Rehearsal Log

May 8 Rehearsal – 2pm to 4pm – Madley – Members Present: Amber, Chloe, Declan, Jachin

It was good to start the scheduled rehearsals after meeting with most of the other band members in the holidays, and given we were only one person short we made a decent start on Chloe and Amber’s songs. While my song was also written and I was able to present it to the other group members on piano, I would have to wait until our keyboardist was present before we could rehearse it as a group.

May 15 Rehearsal – 2pm to 4pm – Schulz Basement – Members Present: Andrew, Amber, Chloe, Declan, Jachin

With everyone present, we were able to work on everybody’s song on their own instrument, which helped us to properly settle into our group and work out how we would proceed. I would stick to drums, with Andrew on piano, Amber on vocals, and Declan and Chloe would swap between bass and guitar throughout the songs. We ran through everyone’s song except Declan’s, who had to polish some lyrical ideas.

May 22 Rehearsal – 2pm to 4pm – Madley – Members Present: Andrew, Amber, Chloe, Declan, Jachin

Unfortunately this week we had to rehearse in a room with no drum kit, so I had to contribute ideas via chair percussion, but it was still helpful to run through everyone’s song (Declan had finished his lyrics and so we ran through his song finished for the first time). In addition, the verses of Andrew’s song had changed so we practiced those adjustments.

June 17 Rehearsal – 11am to 1pm – Schulz Basement – Members Present: Andrew, Amber, Chloe, Declan, Jachin

After a number of rehearsals in the Madley with no drums, we finally managed to have a rehearsal back in the basement and we could apply the full instrument ensemble to the songs we had rehearsed thoroughly in the previous weeks. The potential of Declan’s song was finally realised with the addition of percussion, and we ran through the entire set in order confident that we would be ready for the recital in less than 2 weeks time.