Introduction

The 'Blue Jam' small scale tour blog has been set up as a tool for performance students of South Devon College. The idea for the Blog is so that Students can document and evaluate their rehearsal and performance progress for the Performance 1 and 2 modules.

Please find details of forthcoming performances aswell as regular Blog updates on rehearsals as they appear.

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Thursday 5 November 2009

Rehearsal progress week comencing 02/11/09

Sophie

" Thought i'd put some notes up on the progress of the song 'If You Wanna Be Bad/ Lets Make A Night' by Bryan Adams. I feel that we have really progressed with this song, especially in terms of arrangement, structure and vocals. The first rehearsal went really well, with Dan and Dale on guitars, they picked up the chord progression really quickly and Dale has come up with a solo as well. John and I decided to alter the lyrics to suit the arrangement and the vocals for this song have improved in terms of style and character. The next rehearsal included Scott filling in the bass guitar part and Steve Banks helped us with arrangement and style of the song which was very useful. He suggested we start off quieter and build the song to a crescendo for the second half 'lets make a night'. The most recent rehearsal was really good in that we have Abi on drums and Helen on keys. It really added to the quality and mood of the song and it was great to have the extra accompaniment. After practicing the track over we focused on improving timing/stop time and ending.


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'Blue Jam Reading List'

  • 'Pop Music: The Textbook' by Peter Nickol, Julia Winterson and Tony Bracheno
  • 'Set Your Voice Free' by Roger Love
  • 'You Can Sing' by Carrie and David Grant