So this week has been a quietly stressful one as the due date for the Fabbri essay draws near. My progress has been steady with this assignment and I do hope that my many hours of writing and researching will pay off and get me that pass that I need… and maybe even deserve!
Sadly many of my weekly activities had to be re scheduled to make time for Fabbri such as Rhythm wave rehearsal and Tuesday morning piano class. Hopefully I shall get some free time next week to catch up.
Due to the degree presentations and HND performances in Glasgow all of my Wednesday classes except for drum tuition were cancelled. My technical ability is gradually on the up rise thanks to tips from my tutor and I hope over the next few weeks this progress will continue to grow on my kit playing.
So Wednesday afternoon “Stairway to Kevin” set off on an escapade to Glasgow’s Pivo Pivo’s for the HND performances. The venue was somewhat central and with a little help with directions we managed to locate it. To an extent it was crowded, making for a good atmosphere with the sound quality form each bands sound check coming out superb…the potential for a good performance was there. Of course when it was our turn to perform all that potential drained and dispersed. After all our hard work we managed to make a pig’s mess of the gig failing to keep anything together. This is one gig I won’t be looking back on with a smile however as an aspiring session musicians there’s good days and bad days. Just got to put it behind and carry on. Overall though the rest of the night was a success and the rest of the bands and the Guinness went down well!
On Thursday while nursing a slight hangover I was informed of my audition piece for the degree. Every drummer has been given “Funk Shuffle” from the Dave Hassel book two to prepare. Grade 8!…Hmmmmm, I’m not too sure it comes close. There are however sections for soloing and so it is these oarts that I will have to play to impress. I have started looking at a few potential second pieces which I will try to narrow down in the next few days.
Well that was pretty much it for Thursday as it seemed there was no classes taking place. This gave me a couple of hours to work on my piano playing (if it can really be referred to in this term) and time to hand in my completed essay.
On Friday articulation class was cancelled due to the degree presentations taking place in the Brahan theatre. I took a wander up and sat in on most of the afternoon presentations. Many of the proposals were interesting and gave me an insight into ideas for my own and what level I should be looking to achieve. Some students on other hand should have been caged, boxed up and sent on a one way rocket to Mars as soon as they concluded for the standard brought new levels to low.
So that was my eventful and diverse week. No cheesy endings, too much work and brain power needed elsewhere.
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