Hello!
The last wee while has been pretty busy. Last Wednesday night we performed our first external gig in The Twa Tams pub in Perth. My band played three songs, two of which I sang in - "Dancing in the Dark"-Bruce Springsteen (backing vocals) and "Kiss"-Prince (lead). I felt "Kiss" in particular went down pretty well as it is a fun song. I danced about on stage and had a great time, I hope the video recording of it is good so I can use it in my graded unit evidence.
This Wednesday (last night) I sang in Finn Anderson's degree performance. We sang a medley of songs from his musical "Streets", which we performed in its entirety in Dundee and St Andrews earlier this year and plan to revisit in 2012 (including a stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival). I think that the performance was really good, I love the songs and can't wait to perform in it again.
In First study last Friday we were doing a lot of harmony singing. I feel this is very beneficial, especially as quite a few of the singers in our year have never done harmony singing before.
This Wednesday in Session skills we were rehearsing in our session bands, ours will be recording after the Christmas holidays. We are playing "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" and I am singing the backing vocals. It is a pretty tricky arrangement to get the hang of as there are lots of different parts that make up the song, it changes quite a lot. Thankfully Andrew played out my part for me on the piano and with the amount of practice time I have over the holidays I should be able to get it nailed for the recording. Here's hoping!
Graded unit progress is slow going at the moment, however, I have now purchased a video camera for myself. This will be easier than borrowing from the college and means I can do impromptu recordings of practices and rehearsals.
That's mostly it with regards coursework. Other than that I have been busy with a very successful performance as part of a choir in St Andrews singing broadway hits with a swing band, rehearsals for Sweeney Todd and for a Christmas carol concert at Bowerswell home this Monday coming.
Over and out
LcB
