EVALUATION

I think that we did a great job in performing our songs yesterday. I have asked some of my friends that have been watching and they said that we did a great job in performing three of the songs we chose.
I do think that there are some parts that we did in the practice really well, but when we performed it it didn't go as planned.

Reflection:
This music class have been really fun, educational and useful for us since we have been collaborating in the process of our project. I really wish that we can do this again some time. This activity brought out my collaborative skills, thinking skills, and my capability in playing music.
We have learned through each other how a good collaboration must work; by listening to each other's opinion, respecting each other's decision and helping one another through difficult times.

BREAK-A-LEG >> NOT LITERALLY

Today, we had a run through with all our songs. I must say that I will be looking forward to our performance! The run through was great! 

We have set up all the instruments accordingly.

--- The kolintangs will be placed in the middle (order: melody in the front row, alto 1/2 and contra in the second row, the tener in the last row.)

--- The singers will be placed on the front of the stage (harmonies also)

--- The rest of the instruments will be placed on the front right corner.

Review of Hey Jude:

We did well. We have managed to finish the song with to the very end. Except, there is just one problem; the singers need to be much louder.

Review of Superstition:

These past view practices, we have been playing superstition pretty well. I think that the thing we are most worried about is the beat of the song, since it changes constantly.

Review of Thriller:

We managed to do the whole song! The backup track cannot be heard by the musicians though in order for us to keep the tempo on track.

The Process

So this term, we went through the 'Design Cycle' process.

Firstly, we went through the investigation process - where we broke down the song topics and choosing what kinds of music (genre, period of time) and what kind of instruments are we going to be using to perform them.
We made this decision by voting fairly so that each student will put their preference. We picked our most voted songs and investigate it - what musical instruments are we going to be using, who are able to play it, how long will it take it, and so on. If we think that we cannot fulfill the whole idea, we will have to change it into an easier one.

Secondly, we went through the planning process - where we decide on the date of performance, the layout of performance, and videos or music notes that we may need.
We used both videos and music notes in order to learn the piece, since some of us are not able to read music notes very well and tend to listen by ear.

Thirdly, we went through the creating process - we learned the music pieces bit by bit.
We decided who are going to play in each song and those people will be finding the music notes and lyrics to practice on. Each song has a person in charge, who is in charge of pretty much everything; the musicians (to keep them on track), and the song(put in advices).

Lastly, we evaluate our project. This will be done after the actual performance on the 4th of December - we reflect on our performance, what to improve on and we respond to other people's feedbacks.

What are we lacking on.

Soo.... We have only one lesson, or two (including the d-day performance practice), and I think that we are lacking off. We need to be working much, much harder to get the performance ready.
So far, we have practiced all three songs.

Hey Jude, we still need improvements from the harmony singers (thats me) and for the singers to be louder.
Superstitious, we still have tempo problems by the drummer, being that it is not consistent.
For Thriller, we haven't practiced the whole song yet.

We only have a full period to correct every single one of problems we have.

Decision

For our music project, we have decided to use 3 songs from different decades; Hey Jude(The Beatles), Superstitious(Stevie Wonder) and Thriller(Michael Jackson).

We are going to be combining traditional and modern type of musical instruments.

Keyboard - Phoebe

Bass Guitar - Michael

Guitar(s) - Amyra, Alysa

Drums - George, Keizar

Kolintang - Rest

Tambourine - Jennie, George

Vocals - Rest

We have planned to create a powerpoint about each song that can be played before or during the performance.

POSITIONS OF INSTRUMENTS

Michael - Bass
Amyra/Alysa - Guitar
Phoebe - Keys
George/Johan - Drums
(Rest of students) - Singing/Kolintang

(Find out chords(music sheet), instruments, background)

The Beatles – Hey Jude

Instruments: acoustic and electric guitar, drum kit, bass, keyboard, kolintang, African drums, singer(s), tambourine,

Set: kolintang in the centre, singers and/or extra players (e.g. tambourine) player off to the side opposite to percussion and strings.

Jackson 5 – I want you back

Instruments: keyboard, bass, electric guitar, drum kit, small drum kit, singer(s), dj/electronic kit

ABBA – Dancing Queen

Instruments- trumpets(if not keyboard), kolintang, guitar, drum kit.

Stevie W – Superstition

Bon Jovi – It’s my life

Instruments – Electric guitar, drum kit, keyboard, kolintang, singer(s)

Set: kolintang in the centre, singers and/or extra players (e.g. tambourine) player off to the side opposite to percussion and strings.

Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal

Instruments – kolintang, electric guitar, bass, DJ/electronic kit, singer(s), dancer

Set – kolintang a little to the back, dj off to the left side of the stage(audience point of view), singer near the dj, dancer up front, guitar&drums&bass off to the right side.

Guns n Roses – Sweet Child o Mine

Instruments – electric guitar, kolintang, keyboard, drum kit, electronic kit

Set: kolintang in the centre, singers and/or extra players (e.g. tambourine) with DJ off to the side opposite to percussion and strings.

U2

PVA REFLECTION

We were divided into groups to represent topics related to music that we later have to choose for our final performance. We have planned to perform songs from the past sung by legends in the music industry, with a collaboration of medley in our final performance.

This term, learning musical instruments with Ibu Megan was fun. But I think that we need to step it up a little. We have done the planning stage, about what are we going to do, meanwhile all the other classes are already able to perform their talents in that specific artistic class. I think the difficulties of this class is that since there are so many students, when it came to the point where we have to learn the music, with students teaching, and collaborate successfully .

FORWARD TO THE PAST 

&

LEGENDS IN MUSIC

LEGENDS IN 60’S:

JOHNNY CASH
THE BEATLES

JACKSON 5

ABBA
BEACH BOYS
ELVIS PRESLEY
BOB DYLAN
BEE GEES
FRANK SINATRA
ROLLING STONES
FRANK SINATRA

LEGENDS IN 70’S:

STEVIE WONDER

QUEEN

JOURNEY

EARTH, WIND AND FIRE

BLONDIE

FLEEWOOT MAC

DAVID BOWIE

ROD STEWART
LIONEL RICHIE
LED ZEPPELIN
PRINCE
PINK FLOYD
ELTON JOHN

BLONDIE
CHER
ABBA

LEGENDS IN 80’S:

BOB MARLEY
BILLY JOEL

JIMI HENDRIX

MICHAEL JACKSON
BOB MARLEY

AC/DC
GUNS N' ROSES

GENESIS
MADONNA
DIANA ROSS
ARETHA FRANKLIN

LEGENDS IN 90’S:

NIRVANA

COLDPLAY

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
SPICE GIRLS
BOYS 2 MEN
DAFT PUNK
N SYNC
COUNTING CROWS
JANET JACKSON
GREEN DAY
RADIOHEAD
WHITNEY HOUSTON
MARIAH CAREY
CELINE DION
TUPAC
OASIS

LEGENDS IN 2000’S:

BEYONCE

BRITNEY SPEARS
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
KYLIE MINOGUE
U2
SHAKIRA
EMINEM
BLACK EYED PEAS
CHRISTINA AGUILERA

OUR DESIGN CYCLE!

TOP 6 IDEAS

Medley

Traditional vs. Modern

Tribute

Forward to the Past

One Hit Wonders

Legends in Music

GROUPS

Medley

Keizar, Dom, George

Traditional vs. Modern

 Dandy, Rasyid, Rifa, Jason

Tribute 

Jennie, Daleescha, Tasya, Phoebe

Forward to the Past

 Johan, Rachael, Belinda

One Hit Wonders

 Michael, Alysa, Fahrani

Legends in Music

 Farah, Amyra, Najwa, Hana

Additional Ideas 

Disney Songs

Short Film Set to Music

Musical 

Musical Magical Carpet Ride (moving countries)

Cartoon Music

Tribute to Past Singers (dead)

Classic Songs 

Short Film

Legend in Music

One Hit Wonders

Horror Musical

Going Forward to the Past (70’s, 80’s….)

My Top 5

Going Forward to the Past because i think that it'd be really exciting for us to perform past songs from different period of time.

Short Film Set to Music because it will not only show our talent in music, but also in documentary.

Legend in Music because it'd be really fun if the audience also jam along, since the songs will be selected from legends in music.

Tribute to Past Singers because I think that it shows our respect in their music, and what they were as a person.

Classic Songs, because it is my personal favorite, singing classics once in awhile other than pop. It shows that we have old souls.

Creative Cycle Ideas

Medley of songs

Big band

Body percussion

Choir

Beat box

Instrument choir (?)

(Kolintang) Orchestra

Acapella 

Musical Story

Cultural Medley Music/dance

Street Themed Musical

Sister Act
Rap Battle
Mashup Sister Act/Grease
Slow Music Change To Upbeat Music

Battle Between Traditional/Modern Music Instruments
Evolution of Music 
(mixing traditional and modern music in the end)

Name	Talents			Instruments		Genre		Strengths
Madina	Writing poetry			Guitar B		Any		Mediator
Tasya	Dancer (hip-hop)			Piano		Any		Leadership
Rasyid	Good with words Rap			Sings B		Any		Learns quick Teaches
Dom	Remixing			Guitar		Any		Fast learner
Najwa	Drawing			Singer		Any		Mediating
Nadya	Poetry			Singer Guitar B		House Alternative rock		Mood maker Obedient
Dandy	Dancer (traditional)			Singer Piano		Indie pop Classical		Leadership Fast learner
Keizar	Communicator Joker			Drums B		Any		Likes to make people laugh
Rachael	Drawing			Piano B		Any		Follower
Daleescha	Dancer			Violin I		Any		Mood maker
Jason	Writing stories			Singing		Anything but One Direction & Justin Bieber		Humor Patience
George	Drawing (cartoon)			Drums		Everything but classical		Creative
Alysa	Talker			Guitar Piano		Acoustic
Rifa		Dancer (hip-hop)	Harp		Rap, R&B, Folk		Leadership
Mike		Drawing	Bass, Guitar, Ukulele		No slow songs		Likes to make people laugh
Johan		Drawing	Beat box		No K-pop		Enthusiasm
Fahrani		Mediator	Piano B
Belinda			Piano B Violin B		Any		Follower
Amyra		Talker	Guitar I Piano B		Acoustic/Pop		Leadership
Hana		God taste in music	Piano B		No Kpop		Good collaboration
Phoebe		Good at drawing	Piano I		Any		Works well with people
Jennie		Good listener	Piano B		Any		Works well with people
Farah		Talker	Singing Piano I		Any		Initiative