Final Review
On Tuesday 17th June, I and the rest of the students prepared ourselves for the performance of our level 3. The session stared at noon and we set about working out a running order. It was decided that the group of 8 would be divided to allow four performances before and after a much needed break.
It was decided that my piece would be performed last as it had if nothing more a strong and fast original beat. Though I have performed in packed clubs and bars as a DJ nerves still kicked in as I was still unhappy with my piece of work and the technical difficulties I have encountered for the last five weeks had once last chance to shake my confidence (and succeeded) I encountered difficulties with the M-audio Radium keyboard for the final time and in the very last moment I had to set my performance control onto Rob’s Akai controller. This was quite a privilege because it is a mean machine and now I know exactly how much I want one. When it came to the actual performance I was still setting up my control and all the practice before hand was for nothing as this was a whole new ball game. An enjoyable one I jumped in hands and feet and just went with it. I did make a mistake or two and they were not really noticed. Saying whoops gave the select crowd a bit of a giggle and I think everyone had a good time my invited guests certainly enjoyed the variety of music that was displayed.
Overall my performance could have been better. I must be a poor workman because I am going to blame the tools provided, as mentioned I have had a character building experience with the transportation of livepacks and even more fun with the performance controls but I am glad of the whole experience it has certainly been a fun learning experience and though I have played with Ableton previously I am much more confident with the programme and find myself losing sleep because of its addictive nature.
