Minutes Rehearsal 4 October 2011

present: AL, LS JB, MS, JL, MM, SA, SS, KM, UW, SE apologies: WT and RM 0. 1855 by popular request Goring songs playback, followed by discussion, for which I’ve jotted down soundbytes: Not the kindest of recordings….. recording does not lie…..some wrong notes…..retitience….important to feel committed…..difficult to give ourselves feedback…..be good to get (someone to) give feedback in rehearsal….people liked us at GU….need to go through first few notes of Blackbird slowly…..we should take turns to sit out and listen….important to practice each part separately (can then hear mistakes)….practice 2 parts together….need to get into performance mode…..warm up important….our Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 4 October 2011

Minutes Rehearsal 14 September 2011

Warbling Notes from 14 September 2011 Attendees: Wendy (WT), Kathleen (KM), Janette (JL), Sarah (SS), Uli (UW) Sebastian (SE), Matt (MM), Amanda (AL), Louli (LS), Mercedes (MS) Apologies: Juliana (JB), Robin (RS), Simon (SA) Much improvement on the last rehearsal, but still some things to work on. Lots of people were tired (so BIG thanks for coming along despite this), but remarkably we did well in any case. We sang three songs: Do Right We were short of tunes so WT sang tune. Tunes really need to concentrate on coming in together on “why don’tcha do right” and “like some Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 14 September 2011