1. Shanade's first song choice was Rihanna - What Now. She picked this song as it was the only song she could think about that she could perform confidently at the time. However, she changed her song on the 22nd of May because she felt the Rihanna song didn't show off her skills enough and she couldn't really perform it to the level that she would enjoy it. So she changed her song to Jorja Smith's version of Never Too Much by Luther Vandross.
Fabrianna's song choice was Jazmine Sullivan - Need You Bad. Due to the nature of the song we were able to combine it with Pressure - Love & Affection. Both songs were from the Reggae genre so it allowed transitions to be smooth. We first rehearsed Need You Bad before adding Love & Affection which we placed at the end of Need You Bad.
Lyssa's song choice was Jorja Smith - On My Mind. This song was a fusion of genres which were, UK Garage, Soul and R&B. The song was suggested by fellow group member Fabrianna as Lyssa didn't know what to perform. This song was also to be picked for Battle of The Bands which we were going to perform in.
Diana had a song choice which she changed as she felt it didn't have enough emotion. She changed the song to Charlotte - Dirty Dirty. This song was a Pop Ballad which included lyrics about love.
Hafusat's song choice was a combination of two afrobeats songs which were Teni - Case & Burna Boy - Ye. We first practiced Case and Ye differently before including a transition to make performing them both smooth.
Janelle's song choice was also a combination of two afrobeats songs. These were Kidi - Adeipena and Burna Boy - Gbona.
1. This is the video of our first rehearsal on Monday 6th of May. We were practicing Shanade's first choice song. We worked on getting the correct key, chords and beat of the songs. We did this as we needed these things in order to actually practice the structure and additional musicality of the song. The objective of this rehearsal was to get the basics of Shanade's song down. This took a lot of trial and error but in the end we were able to play the basic. We were able to communicate with each other saying what sounded correct and what sounded incorrect in order to speed up the process. I believe the rehearsal could've been better as the bad previously knew what we would be recording so the finding of chords and keys could've been done before the actual rehearsal. Shanade, after the rehearsal mentioned that she wasn't confident with her song choice and would prefer to change this. However this would be hard to do as we were short of time and didn't want to risk having to practice different songs every week for her. Everyone was on time for this rehearsal which allowed us to maximise our rehearsal time. However, we had planned to do Diana's song as well but she didn't turn up for one reason or the other. The target for this song in the next rehearsal was to get down the structure.
2. On the 13th of May we were supposed to practice Janelle and Hafusat's song which was the target for the rehearsal. However Janelle didn't turn up to the rehearsal so we only focused on Hafusat's for the first 30 mins. We were all already familiar to the key, chords and beat of the songs so we practiced structuring it. After Hafusat, instead of wasting time, we practiced Lyssa's song instead. We got down the basic structure and key of her song. We weren't able to complete our target but we were able to utilise the time we had sensibly.
3. On the 15th of May we practiced only Fabrianna's song as the Marketing and Promotion crew were holding a photo shoot on that day. The target was to get the key, chords and beat of the song. I had previously made a chord chart which I gave to the other musicians to speed up this process instead of spending the whole rehearsal on just finding the key, chords and beat. People turned up quite late for this rehearsal so it reduced the time we had for rehearsal So I used this opportunity to do a sectional with just the band and the lead singer whilst the bv's practiced elsewhere. Fabrianna was confident about singing this song, however she cautioned me on the tempo after the rehearsal that I should make it slower. Our target for the next rehearsal for this song is to get down the structure and also include some additional musical features to decorate the songs.
After the photoshoot, we were able to rehearse the song with the bv's which brought the song together.
4. On the 20th May, I wasn't available to attend rehearsals as I had an A level exam. However I made sure the group knew what they were practicing which was to be Hafusat, Diana and Lyssa's songs. The feedback I gained was that the rehearsal went well. I informed the group that i wouldn't attend on Friday the 17th so i feel like I gave them enough notice and was a good example to what everyone else should do.
5. On Tuesday the 21st there was again a lack of attendance. However we were able to do Shanade's song. She feedback to us during the rehearsal that she wanted to change her song which we planned to do for the next rehearsal. When people turned up we were able to do Janelles song however we could only focus on the transition from Adeipena to Gbona.
6. On the 17th of June we were going to practise Lyssa song. Our target was to get it poslished in time for Batlle of the Bands. However people were being unreliable again and turned up late, this wasted time. Once we did do Lyssa song we were able to do a run through of all the other songs. This was a good use of our time as the show is this Friday. We were able to meet the target set and do more which was a great success. The feedback on this rehearsal was that everyone was ready and excited for Battle of the Bands.
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