Evaluation

Practice Sessions

I think we could have tried a bit harder learning the songs because we wasted a lot of time and consequently it was a rush to learn the last song in time for the concert. I think that we did well picking the songs though, all of us came up with ideas and we picked songs which matched our ability and what we enjoy playing. One downside to our band was that we didn’t have a drummer, if we did have one it would have made it a lot easier to allocate rolls in the band. Instead we ended up sharing jobs and switching instruments between songs, this consequently slowed our performance up at the concert.

Concert Prep

We spent quite a lot of time planning the concert, the whole group (both bands) sat down wand we discussed what we wanted out of the concert and what we wanted it to be like. We spent a lot of time designing the tickets and posters, this time gave us less time to practise the songs we would perform. We helped set up the stage on the day of the concert, we brought all the amps out and did sound checks for all of them. Overall I think we could of done more to make sure the concert was a success but it was a great night and it ended up turning out really well.

Final Concert

In my opinion the concert was huge success, we only received positive feedback about what a great night it was and how well organised it was. I think I could of performed a bit better, one of the songs I didn’t know the chords so I had to have the chord sheet on a music stand in front of me which didn’t look as professional as it could of done. Everyone else in my band did very well and played there parts perfectly. All the other bands were really good as well, there was a huge range in ages and styles. There was “screamo” band which was a bit of a shock to the crowd considering some of them had never heard anything like it before. There was a brilliant double act which consisted of 2 girls singing and playing the guitar, they were really good and gave the performance class. There was only the odd mistake from some performers throughout the performance but nothing major.

Artist Blog

We chose our first song by all sitting down and talking about what kind of stuff we all wanted to play, there was a mixture of genres and this helped us dertermine what type of music we should be playing to suit everyone in the band. We eventually decided and that we should mostly play and mixture of pop and rock. This decision led us to looking on our iPods from songs were fitted into this genre. The suggestion of this first song came from Sam and it was the only song we looked at, we all liked it and ecided to do it. This song was "A Day to Remember - If it Means a lot to You"

Our secong song took more time, we all went onto YouTube and looked at songs which we could do. We all found artists that fit the genre we wanted to do and then looked at songs from certain bands which weren't so popular. This eventually led us to "Frank Turner - The Way I Tend to Be".

Our third and final song came from a similar method as the second, but we agreed to look for songs in our spare time to save practicing time in lessons. We wanted a slightly more rocky song for our final song to end the show on, we looked and bands like Green Day, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Avril Lavigne. In the end we decided to "Nickleback - Someday", this song choice came from Drew and we all liked it and decided it will be a good song for our performance.

So in the end this was our fianl set list....

• A Day to Remember - If it Means a lot to You
• Frank Turner - The Way I Tend to Be
• Nickleback - Someday

I had to lead a rehearsal on our second song, this was near the beginning of us learning the second song. I decided to start iff by all of us playing along with the song, this got us warmed up and helped us rememeber the song from the day before. After that we did the song again with out the song and it went really well, we reapetaidy played the song until we started to have trouble with the change from the verse the the chorus. So we concentrated on this for a while until it was perfect. Then we played the song again all the way through again and it was a lot better than before. By this time it was the end of the lesson, I think that it went really well and we made a lot of progress.

Our Final Performance

Y12 BTEC Unit 24 from Harry Base on Vimeo.

Diary Entries

Diary Entries

Diary Entries

Marketing

The posters that we made had to appeal to a wide range of people so we went with a summerry feel, we rehearsal tickets and posters from concerts and festivals and then picked all the best parts of each sample and put them all in to our own poster/ticket.

 

Throughout the planning of the concert we were working as a team and making notes, this is a picture of the notes which we were making which really helped us organise a successful concert.

 



These are some pictures of the final outcome of the tickets and posters, this poster has elements from the posters we looked at initially and combines parts of each one which we liked.

 

 

 

 

Artist Bio

Our band concisted of 5 members

• Meg - Vocals
• Sam - Lead Guitar & Bass
• Drew - Rythm Guitar
• Harry - Rhythm Guitar and Precussion
• Luke (me) - Rhythm Guitar and Bass

We all altinated with different instruments on different songs to get the most out of our band members to achieve the best sound. All the members of the band are quite flexible on what they can play but we decied to stick with Pop and Rock for our song choices becuase that is what our audience would be expecting to hear.

 

From left to right

(Luke, Sam, Meg, Harry and Drew)

Rehearsal

We reheared alot for each of the songs in our final performance, these are videos of the good and bad rehearsals that we did. Filming these rehearsals really helped us becuase it helped us see the good and bad parts the performance and where we could improve.

Nickleback - Someday - Bad Rehearsal


Someday - Nickelback- Bad Rehearsal from Megan Haynes-Parry on Vimeo.

Nickleback - Someday - Good Rehearsal


Someday- Nickelback- Good Rehearsal from Megan Haynes-Parry on Vimeo.

A Day To Remember - If It Means Alot To You - Rehearsal


If It Mean A Lot To You - A Day To Remember: Rehearsal from Megan Haynes-Parry on Vimeo.

A Day To Remember - If It Means Alot To You - Practice Performance


If It Means A lot To You - A Day To Remember from Megan Haynes-Parry on Vimeo.

Venues

There are few venues in Tavistock and the surrounding area, they are all either too small or too expensive to hire. We could hire out The Wharf, Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock Rugby Club, Tavistock Cricket Club or Tavistock College School Hall. There are three examples below or the most suitable venues in the surrounding area.

Local Venues

- The Main Hall

•The Main Hall would be a seated event and it can seat about .... people is there is not enough seating for the audience there is space to put more chairs in. It has been used on many occasions for performances, dance showcases and cabarets.

•The main hall is within the college so there would be no age limit to the audience, no cost for travel for the musicians and also there is good wheelchair access to this venue.

•As all college performances are shown within The main hall there is a good PA system and a lighting rig this means that we are able to put on a good show with all the right equipment.

•An advantage of the gig being in the Main Hall is that we can use Mr.Tucker who is the sound/lighting engineer for the school this means that we will not have to pay to hire a private engineer.

•The only disadvantage of using the main hall is that apart from around the college there is not as much chance for promotion within the wider and local community for example. people that are not parents or have anything to do with the school.

•The Main Hall would have no fee so we would make a profit for the ensembles by charging the audience for entry we would charge around about £3 for an adult and £2 for a child.

- Tavistock Town Hall

•The hall makes for a superb performance venue with an adequate stage which also has an extension if needed. For a seated event it can hold 220 seated guests and for a standing event there is space for 400+ people. We would use the seated event so 220 would be a good amount of chairs so there is only a slight possibility of running out of seats.

•This is the town hall in the dead centre of Tavistock the venue is very sophisticated so it would be an amazing atmosphere for our gig to be performed in. As it is in the centre of Tavistock it would be good for promotion to the wider community of Tavistock.

•There would also be no travel costs for the musicians as it is in walking distance from the college. Although there could be possible costs for bringing equipment over in a car as it probably couldn't be carried over.

•There is a possible age limit for this venue as it is quite a sophisticated venue so it would not be as good for parents with younger children this diminishes our wider audience.

•To have a performance in this venue it would cost around about £330 to hire out the venue for a performance this is quite a lot on a college budget. There is also to take into account that we would have to bring our own PA system and there is not a lighting rig so there would not be a good chance for effects during the performance.

•The cost would mean that we would have to charge about £2 for a ticket to be able to pay for the venue but in order to make an adequate profit we would have to charge around about £3 for a child and £4 for an adult this is quite a lot if you consider that parents are coming to the gig that could have more than one child.

•For this event we would probably not have to hire a sound/lighting engineer as the technology in the Town hall does not need an expert so could be done by the ensemble.

- The Wharf 

•The wharf is able to either to have a seated event or a standing event. in the standing event you have a seating area at the back with a standing area at the front in this case it can seat 76 people and the standing area can stand 300+ people, in the seated event you can seat 157 people. I think as we are appealing to an audience of students parents who will possibly bring their children and also to students within the school. I think it would be better to use the seated event but this means that we are only able to have 157 people in the audience so there is a possibility of not having enough seats.

• The wharf is a local popular venue that hosts a lot of music ensembles of a wide range. This venue is well known throughout Tavistock so would be a good place promote our gig to the wider community it would also bring in people to the gig that didn't have any connection to the school.

•The wharf is very close to the college so it would be in within walking distance to get to the wharf so there would be no travel costs to take into consideration.

•As they already host music events they have a very good PA system and lighting rig. The lighting in the wharf would be especially good for our gig as they can use loads of different lights that they already have in place.

•There is also not age limit which is good for adults bringing younger children. There is also wheelchair access into this event.

•In this venue we would most likely have to hire a sound/lighting engineer this would cost about £175 pounds an hour so it would be expensive.

•The venue will cost about £450 on a week night, and £550 on a weekend.

•This means that we will have to charge around between £625 and £725 to pay for the event and for the technician, if we wanted to make a profit we would have to charge about £4 for an adult and £2.50 for a child.

We have chosen to do our gig in The Main Hall of the college because there was no travel costs, no age limit, no fee to use the venue as it is within the college and also no fee for a technician. There is also the advantage that students from the college will attend to support the music ensembles involving the other students this means that we will have a younger audience and this is a good thing as this is the round about target audience we were going for for our set list. This meant that it was the best option to use as it was free this mean't that we could make a profit without having to charge the audience very much for their ticket which meant that it would be more available for people to attend.