{"id":4517,"date":"2025-03-20T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10633466\/?page_id=4517"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:53:10","slug":"rehearsal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10633466\/rehearsal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehearsal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe Band Practice Day 1 - Enjoy The Silence &amp; Vivica\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Ijp4lRfUC8?start=333&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not bad for our first rehearsal. The first song we rehearsed was Enjoy the Silence by Lacuna Coil. I play lead guitar here, and I was supposed to play the melody in the beginning, but we skipped it because I still needed to practice this part of the song, as I was struggling to play it.<br>Aimee&#8217;s singing needed to be louder as I could barely hear her and I didn&#8217;t know where I was in the song. Also, her singing needs to be more potent in the chorus. To improve this, the song requires a second singer to give it an extra layer the song requires.<br>Next time we rehearse this song, I need to learn the intro and bridge melody. <br>The second song that we rehearsed in this session was Vivica by Jack Off Jill. This song is about the same tempo as Enjoy the Silence.<br>As this was our first rehearsal of this song, you can hear moments where I was playing out of time, and you can barely hear my guitar. This is something I would need to improve on for the next rehearsal session. <br>Overall, the rehearsal was successful as we got through both songs in this session, but we still have room for improvement for the next session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe Practice Day 2 - Are You Ready For Me &amp; Vivica\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HTRUZR7O_Qc?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this session, we rehearsed Are You Ready for Me with Joe playing bass for this session. We will have members joining the band by next week.<br>We rehearsed both songs to a backing track as we didn&#8217;t have all the instruments present, and Joe didn&#8217;t know these songs.<br>For Are You Ready For Mr Aimme&#8217;s singing needs to be more aggressive, and she also needs to learn how to shout the line &#8220;Are You Ready For Me Now?&#8221;.<br>You can also hear me and Joe speeding up at some point in the song. We can fix this by playing to a click.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe| Helicopter Rehearsal\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RR_owbP1pe8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was our initial rehearsal of Helicopter with Faye substituting on bass since Reece couldn&#8217;t practice with us anymore, and Liam had other plans that day. Nevertheless, Evan had to leave early, so Oliver covered on drums to keep us in rhythm instead of guitar for this practice. There were moments when I hit the wrong notes during the first chorus, which was a minor error. There were also moments when Aimee got the words wrong that she had to recite again. Aimee also needs to learn to sing this song better since it is more about speaking than normal singing. To help with that, she needs to practice with her singing tutor so that she can sing either using that style or a compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe band rehearsal\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kR-_RVc5hWE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first&nbsp;piece&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;run&nbsp;through today&nbsp;was &#8220;Are You Ready for Me?&#8221; This run-through was&nbsp;also&nbsp;quite terrible, with people being out of&nbsp;sync&nbsp;and coming&nbsp;in&nbsp;late&nbsp;to pieces. We can&nbsp;get&nbsp;this&nbsp;down to a fine art&nbsp;by&nbsp;hearing&nbsp;the&nbsp;piece&nbsp;and everyone learning their&nbsp;part. We&nbsp;also&nbsp;played&nbsp;completely&nbsp;ridiculously&nbsp;fast, which&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;remedy&nbsp;by playing along&nbsp;with&nbsp;a metronome. Aimee&#8217;s vocals were also very quiet,&nbsp;and&nbsp;this&nbsp;can be fixed by&nbsp;her&nbsp;singing&nbsp;more&nbsp;loudly. Also,&nbsp;as&nbsp;our tutor Pav pointed out, this problem can be&nbsp;solved&nbsp;by the&nbsp;rest&nbsp;of the&nbsp;band&nbsp;playing&nbsp;softer\/lighter. Another thing&nbsp;Aimee would&nbsp;need&nbsp;to work on, vocally, would be practising the growls&nbsp;during&nbsp;the choruses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;second&nbsp;song we rehearsed was &#8220;Vivica&#8221; by Jack Off Jill. The song starts&nbsp;with bass; however,&nbsp;Liam&#8217;s bass&nbsp;tone&nbsp;is&nbsp;quite&nbsp;flat. This can be&nbsp;adjusted&nbsp;by&nbsp;trying&nbsp;out&nbsp;tones and\/or pedals.&nbsp;Here&nbsp;again, we were playing at a faster tempo that needs to be&nbsp;adjusted&nbsp;by playing along&nbsp;with&nbsp;a metronome at the&nbsp;correct&nbsp;BPM. There were also moments where Oliver was coming in late, which again can be fixed by him learning his parts of the songs. The ambient noises that Oliver adds also provide a bit more originality to our cover of a pre-existing cover. In regards to Aimee&#8217;s vocals, her breath control isn\u2019t the best, and this is due to us playing too fast. To prevent this from happening again, Aimee needs to communicate with the other band members that we\u2019re playing too fast and to slow down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third number we worked on was &#8220;Helicopter&#8221; by Bloc Party. The guitars were a little off initially, and once more, the tones aren&#8217;t right and need to be worked on, especially on my tone, as it sounded like a nest of angry hornets. Another problem would be that when Oliver and Aimee sing harmonies together, it clashes, and we need to fix this, as it isn&#8217;t pleasant. Aimee also got the lyrics wrong, and she simply has to practice them further on her own at home so that she can have them ready for the gig. On the bridge, there are instances where me and Oliver get it wrong, but then again, that can be fixed by us practising the song in our spare time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final song we&nbsp;rehearsed&nbsp;was &#8220;Enjoy the Silence&#8221; by Lacuna Coil. the major&nbsp;issue&nbsp;with this song is&nbsp;that it&#8217;s&nbsp;a&nbsp;mess&nbsp;currently; everyone&#8217;s&nbsp;arriving&nbsp;late with&nbsp;each&nbsp;instrument. My main riff sounds stiff and&nbsp;awful&nbsp;to the ear, and&nbsp;it&nbsp;needs a lot of&nbsp;fixing. I also play it&nbsp;at&nbsp;parts&nbsp;of the song where it&nbsp;shouldn&#8217;t&nbsp;be played.&nbsp;One&nbsp;positive&nbsp;thing&nbsp;about&nbsp;this song would be that&nbsp;Oliver&#8217;s&nbsp;ambient&nbsp;sound&nbsp;at the start&nbsp;of the song&nbsp;is a good&nbsp;introduction&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;the song&nbsp;started as it add texture to the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe band rehearsal 2\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d8HnM7txwNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this rehearsal, we had to cut Ignorance by Paramore and replace it with The Pretender by Foo Fighters. As this was our first time rehearsing this song as a band, we only learned how to play this song in less than 15 minutes. You can hear me drop out multiple times as I didn&#8217;t how to play this song. This will be improved before the gig as this is the last song I will have to learn. <br>Aimee&#8217;s vocals are also quiet during the chorus and over overpowered by the other instruments and you can hear my guitar making high pitch noises when I stop playing. To fix this noise I am going to play on one of my guitars that has a humbucker, and I also need to sort out my tone as it doesn&#8217;t sound that good with a single coil pickup guitar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe band rehearsal 3\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7zdHzMbLh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this rehearsal, we decided to play through the whole set list in order of how we are going to play on the night of the gig. We\u00a0began\u00a0with &#8220;Are You Ready for Me?&#8221;\u00a0getting\u00a0off to a good start.\u00a0Aimee&#8217;s vocals were\u00a0again\u00a0drowned\u00a0out\u00a0by the rest\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0instruments. Oliver had the best stage presence\u00a0among\u00a0us\u00a0all\u00a0in\u00a0this, and we\u00a0must\u00a0all\u00a0begin\u00a0playing with that same energy to be\u00a0set\u00a0and prepared for the night of the gig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe band rehearsal 4\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c60_EAB8YUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving on with our list of songs after a short break, we practised &#8220;Love Song&#8221; by Jack Off Jill. Oliver added some backing sounds to enhance this cover and blend the Jack Off Jill cover with The Cure&#8217;s original version, making it slightly different to our own. Just before the instrumental chorus break, I started playing the main riff too early and held it on a little too long. Once again, Aimee&#8217;s vocals got lost in the instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santhe band rehearsal 5\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAd3PR0Almk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was our\u00a0final\u00a0track\u00a0for\u00a0this session,\u00a0Bloc Party&#8217;s &#8220;Helicopter.&#8221;\u00a0Honestly, this is our most\u00a0rehearsed\u00a0track\u00a0and\u00a0perhaps\u00a0our best at\u00a0the\u00a0current\u00a0point\u00a0in time.\u00a0When\u00a0compared to our\u00a0practice of the\u00a0track previously, everything\u00a0sounds\u00a0a lot smoother. Aimee\u00a0at first thought that this would be one of our worst,\u00a0since\u00a0she wasn&#8217;t very confident with the vocals, as it involves more\u00a0shouting than\u00a0harmonious\u00a0singing, which she\u00a0had\u00a0never attempted before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was not bad for our first rehearsal. The first song we rehearsed was Enjoy the Silence by Lacuna Coil. 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