Me, Tom, Fran and Jacob planned to play 'Awful things' by Lil Peep.
Choices of repertoire
Jacob, the day before the concert, asked me and Tom to play guitar and bass to back up his singing for a performance of 'Awful things' by the late Lil Peep.
Rehearsal process
I rehearsed alone over night, as I had only known I was performing that song the day before the concert. On the morning of the performance, Tom, Jacob, Fran (who was now doing drums) and I got together in the theater to practice the song. We only had time to go over the track a few times, but we were able to get the timings for the song right and work out how we wanted to start and finish the song. We were ready.
Evaluation of performance
The actual performance ended up being very challenging. Without any warning, our singer didn't turn up for the performance. Pulling the plug on the song was heavily considered at this point. However, the show must go on, and with the help of my friends Rhiana and Lucy, who volunteered to sing, we were able to play the song to the best of our ability.
I feel my performance was overall very consistent, something that reflects the simplistic nature of the song which only requires the same three notes to be played at any time, with their being only two different note patterns to play. However, I stopped playing bass a little bit to early at the end of the song.
Relate it to your target tracker and the progress it demonstrates
I have shown progress in my live performance skill as, as a musician, I have had very little experience with performing on stage in front of an audience. I feel that this showcase certainly helped me build my confidence. The piece was not very complicated, so acts as a good starting point for my goal to learn more complected, higher grade songs on bass.
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