230 Assessment

TASK 1 Planning 

Learning outcome – be able to plan for a live performance

Pass

-       Explain your realistic and achievable goals, which must relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance. 

-       There will be some tutor input into this undertaking. 

- Based on your personal goals you will give evidence to show that you understand what the performance will look and feel like, what its duration will be and how you will engage with it. 

-       You will also give evidence to show understanding of health and safety implications associated with performing music that take into account the context (place, people involved, audience etc. ) in which the performance is taking place. 

Merit

- Explain your realistic and achievable goals, which must relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance.

- There will be very little tutor input into this undertaking.

- Based on your personal goals you will give evidence to show that you have a clear understanding of what the performance will look and feel like, what its duration will be and how you will engage with it.

- You will also give evidence to show a clear understanding of health and safety implications associated with performing music that take into account the context (place, people involved, audience etc.) in which the performance is taking place.

Distinction 

- Explain your realistic and achievable goals, which must relate to your aspirations and expectation of the performance. Take ownership of these goals.

- There will be little or no tutor input into this undertaking.

- Based on your personal goals you will give evidence to show that you have a clear understanding of what the performance will look and feel like, what its duration will be and how you will engage with it. Within this there will be strong evidence of clear understanding of where potential issues may lie. Strategies for how these may be overcome effectively will be in place. 

- You will also give evidence to show a clear understanding of health and safety implications associated with performing music that take into account the context (place, people involved, audience etc.) in which the performance is taking place. You must show clear understanding of where issues may occur and how they may be avoided. 

Answer the following questions in full sentences. Then check back to the grading criteria to see if you have met your target grade:

1.     My statement of personal aims:

Think about your contribution to the event and answer the following questions.

a)    What do you want to achieve through your contribution (performance or compositions)? E.g. improve my confidence with performance by….. develop my skills with…… develop my collaboration skills by….. (You can write as many realistic and achievable goals as you like here. I have started the sentence for you below but feel free to change it if you wish). I want to ,through my skill and passion, entertain people because no matter what if i'm not doing that i wont be truly happy. So no matter what i will always try to do what I want. 

Through my contribution to the event I would like to achieve the following goals:

(Make sure the answer that you have written relates to your aspirations and expectation of the performance). 

• I want to try my best to entertain people. i just want to preform that is the burning passion within me 
• ill do this by playing songs that people like 
• and giving them a high display of technical skill 

b) What skills do you have that you can use?

I think that I have the following skills which I will use to help me achieve these goals…… i am competent at guitar (maybe a understatement or a overstatement) i'm good at guitar, i can play guitar to a high standard, i can play guitar using my teeth, i can play it behind by head i also know a multitude of tapping techniques that allow me to play many songs.

c)     How will you know if you have achieved it?

I will know if I’ve achieved it because…… i will know if i'm bad or good (musicians instinct)  and the audiences reactions like wow that's great or no thats was 
utter sh!t. 

d)    How will you meet the expectations of the audience? E.g. will you find out what the audience would like to hear? If so how? Consider repertoire, quality, length, stage presence etc.i high i play at a high standard i will show the audience my skill at guitar therefore even if they do not like my brand of music they can appreciate my talent and skill at the guitar. 

• i will meet the needs of the audience by wowing them with technical skill (tapping playing with my teeth and behind my head + shredding) 

2.     Plan of my contribution to the performance

a)    What are the requirements of the brief and how will you meet them? Put the brief into your own words and explain how you will meet what it is asking for the brief is to play fifteen minute of music to the audience, so that i appeal to most peoples taste i will play three song in some what different genres.

b)    What do you intend to do? E.g. I intend to perform on……… I will play the following songs purple haze cowboys from hell chosen ones sunshine of you love and born under a bad sign  First I will play cowboys from hell  It will be a good opening song because it will beat the innocence out of the audiences ear drums (get them awake and aware of the type of music there gonna listen to). This will be a solo/ ensemble? Etc. it will a solo with lots of solos in it. 

c)     How will you do it? E.g. rehearsals, work with tutor, record self and listen back to it, dress rehearsal (week before) etc. i had practiced with a band pretty much on a daily basis but for the most part i practice at home on average 4 hrs a day i'm good on practicing.

d)    Who will you need to involve? my new band sound crew (competent) movers of my gear (mom and dad probably)   

e)    What resources will you need? my amp (a orange 4x12 (british made of course) and orange cr 120 amp head) my guitars (a prs torero a gibson 2016 pro model flying v a Gretsch electro acoustic, a 1960s audition (japanese guitar) , a ibanez bass ( my first instrument )this is 5 of my 6 guitar. 

f)     What time is needed for each song/ activity (e.g. dress rehearsal/ recording)? it depends on the song but a lot of what i've written has gone over 4 minutes. and what i'm playing goes over 4 minutes as well. 4 minutes is good its a average time of song in the charts, this is good this means that the audience wont over or underwhelmed by what i play. 

g)    What are the health and safety issues for rehearsals and the performances (think of noise levels, cables, audience, working with others) there is one big risk and that is electrocution, this reason this is a issue is that you're dealing equipment that has the potential to send thousands upon thousands of Amps of electricity into you this has the potential to kill you instantly, this has been so much a issue that it evan killed the lead singer of the yardbirds in his home studio ,Keith Relf.  you can also damage your hearing if you have the levels to loud (although damage is more to do with the those sound being trapped in a too small a area and continuously booming (due to the small space) thats causes the damage, if you where to say be in a large field you would be fine to turn up the volume as the those sound waves would dissipate before any damage is done (though is the sound is loud enough your ears can be left ringing).  

Now type up neatly and clearly your set list for the programme. Make sure it includes full titles of songs, original artists and the names of anyone you will perform it with. 

My set list:

purple haze
cowboys from hell
chosen ones
sunshine of your love
born under a bad sign

Style and Image:

Describe your style and image for the event. Make sure you justify your choices (is it appropriate for the audience?) well my style is metal hard rock or well what ever i like jazz also but honestly i would like to some hard rock blues and metal, and i hope that the event and therefore the audience likes that sort of music.

Ideas for the performance:

How will you make sure it runs smoothly, organisation, anything extra you need and how will you get it?

Staging and equipment needs:

i will need most of my 6 guitars (my PRS my Gibson Flying V and my Gretsch acoustic) i will also need my orange half stack (orange british made cab (£700) and my orange cr120 head) ill need some guitar stands and my pedal (little big muff) 

What equipment do you need and why? 

i will need my PRS Torero my Gibson V (2016 pro) and my gretsch (guitar wise) and will need my amp half stack (orange british made cab and my cr120 head) and i will need guitar stands my pedal (the little big muff) and my band members (of course).

What are the staging requirements? E.g. space needed, placement of equipment etc.
i will need i medium sized stage as so i can fit my group on.