Complicating things

The band was finally named Las Paginas and we started practicing again. Interacting with Mr. smith and Mr. Reihm became easier because we got more ecomfortable around each other. this allowed me to surpass any pressure and push myself to try new things on the drums. this risk taking has allowed me to improve my skill in playing and improvisation.

We are now practicing for a much tougher performance. there is a music concert being held in april at this school. In this performance we are playing songs that push us to the limit of our abilities. this is a great chance to improve my skill and confidence on the drums. this performance will encourage the interest in music amongst the students at osc

Performing

Performing for the school for the first time required a lot of risk taking. we planned everything before hand, like where to stand and the song list to make it most interesting. We performed at the Food and Fun Fair that included all ages so it was hard to pic songs that would be enjoyed by a wide verity of people.

The difficult thing in the beginning was to overcome the fear of perfoming infront of a big group of people where most people where strangers to me. once that fear was over come the challange was to keep the same tempo as i got tired and keep grip on the sticks as my hands got sweaty. i can definitely say i have developed new skills, the performance was very long and allowed me to reflect on each of my actions. i immediately gained comfort.

The goal i set at the beginning of this project to play with Mr.Reim and Mr. Smith was met as i was able to learn all 8 songs with no mistake. I only messed up once but i have developed enough understanding and skill on the songs that i was able to regain the beat and get back perfectlly in the song, you could really see the commitment we put in practice and the perseverance that we were putting in the performance.

The Band

Mr. Smith, Mr Reim and I have formed a band. they needed a drummer therefore i joined, the reason i got picked was because of the choice of music i am interested in that correlated with the music they listen to and were interested in playing. the challenges of this band is that they are very good at their instruments and have a lot of experience since they have been playing for a long time so its hard to keep up to their standards, but hopefully this will allow me to develop my skill on the drums. to improve and in order to have the songs nailed down by the time we perform, we will have to show high levels of commitment and practice everyday.

My goal is to learn all the songs that we are aiming to learn for our two upcoming performances. we are going to play for entertainment at the food and fun fair. My goal is to gain full familiarity with the music, the difficulty is that this was the first time i ever herd the songs im learning how to play for them.

the solution to this is listening to the songs continuously and imagine the motion so that im more familiar when it comes to actually getting on the drums.

hopefully our goal is achieved and we make a great performance