H.S.C starts today...
Well the H.S.C for music starts today, and I myself am performing my pieces, as well as Brad and Parker from the band. Brad is playing his stuff tomorrow, although he really plays for everyone else anyway.
I think the guys and I will do well, seeing as we practice more than anyone else in the whole class, and put emphasis on things being 'just right'. It's unbelieveable some of the people that learn a song a few nights before, come in and practice it once with their accompaniment and then just expect things to just run smoothly when they get on stage.
I think all our nerves are just shot after the fucked up situation Searsson caused yesterday. That was stress none of us wanted to or needed to deal with, and the fact that she actually told us we would be doing it early, was like "hey who's side are you on?" but luckily Shaz came up from Regional and argued for us. I don't know where we'd be without Shaz...
Brad keeps worrying about this really hard aprt in one of my pieces, but I keep trying to tell him not to worry about it. The poor guy is under so much stress as it is, having to play for practically EVERYONE the the last thing I want him to do is worry aobut one of my pieces. I bugger his up sometimes, and they're just mistakes you can't help but make. We can usually do awesome cover up jobs when we bugger up as well, and I honestly don't care too much, seeing as it's just one piece out of 3, and it is REALLY hard to do.
I completed my viva last night, and I'm confident I can answer any questions the examiners ask me, seeing as I will probably know more about guitar playing than they do :D :D :D! I am really going to go and have a load of fun I hope, because I hate being on stage and not enjoying myself. It sucks and you feel really run down, and I just hate not wanting to be there in the first place.
I am also quite annoyed that selections for encore don't really give second looks to those who play rock/metal. Because that would really give me something to aim for, but yeh, I don't think it will happen. So I set myself a new goal, and that is...to kick so much exam marker ass when playing HANGAR 18 that they will want to include rock/metal at encore. I can't really do much else. Even if I don't make it, I'll want to go to see Cameron (hell yea he'll get in!) and this other bassist I saw play at Lismore when the music class went to the uni weekend thing. This bassist was so unbelieveable that he blew me away even more than what Cameron does... :O. I would just love to be in the opera house, when it's full of people, and just busting out some metal and blowing the whole audience on their ass with volume, but unfortuneately that probably won't happen.
Ah well at least I can try....
I'll see you guys around soon then I guess.
I think the guys and I will do well, seeing as we practice more than anyone else in the whole class, and put emphasis on things being 'just right'. It's unbelieveable some of the people that learn a song a few nights before, come in and practice it once with their accompaniment and then just expect things to just run smoothly when they get on stage.
I think all our nerves are just shot after the fucked up situation Searsson caused yesterday. That was stress none of us wanted to or needed to deal with, and the fact that she actually told us we would be doing it early, was like "hey who's side are you on?" but luckily Shaz came up from Regional and argued for us. I don't know where we'd be without Shaz...
Brad keeps worrying about this really hard aprt in one of my pieces, but I keep trying to tell him not to worry about it. The poor guy is under so much stress as it is, having to play for practically EVERYONE the the last thing I want him to do is worry aobut one of my pieces. I bugger his up sometimes, and they're just mistakes you can't help but make. We can usually do awesome cover up jobs when we bugger up as well, and I honestly don't care too much, seeing as it's just one piece out of 3, and it is REALLY hard to do.
I completed my viva last night, and I'm confident I can answer any questions the examiners ask me, seeing as I will probably know more about guitar playing than they do :D :D :D! I am really going to go and have a load of fun I hope, because I hate being on stage and not enjoying myself. It sucks and you feel really run down, and I just hate not wanting to be there in the first place.
I am also quite annoyed that selections for encore don't really give second looks to those who play rock/metal. Because that would really give me something to aim for, but yeh, I don't think it will happen. So I set myself a new goal, and that is...to kick so much exam marker ass when playing HANGAR 18 that they will want to include rock/metal at encore. I can't really do much else. Even if I don't make it, I'll want to go to see Cameron (hell yea he'll get in!) and this other bassist I saw play at Lismore when the music class went to the uni weekend thing. This bassist was so unbelieveable that he blew me away even more than what Cameron does... :O. I would just love to be in the opera house, when it's full of people, and just busting out some metal and blowing the whole audience on their ass with volume, but unfortuneately that probably won't happen.
Ah well at least I can try....
I'll see you guys around soon then I guess.