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phoenixfeather95
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
665 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-02 13:50:54
April 02 2013 11:38 GMT
#1
NOTE: this is not a 'brag' post, it's just a blog that talks about a piece I did for a talent show at my school, and why I chose to do it.

So, a few weeks I noticed a post for the talent show audition at my school. Almost none of you know me, so here's a back story:
I've always been a shy kid, ever since the day I first attended this school (Grade 3). I've been drumming for ~5 years (went to Yamaha Music School for a few months) and have never auditioned for anything even once in my life. I've been in the audience in this annual talent show thing for the last 4 years and I was sure I could at least take top 3. So I figured, hey this is my last year in this school so even if I fail hard I won't have to endure the embarrassment for long until I leave for university. Great mindset, I know.

Thus, I decided that I would break my own 'tradition' (been thinking of auditioning since the first time I watched it) and decided to go for it. Audition was horrible (wasn't used to the school drum kit), but they still took me in anyways (haha!). There were 4 practice days after that before the big day, and all of the practice days went quite well.
A lot of people were surprised that I got in, since they didn't even know I could play an instrument. Time to them prove them wrong I guess.

I ended up taking second, the first place was also a drummer with really simple beats BUT he threw sticks in the air like no other (making the crowd go crazy), however I was quite happy with my performance (at least in the first day, the second day I actually dropped my sticks >.>).

Without further ado, here's my solo of the first day, I appreciate any feedback



(excuse the quality, was an Iphone)


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Kommatiazo
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States579 Posts
April 02 2013 12:21 GMT
#2
lol when the crowd tires to clap along to a drum solo.

Did you notice that/did it bug you at all when you were doing it? It definitely would have thrown me off. Crowds that don't have rhythm really upset me :/

Well done man! Good luck improving and GL in your next talent/show musical endeavor!

AFAIK Youtube videos embed automatically if you just ctrl+c the url, not the embed code. When in doubt: abuse the "preview" button and experiment.
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grindC
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany274 Posts
April 02 2013 12:34 GMT
#3
Hey man! Nice work, sounded really clean and had some cool ideas in it for sure.

I've always hated playing drum solos ("soli", if you're into that), but it sure gets crowd moving every time.
phoenixfeather95
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
665 Posts
April 02 2013 13:57 GMT
#4
Ah ty guys! ^^

On April 02 2013 21:21 Kommatiazo wrote:
lol when the crowd tires to clap along to a drum solo.

Did you notice that/did it bug you at all when you were doing it? It definitely would have thrown me off. Crowds that don't have rhythm really upset me :/


I was wearing a headset partly because of that (to block out their cheers / boos lol), and partly because I like cancelling the cymbal noises + I like the sound of my bass.
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r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-02 17:48:52
April 02 2013 17:48 GMT
#5
I'm assuming you're 18, right?

To me it seemed like you were struggling a bit with some of the transitions, but the only part where I was like "ouch" was around 20-30 seconds. As in your accentuation was on time but the way there sounded as if you were tripping over yourself.

Overall in such a scenario I'd focus on having a super smooth groove and solid flow, unless you're extremely strong in your technique trying to get fancy will usually not end up being super impressive - not that an audience like that would be able to appreciate it anyway. =P

Held up well for a first performance overall. <3
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
phoenixfeather95
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
665 Posts
April 02 2013 18:27 GMT
#6
You assumed right.
I also agree, I was quite sloppy on some parts.
Thanks for the advice :D
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