In our performance, communication was vital, both with the audience and each other. As far as communication with the audience was involved, we agreed that ant, the rapper, would communicate with the audience. However, it was very important that we all communicated with each other on stage to make sure that we were playing perfectly. For example, if someone wasn’t sure what change came next in the song it is important that we were all able to make eye contact and easily communicate to solve any problems.
We all decided we would have an average stage presence with casual movement on stage but nothing too extreme. Also, we didn’t want anybody to be stood still for the entire performance. We also decided for our attire that we would all wear black and white and smart clothing. This was because we didn’t want anything too visually spectacular but wanted to be coordinated.
For the sound, we each had our own individual monitors on stage so we could hear ourselves and each other. We also had a say in what our monitor mixes would be like during the sound check the day before. For the bass, guitars, and keyboards, they all got to dial in their own tones so that they were all happy with their own sound.
The lighting for the gig was fairly basic although effective and done by one of our tutors.