Californication
To start with our stylistic appropriateness our aim was to replicate the song near enough to the original the guitar verse before the lyrics come in with a slide on the last note of each bar a semitone up for both final notes. The drummer changed the sound of the high hat from the original by releasing presser from the high hat pedal a little to add more intensity to the end of the verse before putting full pressure on again causing the sound to be less intense but id say the style was still the same as the original its just a little change to add our bands twist to the song. At the end of the verse like the original the guitar other than a few mistakes witch happen sometimes so pretty accurate for the genre style.The bassist played the notes exactly how the original was played and the singers will have changed the pitch of the vocals to match their vocal abilities so they don’t struggle so much other than that thats all accurate too.
For guitar the chord transitions are mostly clean when i watch it back i hear i get some of the changes slightly early or just slightly late which isn’t too bad but still needs improvements. I can do this by using a metronome or by practicing with the original track in the background for fine tuning the chord changes to perfection.
The note accuracy for the bass was pretty spot on from what I hear is all great until we get to the solo he messes up the first note which caused hi to be off time however he did recover in good time and rejoined the solo smoothly. For guitar I am a little messy at the start of the song with a few mistimed notes also one of the first notes for the solo which also caused me to struggle on the second bend which made it sound really flat.
My tone and overall sound was okay with a good clean tone for californication but the only reason it was okay is because I had help from lewis I need to sit down for a while and get more familiar with the amp settings and tone control so i’m not so reliant on people to help me with my tone. for bass the tone sounded pretty good to me nice smooth thick bass sound. The singers overall tone was okay Dess sounded a little flat to begin with but once Maia sang she managed to find the right pitch.
The technique for guitar was okay with good control with minor slip ups but I need to be able to play with a comfortable improved technique which is smooth and allows me to play less mistakes and more gracefully. The notes where picked clearly and fluently in time for the most part.
The timing and rhythm was mostly in time with a steady rhythm that remains the same till the end. For the drummer his mistakes is most recognised as the drums are the most dominant sound you hear in any live band.
My stage presence was the best it has ever been on stage as I was a lot more confident as well I was able too bob my self around and actually look like I was enjoying my self instead of not moving at all like the bassist. The singers seemed to do a good job at moving around and being a little expressive when they sing.
In consideration of the dynamics of the song the drummer for Californication at the end of the verses he lightens his pressure on the hi hat pedal to give it a little more dynamic range and to increase the volume of the section before quickly applying more pressure to bring us straight back into the next verse smoothly. The dynamics of the guitar on the verse was first quiet and then for the pre chorus I would increase it a bit to give it more of an exciting, rough and powerful feel, Thanks to this the song doesn’t sound like the same flat volume level all the way through the performance so the audience will not disengage and take away their attention.
The overall impact of this performance I feel was a great impression of what we are capable of as band and as performers alone with a nice introduction from our singer Maia introducing our who we are and what we do. The performance had strong moments where the coordination was on point with every band member and we sounded great. I do have to recognise that there were point where we sounded weak like the start of Californication I was struggling to find the right volume and ended up turning my volume completely off resulting in the confusion of the band, little moments like that is what made us look weak little parts of no coordination.