ironicshell put me up to this, but I was probably going to have a bit of a ranting outlet at some point. I might go on banging for a while, so it's best if I put everything behind an ( Read more... )
Oh, I liked James' songs. He actually gave me a set of some of it for a birthday one year. I've got it packed away. I should bring them out and start playing them.
I agree - I don't think there's any point in rehearsing if you're not going to improve, and if rehearsals are a week apart, that may mean looking at music in the week inbetween so that you remain familiar with it.
Please don't drop out of the concert - numbers will be thin enough as it is!
As for the "catchiness" of my piece either in part or in whole - it's hard for me to judge what bits of it sound particularly fresh or haunting or whatever, as I'm rather too familiar with it; the audience will not have this disadvantage, as they won't know what's coming next... That's not to say I don't have an opinion on whether a certain effect here succeeds or whether a bar here or there is rather boring!
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I agree - I don't think there's any point in rehearsing if you're not going to improve, and if rehearsals are a week apart, that may mean looking at music in the week inbetween so that you remain familiar with it.
Please don't drop out of the concert - numbers will be thin enough as it is!
As for the "catchiness" of my piece either in part or in whole - it's hard for me to judge what bits of it sound particularly fresh or haunting or whatever, as I'm rather too familiar with it; the audience will not have this disadvantage, as they won't know what's coming next... That's not to say I don't have an opinion on whether a certain effect here succeeds or whether a bar here or there is rather boring!
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