Individual Practice and preparation - Happen To Me

 Individual practice and preparation  

What practical preparation do you do before playing the song? E.g. sourced lead sheets, tabs, chord charts or notation; listened to songs on playlists; notated/learnt riffs by ear; selected correct equipment; took care of your voice with correct warm-up; made sure parts were allocated sensibly by instrument/ability etc. 

Because I was already familiar with the song I just listened to it a few times to get the gist of the melody and lyrics again. Then I practiced the song with just a backing track.

What musical preparation did you do? E.g. learning appropriate scales, riffs or rhythms; technical exercises to develop accuracy/speed; tone production; recording yourself and checking against original recordings. 

I practiced the song throughout a few times and practiced bits where I'd go in my headvoice and when I'd switch to chest voice. I did multiple recordings of myself and tried to pick the best one.

How did you help to develop the song? E.g. working out chords and harmonies from lead sheets; exploring different chord voicings; practicing improvisation and solos; writing parts, lyrics, arrangement ideas and working out stylistic textures. 

I didn't develop the song really I just covered it.

What role did you take in the band? E.g. musical director/workshop leader; taking sectionals; taking direction; responding to feedback 

Had no band, I just practiced on my own and corrected my own mistakes.

Rehearsal and development 

What kind of performance situation was this? (Rehearsal, gig, recording, video shoot, audition etc.) 

This was a self tape of me singing a pop song almost like an online audition.

What were the stylistic traits for the other players/instruments in your band 

I added reverb to the microphone but I am not sure if that was apparent in the video.

How did you decide on your aims and objectives? 

I thought to not waste time to just do a song I knew already so I sang and Indie pop song called Happen To Me by Benee.

Give two examples of how you listened to each others opinions

Because it was just me I had to trust my own judgement on which song would sound good with my voice and I had covered Benee's songs before at a college gig so I knew she was comfortably in my range.

How did you decide on order of solos, cues, key, lyrics, arrangement and improvisation? 

I didn't do anything fancy with the song because in a audition setting that could make you stand out but trying something like an improvised riff is risky and I don't do it often so there wouldn't be much pay off it would just sound forced and unnatural.