28/09/09

Hi folks the past week has bin busy busy busy for me.

Eat Dr. Ape have had two gigs this past week.. one in Edinburgh at WhistleBinkies which went really well, we are currently in discussions with them about booking us in for another show :)

we also played at Hustlers in dundee which was amazing!!!! it was the best we've ever played in my opinion :) We get interviewed by perth FM tomorrow so I will let you know how we get on next week.

as for college thats all going well, our Beatles band is coming together well, we worked on our covers and also worked on our interpretation of a sheet of lyrics for creative project class...we shall preform this song at college this wednesday :) In session skills this week we learnt a lot about the art of being a session musician which i found very beneficial, also in Graded unit 2 Pete Honeyman, experienced session musician, spoke to us about being a session artist an what is expected of you when you walk into a session for the first time. I found this indredibaly interesting and he couldn't emphasize enough the importance of being prepared for what ever a producer may throw at you. This had made me realize that i have to work on my diversity alot befor even considering my 1st session.

Thats all for this week folks

Cheers

JP

21/09/09

On wednesday the 16th of September I had a Practice with both my college band and my out of college band (Eat Dr. Ape) which I play Bass in .

In the band practice with the college band we decided on the Beatles covers that we are going to learn for our performance in December. We also got given lyrics to a song so we can put Beatles style to them, this will be preformed in a few weeks.

After college I attended band practice with Eat Dr. Ape, this was in preparation for the gig we had at college on the 18th. The gig went really well and we go an incredibly good response from the fairly large crowed that we had managed to draw into the theater to watch us.

On the 17th we received an email from local radio station Perth FM expressing there interest in our music and how they wish to have us in for a on air interview, this will take place on the 29th of this month.

We have a gig tomorrow in Edinburgh at WhistleBinkies so hopefully that goes well, I shall report on that in next weeks entry.

Another musical opportunity was also brought to me this week. I have been asked to drum as a "pit" musician for a country themed theater production and our 1st practice will be held this wednesday so i shall let you know how i get on.

In Graded unit class the Musical MD from center stage productions came in to give us a talk about music as a business, it was very interesting.

Also in our session skill class we watched a dvd on Motown session musicians "The Funk Brothers"

Thanks for reading

JP Parsons

1st Entry - 15/09/09

At the beginning of our college week we got introduced to our new classes, one of which is Graded unit 2. This class involves us giving a presentation on ourselves in relation to a specific job application chosen by ourselves.

I have chosen to apply for a job as a session musician as I feel it is one of the music careers that I am best suited for.

This blog is going to be a weekly update of my progress throughout this module and the on going year.

cheers folk

JP