Performance Assessment Two
The lineup for our second performance was Sol (drums), Tom (guitar/bass), Deian (vocals) and I (guitar/bass). Our original setlist was Hotel California (Eagles), Hold the Line (Toto), One Foot on the Gravel (Philip Sayce) and one of our originals - the actual setlist actually ended up being Hotel California, You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi), Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana) and Bug (Fontaines D.C.).
I do believe the fact we changed songs around 5 times negatively impacted the final outcome of the performance. For instance, you can see Sol randomly stops and looks slightly clueless after the solo in You Give Love a Bad Name. It was partially due to this, and in part to the absence of our vocalist and induction of a new vocalist, and also in part due to our lack of focus throughout the preparation period that the performance was so uncoordinated and unpolished.
Anyways, enough of being negative - now for the positive side: we were able to signal to each other through bodily queues so even when the band went silent after the solo, I signalled to Sol to keep going and we recovered. We were also able to get the crowd involved with the clapping part, keeping them engaged and attentive.
I wish I could say that, in future performances, we could be more prepared and focused - yet, unfortunately, it's a group effort and my contributions alone will not be sufficient. That being said, I do believe that with Adam's worksheets in the last few weeks we were able to make much more progress than previously.
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