perwell set task – final summary

evaluation of the 4th december performance – i was really pleased with how the performance went, aaron and i played as a pair and were successful in our venture, seeing as we were both highly satisfied with how we did. neither of us made any notable errors and played our respective parts with fluency. at one specific point, i attempted a vocal run in the spur of the moment which i’d not tried to sing before and i’m not entirely convinced it sounded very good – however that is the only aspect of the performance which i was disappointed about. we’d only managed to play the song in its entirety the night before our performance, so all things considered we did a really good job on the day. our communication with the sound engineer was fine and we were easily able to quickly and effectively balance sound just prior to performing. i took on board feedback from previous assessed performances and tried to act on them, visually engaging with the audience and focusing on keeping my guitar playing tight and accurate. i would, however, given the opportunity to do this assessment again, allow myself and aaron more time to rehearse before the day of the performance.

three SMART goals for my development: 

1. always leave myself at least 7 days (1 week) to learn and rehearse any song for performance to maximise my knowledge of the track and thereby give myself the best chance of performing to the best of my ability
2. complete any and all songwriting tasks set during the course of the module
3. engage in every aspect of the module to boost my knowledge and thereby my confidence when it comes to being assessed

comments on the perwell task – i personally find it difficult to identify with this style of thinking and self-analysis. i don’t find these kind of methods constructive or useful, although i can understand and appreciate why, in principle, they appear to be an effective way of thinking. as a result, i have struggled to engage with the different parts of the perwell task. i personally benefit more from a hands-on attitude whereby students write and perform as much as possible, allowing them more experience in two of the most valuable and enjoyable aspects of music as a whole. if perwell was ran again, i personally would apply myself to it more in order to absolutely maximise what i get out of it, however i don’t believe it to be the kind of method i’d swear by.