Solo Performance workshop 1 - dynamics

These are the tracks we listened to:








TASK: for next week, please work on your workshop song, developing your use of dynamics and submitting a video. You will perform your track to the class at the start of next week's workshop.

Further info Italian terms can be found HERE

Solo Performance - introduction

This week we looked at what makes a good solo performance and listened to some tracks to illustrate various factors.


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - one song can have an entirely different focus and effect depending on the situation and delivery...



A performance can be intensely powerful when dynamics and tempo are thought about...




Instrumentation can change the feel...




Technology can help you minimise people on stage..

Getting started with UCAS

This week we are focusing the following:

Register with ucas.com - your year of entry will be 21/22 (you can defer later if you want), the buzzword is westking2021 and you need to specify me as your tutor when that option comes up. I will guide you through the sections like finance and education in tutorials. If you are unsure then leave it out! I will help you. There are also little question marks next to most bits that will give you help.

When you are asked for your ULN (unique learner number), you can probably find it on ProPortal and the new system but I can give it to you later if you can't find it now.

I advise taking the ucas buzz quiz to gain some insight into what may work well for you. Do not take the results literally - it is simply an activity to help you think.

NB - please only register and complete the Personal Details, Additional info and Employment sections until we do the rest in tutorial.

In your free time, have a look at courses - in your tutorial, I will show you how to navigate the UCAS course search but you must also look at the course page on the university website. Try these universities to get going:

https://www.acm.ac.uk/campus-acm-london/
https://www.icmp.ac.uk/
https://www.gold.ac.uk/
https://www.herts.ac.uk/
https://www.bimm.co.uk/
https://www.mdx.ac.uk/
https://www.lcm.ac.uk/
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/
https://www.hud.ac.uk
https://www.uel.ac.uk/
https://www.uwl.ac.uk/

For now, don't think too much about the location but see what the modules they offer are. Once you know what's out there then you can search more specifically by location.

Make notes about courses and what the entry requirements are - please also submit this on classroom (there is an assignment question).  If I know what you want to do and what you need in order to be able to do it, I can help you more.


4) Potentially, book careers meeting - if you also want to look at alternatives to university, or even studying abroad, they can help you. http://www.careerswkc.com


If you want to study at a conservatoire then please read this guide and let me know ASAP - https://www.ucas.com/conservatoires

COVID and the music industry

The music industry has been massively affected by COVID. Festivals, gigs, recording sessions, rehearsals and video shoots all had to be cancelled. For freelance musicians/promoters and small venues, this meant that they had no way to earn a living or progress what they do. Some events were postponed. Some people managed to record and release at home. But many couldn't. Every aspect of the industry has been affected and had to adapt.

What have you noticed about how industry has been affected? How have you been affected? 

Please do some research and read these articles to start you off:  

Can the music industry survive COVID? (Independent, April 2020)

IFPI music industry response to COVID

Coronavirus Might Kill The Music Industry. Maybe It Needed To Die (Esquire magazine)

Social Distancing Festival 

You have 30 minutes to think, research and add your ideas to the jamboard before we reconvene to discuss.

Bandlab

 Whilst some fo your classes will be online, we will be using Bandlab so that you can work from home if you don't have access to Logic. Your individual class teachers will give you links to access specific classes but it's worth having a look around in advance.

BANDLAB

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