Rehearsal Diary

Week 1:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: To prepare for today’s lesson I did research at home to try and find good songs that my whole group can perform and also that has all of the instruments that my group is using within it. This will make it easier in the lesson to perform and start to create more opportunities for my group.

What I set out to achieve today: Today I set out to achieve agreeing on a song that we can all play and then decide on what instruments each of us are playing. We also listened and discussed about the songs.

How I was successful today: We all agreed on a song that suits all of us and we can fit into all our instruments. I am going to play the drums, James is going to play the guitar, Jake will be playing the base and Liam is singing.

Targets for next rehearsal: My target is to start to learn all the songs we have chosen and also to be able to work in a group well and focus very hard. I want my group to get the first part of the song so I am going to try and find a good beat for the drums and lyrics so we can all play our parts.

Week 2:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal:  I prepared for today’s rehearsal by getting a rehearsal done earlier that week and went home and research what songs that would best suit all of us. Also I have been talking to my group about what we are going to do in the rehearsal.

What I set out to achieve today: Today I wanted to be able to play through the song that we chose last rehearsal and be able to have a piece that we can all play and sounds good. We were able to achieve this and only have to perfect this piece of to make it good enough for performance. Also we were able to determine another song that we thought would be hard but we could play and would sound good with the instruments that we had in our group. This was Wonderwall, we listened to this song through towards the end of our rehearsal and decided that we should learn the parts for that separately as well as our other piece so that we can focus on putting them together in our rehearsals especially because we get 1/2 hours per week which isn’t a lot therefore making our rehearsals more time productive and we would be able to do more rehearsing.

How I was successful today: Today we did what the group set out to achieve and we also got a lot of rehearsing done. We all know what we need to play just we are going to start and try to put it together and time it how the song is meant to be performed.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want to be able to achieve to a point where we all can play together.

Week 3:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: At home I watch drum covers that could help me get an idea of what to play and also my drum teacher showed me a couple of beats and fills that will work nicely.

What I set out to achieve today: My goal today was to be able to play without stopping (messing up) and to play through at least 3 times without no breaks.

How I was successful today: Today we practiced Wonderwall and it's going well, we all done a great job going off to individual. We need our singer to just learn the lyrics without using a device or some sort to read it  

Targets for next rehearsal: Before next rehearsal I need to learn more of Wonderwall because at the moment it’s not as good as I could be and I just need to really rehearse to clean it up and make it ready for recording next week.

Week 4:

I wasn't in this day.

Week 5:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal:  I practiced at home listening to what my drum teacher told me to learn, also I started to think of other song that we could start to learn as a group that works with what we all play and all of our abilities. The song is Love Yourself by Justin Bieber.

What I set out to achieve today: my goal is more of a group thing which is that we can play on repeat without no stops also I set out to be able to play the start of Love Yourself on drums.

How I was successful today: I have learnt to play wonder-wall on drums almost to my full potential and sounds quite well, we started to learn Love Yourself as we all agreed that it is a good choice in song for our group.

Targets for next rehearsal: Before next rehearsal I want to be able to play the start of Love Yourself by myself and also finish what my music teacher has set me to do.

Week 6:

I wasn't in on this day either.

Week 7:

I wasn't in on this day either.

Week 8

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: I followed my regular practice 3 days a week of practicing this helps me so much because it helps me get a feel for the beat and gives me great confidence when playing.

What I set out to achieve today: I want to be able to play the whole of the song Love Yourself through as certain member of our group haven’t achieve their goal yet.

How I was successful today: today was a brilliant lesson our whole group managed to play everything to their full potential.

Targets for next rehearsal: by next time we rehearsal I want us to be able to work out the structure we are all coming in for the performance.

Week 9

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: this week I managed to get two practice rehearsals done would have loved to do more but the fact is I was very busy with homework etc. due in.
What I set out to achieve today: I just feel like for the time being we should keep going over the song until its 100% perfected, this being because it is our strongest song at the moment which all our member of the group is included.

How I was successful today: I think every lesson we practice together we there’s always a slight improvement as we are all musically talented we spot places within the song where we can mix it up to make sound better.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want to be able to play the whole song through with my whole group with the right timing and also without any mess ups.

Week 10 How I prepared for today's rehearsal: As usual I practiced 3 times this week to wonder wall and love yourself so that in could get comfortable to the song and also done some research on different ways to playing the song by watching YouTube videos.What I set out to achieve today: Today I want to be able to play the whole song through with my whole group with the right timing and I want be able to add multiple fills to the song.
How I was successful today: Today was successful as I played the whole song through with my whole group with the right timing and I was able to add one or two fills to the song .Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want to play both wonderwall and love yourself through in front on my teacher so we know what to we need to change or what we can improve to make us as a group sound better

Week 11
How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I practiced really hard at home as I knew that next week we have to perform our two song fully in front of the whole class and they are going to judge us and write feedback.
What I set out to achieve today: Today I want to play both Wonderwall and Love Yourself through in front on my teacher as then she can help us and tell us what we need to improve and pick up on some stuff that we haven’t picked up on ourselves to help us become better as a group.
How I was successful today: Today was very successful as in the lesson we played both Wonderwall and Love Yourself through ready for next week’s performance. Also miss watched so she picked up on some stuff that we need to work on.
 Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal we are performing in front of my class and in front of my teacher.

Week 12:

I wasn't in on this day.

Week 13:

I wasn't in on this day.

Week 14:

I wasn't in on this day.

Week 15

How I prepared for today's rehearsal:  For this rehearsal I went home at practiced 3 times a week as usual going through all the songs my group has chosen to do.

What I set out to achieve today:  Today I want for us to play the whole song together as a group and also talk about what song we are going to do next and choose the song between us.

How I was successful today:  Today as a group we went through the whole song which went well with only a few mistakes so we decided not to think about moving on yet and do another week just going through I see fire.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal my group and I are going to keep going through I see fire and also maybe talk about how we are going to start to fit all the songs together that we have learnt to make a proper set.

Week 16

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I did the same as usual an also kept looking up songs that we could do next but I also went back and went over all the other songs we have done for our set.

What I set out to achieve today: My group and I are going to keep going through I see fire and also maybe talk about how we are going to start to fit all the songs together that we have learnt to make a proper set.

How I was successful today:  Today was successful as my group and I did everything we set out to achieve while also going through all the songs that we have done so far and next rehearsal we are going to perform them all to sir to see if there is anything wrong of anything we can improve on.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for my group and me to perform to sir and correct any of the mistakes we may have in our piece but also try and start to fit all the songs together and think about how we are going to perform this.

Week 17

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: with all the songs I went on YouTube and see how other people(drummers) will approach the songs and I took bits and mixed it with my own.

What I set out to achieve today: My group and I are going to keep going through our song as they all need a bit of work.

How I was successful today:  Today was successful as my group and I started to improve everything Sir told us to do on each song and managed to play through the song more than once through our whole rehearsal.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to do the same as we did today also we need to work a primarily order we will come in.

Week 18

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I just done the same thing as I’ve previously done.

What I set out to achieve today: Me and my group are going to do the same as we did yesterday also I need to think of a more complicated fill so it has a better effect on the song.

How I was successful today: Today was successful as my group and I started to improve to improve the fill.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to do the same again but I am going to work hard at home and change stuff to make better wonder wall sound better.

Week 19:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I went home and did my weekly rehearsal I also researched songs we could potentially do.

What I set out to achieve today: I want for us to do the same as last lesson, because I learnt my part for the songs but other members of my group are struggling so we can’t move on until we all understand.

How I was successful today:  Today was successful as my group and I went through the wonder wall fully with minimal mess ups from all of us.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to keep going over wonder wall to perfect it so we can move on to the next song.

Week 20:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I went home and tried to think of a new song that we could play in our group.

What I set out to achieve today: I want for us to try and get a new song ready for either next lesson or maybe even start to learn it this week as a group.

How I was successful today:  Today was successful as my group and we came up with a new song to start performing. We came up with the song I hate you, this song we can have used all the instruments but the only problem for me as a drummer it’s a constant simple beat to play.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to go over I hate you I love you more and I need to go home and research on YouTube on alternative beats you can play to I hate you I love you.

Week 21:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I went home and I found 3 different beats to play.

What I set out to achieve today: I want for us to be able to play I hate you I love you together with Liam singing but it probably won’t happen today with lyrics so I might just go over it with James and Jake.

How I was successful today:  Today was successful as my group and I performed I hate you I love you but as Liam didn’t know the lyrics yet I just went over it with James and Jake.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to go over I hate you I love you more again but next week perform with Liam singing to make it sound more like an actual performance.

Week 22:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For today’s rehearsal I went home and practiced to I hate you I love you which I went over loads to try get the gist of it.

What I set out to achieve today: I want for us to be able to play I hate you I love you together with Liam as a whole group unlike last week where I only performed with Jake and James.

How I was successful today: Today was successful as my group and I performed I hate you I love you with Liam but the only thing I believe we should work on is to make the piece sound a lot cleaner and the same tempo throughout.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to go through our whole set to see if we are really ready for our end of the year performance.

Week 23:

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For our rehearsal today I went home and worked on the weaknesses I discovered in last week’s rehearsal.

What I set out to achieve today: I want for us to be able to play our whole set and work on the weaknesses we faced last week and also to practice the set more which I want us to play the whole way through.

How I was successful today: Today was successful as my group and I played though our whole set and really tried to work on the bits that were not as strong as others in the set.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I want for us to just keep working how we are and also maybe even to perform in front of our teacher who might be able to give us more advice on what we should do to improve even more for when we finally record.

Week 25

How I prepared for today's rehearsal: For our rehearsal today I went home and played my parts of each song over the actual song to see if I matched.

What I set out to achieve today: I want for us to just keep working how we are and also maybe even to perform in front of our teacher who might be able to give us more advice on what we should do to improve even more for when we finally record.

How I was successful today:  Today was successful as my group and I played in front of my teacher who could the show us where we could improve which he helped us work on throughout this week’s practice.

Targets for next rehearsal: Next rehearsal I think we should try and go through our set yet again and see how long our set is and make sure when we change between songs we are doing this efficiently and correctly.