the FOH has to get a perfect blend of instruments and vocals to make sure they get the best sound they can from the musicians. The engineers behind the desk is essentially a member of the band and just as important to the audience as the band members that the audience sees. Without the proper mix from the soundboard, the work of the musicians on stage is wasted.

A FOH engineer collaborates closely with the artists to determine the sound the band wants for their performance. Constant communication and feedback must be maintained to continue to perfect the show. the FOH leads the audio crew through the tour and they must be an effective and confident leader who knows every inch of your gear and can delegate responsibility. also, FOH spends many hours maintaining and fixing gear, as conditions on the road are rough on delicate electronics.

In a touring environment, the FOH engineer is in charge of all audio equipment and supervises a crew of technicians through unloading the trucks, sound check, performance, and loading the trucks back up. they are considered the head audio, overseeing the monitor engineer, microphone techs, instrument techs, and assistants. also, they are responsible for the band and tour manager for the proper operation, maintenance, and repair of all audio gear. In the absence of an audio designer, it will be the job of the FOH engineer to design the placement of speakers, amps, and microphones and to specify the brands and models of equipment.

During a performance, the FOH engineer is located in front of the stage, usually in the middle of the audience. an FOHs job while the artist/band is performing is to the adjust the gain and dynamics of incoming audio. Each is manipulated independently through the desk, controlling the output of each vocalist and instrument to the audience speaker. As long as the band is playing, the FOH engineer is working.

My Job Role.

My job role for our next two gigs is to be a roadie. my responsibilities will be to set up the equipment for the FOH and the artist/band so that the show can actually happen and also be there whenever needed to help and also to ensure that there will be no health and safety risks so no one gets hurt. I will also be there to take all the equipment down after the gig has been wrapped up.

My interest in music was well established at a young age because I grew up listening to Elvis Presley and Shania Twain, who I think are two of the most amazing musicians ever. I started having saxophone and keyboard/piano lessons when I started primary school, not long after I participated in the school choir which I enjoyed thoroughly. Since then I have taken lessons on guitar in secondary school but I mostly taught myself because I was in my secondary school’s jazz band and that lesson was to learn the songs for the band. Since the beginning of secondary school, when I was introduced to the concepts of musical history and everything that comes along with the music industry, I have thoroughly enjoyed studying the subject and thirst to further my education of these aspects of music. Having had experience of assisting my secondary school with their summer and winter concerts by helping to organise and sort sets out etc. I have had an interest in furthering my knowledge in this area of music too. My work experience placement at Blue jam Arts, which involved helping and advising younger people in their playing in after school clubs and also visiting younger children in primary schools and setting up workshops for then to dive into.

Being elected as a prefect at school as well as taking part in the leadership of concerts and gigs has given me the opportunity to develop skills in leadership and organisation working with a variety of age groups. My confidence as a public performer has been massively strengthened by my role in the jazz band, and playing various gigs, plug ‘n’ plays and busking out on the streets.

Throughout my seven years at Appleby Grammar School, I have taken part in many extra-curricular activities including the cricket team, hockey team, and the jazz band. Being a member of the school jazz band and playing in the season concerts has given me many other gig opportunities such as playing for other schools concerts and also being asked to play at the well-known festival called Kendal Calling which was a massive opportunity.

since I have started Kendal College I feel like all the other students and the amazing tutors have pushed my skills as a performer and a musician and have pushed me to become a better player and person. Kendal has taught me to be a lot more hand on and has taught me to be a more organised person with my college life and also my personal life. I have learnt a lot more about the technology side of music as well at the business and practical side by using different kinds of recording software, mics and amps also mixing desks to which I have also used outside of college for recording my own EP with all original songs, which I have found useful for when I go gigging so I can sell my own music and get my name out as much as possible.

I am a keen student who is looking forward to the challenges brought by higher education and University life. Having enjoyed participating in a wide range of activities during my time at school and I look forward to continuing these types of activities at University, where I can pursue more of my musical ambitions and get a greater knowledge of the music industry as well as taking an active role in wider academic life.

​Over this past term we had been working in bands for our “Seven Deadly Sins” themed gig which was on the 7th December. I had been put in two bands this term, Pride and Greed but I have 9nly been writing about the Greed band because I felt like a had more to talk about.

The songs that we chose were;

“Glitter and Gold” by Rebecca Ferguson.

“Money” by Barrett Strong.

“Diggin’ for Gold” which was our original composition.

“I Want It All” by Queen.

We also got asked to end the night with a Christmas song which we also got to choose which was “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues. as the gig grew closer Igot more excited to play, I was a bit nervous because 9f the last song which I didn’t feel I had the confidence to do but I had amazing people in the band that encouraged me loads and I overcame the nervousness. overall I felt like we were ready for the gig because out rehursals went so well and we all worked well in a band.
One think about the gig and the sound I would have liked to improve was how much of ourselves (the singers) could hear of what we were singing in the monitors because the rest of the band were loud and it sort of drowns out what was being played through the monitors.

Also I would have liked to improve the sound of the vocalist from the audience aide of the stage because again the vocal levels were being drowned out by the band simply because they were loud. personally I think I could have improved some of my pitching throughout the night because I felt like I was put some times. overall the sound being put out was amazing one of the best sounds we have hit out of the gigs that was due to a great sound engineer but also the fact that everyone knee the sound they wanted to get out of the amps and their kit for example George and Nye with their pedal boards. they had everything set right so nothing was too loud when they changed the pedal or anything. 
Some of our main weaknesses were a few tempo issues in a couple of our songs for example in “I Want It All” the tempo did lag a bit 8n the start lucky it wasn’t so noticeable to the audience but to the band playing who have been rehursing for hours knew when something wasn’t quite right, again an example of this would be in our own composition “Diggin’ For Gold” we missed a whole verse out unfortunately due to our bassist, who had never played the song wrong one since we started, accidentally went straight to the chorus instead of the second verse. he should have really switched back to sync back in with the rest of the band but the band changed for him which wasnt a problem apart from the singers wondering what had happened but cara had heard where we were and gave me a look as if to say we’re in the chorus and I quickly found my way back to the right harmonies.
A strength we had was we kept our heads in the zone and payed attention to the finer details of the songs and kept our dynamics and texture tight when it could have just as easily been lost with the adrenaline of the gig and just wanting a reaction from the crowd. I think alot of the bands managed to do the same for example the wrath band had some heavy songs but it wasn’t just all mud you could hear everything going on especially in their composition.

Our final song we played, which was added only a couple of rehursals before the gig, I think went really well for how long we had to learn the song and get it absolutely right. the crown really got into the song which made the song even better because when you get a good reaction you feel good about what you’re doing which I think helped me when I was singing the 2 intro verses because I had been asked by the tut to sing it a higher register instead of lower because it would compliment the song better. previously to the gig I hadn’t sang it Properly into a mic with the whole band because my confidence levels were on the floor because I didn’t think I could do it but I did in the gig and I had amazing support by my band and they encouraged me and that helped massively. I think the sound overall for this song was great and the textures and tempo wasn’t lost at all going into the fast verses, I also think that song sounded so much better because the guitarist used acoustic guitars instead of electric and our saxophonist also switched her instrument tother violin and it just made the song.

Throughout the whole set our biggest mistake was when we missed a verse because our bassist Eddie had a hiccup and played the wrong part in the wrong place but the whole band handled it very well and didn’t make a deal out of it we just carried on like nothing happens and reassured Eddie so he wouldn’t worry about it.

Overall I was very happy with the gig went and think our set was very successful and the audience looked like they were having a good time and sound like we’re too. I felt like I was confident going onto the stage because our rehearsals went so well and we had a really good strategy to tackle our songs so get the best sound. I enjoyed this band alot and the whole rehursal process I think this was because all of our personalitys fitted together and we are all creative so ideas bounced off eachother and we came out with some good stuff also we never fell out during the whole lead up to the gig which I think helped because all the rehursals went really well. I would happily work with the people in this band again.

Tuesday 20th September 2016

today we started practicing ‘Glitter & Gold’ by Rebecca Ferguson. I tought that todays rehearsal went really well because everyone knew there parts and everyone loved the song choice so that motivated everyone to learn the song and get it down. the sound of the band was great nobody was to loud or too quiet, because everyone was a wear of their own sound and tone and had the right sound they needed for the song.

during the rehearsal we listened to the song when we weren’t sure of what happened in the song or we weren’t sure of the structure of the track, while we were listening to the song Cara wrote the structure on the board in the booth so we could look back to it when we were unsure of the song.

with our song choices we have got 2 definite songs that we have collectively chosen as a band and these two songs are the Rebecca Ferguson song ‘Glitter & Gold’ and also ‘I Want It All’ by Queen. how we came to choose these songs was by sitting round a computer for the first couple of sessions and looking up song that could possibly be in our set list, we wrote down a few suggestions and decided on these two to start off with.

I contributed to the rehearsal by providing the track for everyone to listen to also helped with the structure of the song because I already had heard the song before.

my goals for the next rehearsal is to get the harmonies in singing on point and make sure they are tight with what Cara is singing.

Friday 23rd September 2016

in our rehearsal today we looked t a new song and also later on we looked into ‘glitter& Gold’ more in-depth.

we decided to look at a new song in our group chat that we created on Facebook, this enables up to talk about song choices and share ideas for what direction we want to take the band and if anyone had an idea they think might be useful for the band to make process then we can share it and everyone in the band can reply and have their opinion too. the new song that we decided to work on today that we had spoken about was one by The Beatles called Taxman. there were some mixed emotions about the song because not everyone liked the song well that version of the song because it is a very flat song in the sense that the vocal is extremely monotone and it doesn’t really go anywhere also the song in very much the same all the way through also the timing and phrasing of the lyrics was very strange and just didn’t seem to fit.

like the rehearsal before we listened to the song multiple times to figure out how it went and wrote the structure on the board so we all could look back at it.

after we went through taxman a couple of times we went back and worked on Glitter & Gold so we could get the song tighter and gig ready.

Tuesday 27 September 2016

today in our rehearsal we came to a conclusion as a group that trying to pick the right songs for greed was proving difficult and there were still mixed emotions about taxman. although there are many other versions of taxman we weren’t sure it was the right sung for our set and it didn’t quite fit with the sound that we were looking for. with this we decided to work on the more difficult songs first so then it gives up more time to work on them, these 2 songs would be I Want It All and our composition.

after we all agreed on this idea we started to look at the composition, we started the composition by throwing ideas back and forth and eventually choosing a key signature to write the song in and straight away george came up with some chords to start the ball rolling, not lang after Eddie had made a bass line and nye had started twiddling around over what george was playing.

my contribution to this session was helping Cara come up with the right melody line and helping with lyrics and phrasing of what she would be singing, while we were doing this and the band were playing I recorded the track on my phone so i could send it to the group chat later on, also so we could go back and listen to it in the next rehearsal so we wouldn’t forget it.

Friday 30th September 2016

Today we didn’t have a proper rehearsal because we had a show and tell where we had to perform one of the songs that we had ben working on and rehearsing the past couple of weeks.

we had an half an hour rehearsal in the morning before lunch so we could go over some final touches before we played it to the tutors and the rest of the class. what we did in this rehearsal was go over our song that we had chosen to perform which was Glitter & Gold by Rebecca Furgerson. i feel like the rehearsal went well because we always have a good way to practise the songs by doing it section by section and going through it thuraley and making sure we get it right every time.

Tuesday 4th October 2016

in todays rehearsal we worked on the composition because Nye and George were on a Uni open day. what we did was listen to some tracks that Eddie had been working on to find one we all thought would fit well for us and also fit in with the greed theme.

one of the tracks that we listen to cough on to us all and we knew as soon as we heard it that that was the one and we all loved it. so what we did was Eddie taught us what the parts were and showed me what the guitar did as i was just filling in while the two guitarists were away so we could jam it and get a feel for the song and get to know it a bit better for when the boys get back so we could show them the song.

Friday 7th October 2016

this week we have nye and George back thankfully! todays rehearsal concept of the rest of the band talking to George and nye and telling them what went on last rehearsal when we picked a composition, so we showed them the song and they worked out their parts. prier to the rehearsal e had mentioned about the composition on our Facebook group chat that we had to be able to discus out of college and plan for the next rehearsal so then had an idea of what had gone on in the session.

after nye and George had listened to the song a few times they had got their parts so we started on working out a structure by jamming and working out what would go best where and working on the dynamics to diffiranciate between choruses and verses, while we were on with this cara started writing lyrics once she got the right melody line.

for the next rehearsal we plan on starting on our third song which we decided on being i want it all by queen so the plan is to learn our parts at home then start next rehearsal.

Tuesday 11th October 2016

today in our rehearsal we started to look at the queen song that we decided to look at the week before.

when we got in the booth me and cara had the idea to go up to the venue and look at the vocal parts and the harmonies so we could get them right without the band being loud over the track so we could hear all the parts in the song properly  and so we could listen to what the harmonies where doing. also this gave the band time to go through the song and work out their parts section by section while we weren’t there.

when me and cara went to the venue i took my guitar so i could play the chords while we sang the parts and also work out the right harmonies, we also took my phone so we could play the original song to go off for the vocals and also a vocals only track.

after a while of going through the vocals and the song we went back down to the booth to try the song with the band and to see how far they had gotten with what they were gonna work on.

for the next rehearsal we agreed on working on the second verse because we said that were gonna do a verse a week to make the song easier to learn.

Friday 14th October 2016

this rehearsal we continued to work on the queen song as a full band and we went through the song section by section slowly and kept going over the parts that weren’t quite right or the parts we weren’t quite sure on also so we could get the structure bang on. because ut is such a big song and so powerful and well known we had to put a lot of work into it which is why we are taking so much care on it making sure every part we do is correct and that we have that part right before me move on to the next.

we also went through glitter and gold to refresh our minds of the song and see if there was anything we could improve on the song for example dynamics and levels. the first time we went through it it was a bit sloppy so we went through it a couple of times and worked on what needed working on and also making sure all the stops ect were on point and all the band knew where to stop and where to come bach in too.

for the following session we are going to work on the composition an the queen song.

i hope to have gotten the harmonies and the phrasing right for the queen song in the next rehearsal.

Tuesday 18th October 2016

in out session today we started off by working on out composition, the band played through the song and cara carried on writing lyrics that she started laSt rehearsal. while she was singing along with the band I was listening to where I would put harmonies and working out what the harmonies where.

We spent half the rehursal on the composition and the other half we continued to work on the Queen song. we started looking at the 2nd verse, this verse took a little longer thank the other verse because it has a different strumming patten and the phrasing is different too on the verse so it took a little longer to work it out.

In the rehursal we had worked on everything that we said we wanted to work on and we had got further than we thought we would.

Friday 21st October 2016

In this rehursal we started off doingour composition again working more on the dynamics and how we could make the song the best we could and make it sound massive. to Finnish the rehursal we worked on the 3Rd verse of I want it all. after we had finished our composition we moved on to the queen song and we got through the 3Rd verse and also we worked on the into too.

Seen as though we had worked through all the sections of the song we went from the beginning and played through the song for the 1St time and it sounded pretty good but still has a lot of work to be done on it.

To end the rehursal we played glitter and gold to keep it fresh in our minds.

For the next rehursal we had decided to get the queen song down and get all the sections finished properly.

Friday 4th November 2016

Last Friday we had a show and tell where we played the 2 songs that we had been working on over the past couple of weeks to be able show our progress in our bands.

Over all we got given good criticism not all of it was good but we knew what we needed to work on so we knew what to do in our next rehursal.

So in this session a we worked more on I want it all because that was the one the tutors gave the mostly bad comments on so we worked on what they said to correct the wrongs. one of the things we needed to work on for example was the ending because we hadn’t really got one because we hadn’t looked at it Properly a so that’s what we mostly looked at today.to begin work on our song we went over the track from the beginning and worked through the song section by section until we got to the ending where it needed more focus, we needed to get it so it is a smooth transition from one part to the next which is actually what we need to do with the whole of this song because it is were weird and scattered round much like many queen songs there’s alot going on.

Later on in the session we worked on the second song we played which was the composition, we went back on what the tutors said we could look at and improve.

My goal for the next rehursal:

-To work on my harmonies by listening to the original track of the vocals only track and make sure they are right.

Friday 8th November 2016

In this rehursal we carried on with working other 2 songs we played another show and tell to perfect then even further.

We started by working on I want it all again and looking at the dynamics between verses and chourses and also the double time middle 8 that we needed a nice smooth transition into. what we realised we went doing was playing less in the verses and quieter which we finally did and then when the chorus came in it sounded massive and so much better! the accapella into needed alot of work too which we seamed to pick up pretty quick.with all of the band singing the into too it sounded even better.

The other so g we carried on with was the original we wrote which to be honest was really good it justice thatlittle bit of tightening up..

In put next rehursal weave decided to work on the rework.

Friday 28th November 2016

Today in our rehursal we focused on our radical Rework whixh we had decided to be money by the flying lizard.

Prayer to our rehursal we had even through the song a couple of times to try and get the right feel for the song and the right kind of genre to fit with our other songs we have. when had listed to alot of different covers that different artists had done and we landed one one by a guy called Barrett Strong, we liked this cover the best because it was swung and it had alot more depth to it than the original song. we started of by listening to that version to try and get an idea of what we were gonna do and we decoded that we would make it more bluesy and add some solos in to the mix for example a sax solo and we also half timed it so it was slower and had a better feel to it.

One of the hardest things in this song is the lyrics and the phrasing because the original is very monotone as if they where just talking instead of singing so we had to work out how we were gonna do that and we did.

Another end of the rehursal we said that this is the song that we needed to work on alot in the next rehursal.

Tuesday 1st December 2016

We only have a few rehursal left so every bit of rehursal time we have is crucial.

So in this session we are mainly looking at money and the 2 that need the most work which is I want it all and the composition.  when we were running through the queen song one of the tutors came in and had a listen after we had gone through the song he commented on the harmonies in the opening intro and that they weren’t quite right, so he showed us what we should doing and he helped alot because it sounded so much tighter.

We talked about the next rehursal because it will be an all day one so we needed to split the time Wisley see we were gonna go through the set list.

The aim for our next rehursal is to have money gig ready and finished.

Thursday 2nd December 2016

Today we have an all day rehursal become gig is in a few days.

The first thing we did when we got in the booth is write what was gonna happen in the rehursal on the white boards we wrote the set list and which songs we were gonna do in this rehursal. we also wrote down what we needed to work on after we had finished the song so we could go back and fix it.

Set list order:

Glitter and gold – Rebecca furgeson

Money – radical rework

Diggin’ for gold – original

I want it all – queen

So the first song we ran through was glitter and gold which we hadn’t been through in a while so we expected to have a couple of slip ups and we did so we just wrote it on the board and came back to it.after a few time of running through and refreshing our minds it sounded really good and tight, one thing we worked on was the dynamics to make sure everyone wasn’t to loud in the verses and playing over the singer.

Money was the song we needed to do the most work on,so we started by just playing the song through and it actually sounded really good and everyone was pleased with it the one thing we needed to look at was the ended where we didn’t quite know what we was gonna do buy after going over it it came together.

AFTERNOON REHURSAL

So in the second half of the rehursal we worked on the composition and I want it all.

The composition actually didn’t need much work we just needed to go through it and make sure it was all good and ready. we quickly moved on to the queen song and we staterd off with the accapella intro which we had been shown it took a couple of minutes to get our noyes again but we found them pretty quickly.

We again worked on the dynamics of the song and the transitions between sections. as we near the end of the rehursal we started thinking about what we were going to wear for the gig and what the lighting was gonna be like.

What we came up with is that we are all going to wear suits ties and black trousers but we were each gonna wear a different colours tie. also we came up with the idea to throw confettie out on our last song to give it a even bigger set.

Monday 5th December 2016

So for the gig our band has been asked to play a Christmas song to finish the night with.

So we have chosen to do Fairytale of New York. we starter working on this last friday but we didn’t get too far so we decided on our group chat that we would cone in today and get on with it.

Before lunch we went into a booth and went over the song section by section and it all went into place because everyone knew their parts.

Me and cara worked out the harmonies and who was singing which sections and over all it went well.