20/09/12

Today we went into our performance groups into the practice rooms and continued to rehearse for our open mic night show. It was a really relaxed lesson and we just went through our songs a few times and sorted out little bits that needed changing, but I'm still deciding between two songs, and i'm going to decide which one I'm going to do over the weekend. I enjoy singing both the songs, so I'm going to give them both a go and then see which one that I prefer to sing/what will be good for the night. One of the songs I performed to the class so it might be a good idea to do the other song for a bit of a change.
We also sorted out the line up for the night, I'm happy with where I am in the line up. I think the line up is good because it mixes up each genre which will make it interesting for the audience instead of it all being too much of the same thing.

I also went round to the other groups to see how everyone was getting on, and I had a listen to others performing, everyone is getting along with their songs really well and I think the whole show is going to be really good, it's something I am looking forward to doing. 

17/09/12

Today we went back into our groups, my group is to sort out what everyone is performing and what instruments everyone will be using. Most people have told us what they're doing. We need to know the styles that everyone is doing so that we can mix it up which will make it more interesting for the audience. So mixing up a slow song just done by an acoustic guitar and perhaps doing that before/after a more upbeat song which is used with maybe drums and louder instruments. 

Personal Targets

My personal targets this year:

• Learn guitar
• Build up my confidence, I don't really mind performing but I sometimes I get doubts.
• Learn how to produce my own music
• Focus on writing songs more, I do write songs sometimes but I find it difficult to finish writing them, as I get stuck at a certain point
• Work really hard and try to get the best out of this course as I can
• When I get nervous I always feel like I'm going to forget the words, so this is something I need to work on
• Be more confident when performing, as in connect with the audience more, whether that be more eye contact and projecting my voice to them more
• Improve my song writing 

I hope I can aim to complete all my targets, so by the end of the year I can say I have achieved them, or at least tried my best to get them. I'm really going to try my absolute hardest because this is something that I am serious about.

Student Profile Sheet

The Henley College

Music Extended Diploma

Student Profile Sheet

Name: Hayley Muggleton

Course(s) at College: Extended Music Diploma

Email: hayleymuggleton@hotmail.com

Mobile:07432623074

Enrolment No: 961326

Personal Tutor: Alison Golby

Instrument(s) / voice: Singing

Practical Exam grades:  Drama- B   Dance-  C 

Membership of groups / bands / ensembles and any other musical interests / work experience etc: Work experience at Abingdon Dance School

Any particular musical likes / strengths:  I like get giving tasks to complete, like to perform a song, I also like changing songs about to give it my own style. I like to sing with just a guitar and doing solo work would probably be my strength and something that I enjoy the most.

Any particular musical dislikes / weaknesses: I can sometimes find it quite hard to work in groups, I don't really like conflict so if someone doesn't agree with something in the group and there is arguments it's something I wouldn't lke to get involved in. I find it hard to work in groups sometimes due to people haven't different ideas and that's quite hard to deal with if there is too many opinions.

Any other comments / useful information: I'm looking to get guitar lessons, as learning guitar is something that I am really serious about and very interested in.

Most Significant Music Experience

My most significant music experience is when I performed a dance in London for World Skills in front of 20,000 people. I done this with about 8 other people from my dance class. It was such an amazing experience and I just wanted to do it over and over again. The adrenaline of performing and excitement is a feeling that I love. Being around so many different talented performers really inspired me. I got to see other styles of dancing that I don't do myself which really influenced me to perhaps want to try out those styles and be more open minded. I really liked the feeling of being on stage and performing, and all those people being there for you. Not only did I enjoy my performing part, I enjoyed watching other people. The atmosphere of being at a performance and such a big event, being here made me realise it was something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I like the time leading up to performances too, as I like rehearsing and going over things, you can see how you improve as you go along. 

Blog URL addresses

http://hayleymajorfirstproject.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleymusicensemble.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleysolomusicperformanceskills.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleyproductiontechniques.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleyperformancetechniques.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleymusicinthecommunity.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleymusicandsound.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleylivemusicworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleythesound.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hayleyauralperception.blogspot.co.uk/