21
Sep
When you see a professional rock band onstage, do you see them with music stands? Nope. Do you see Angus Young – guitarist from ACDC – looking at a piece of paper with his scale shapes on it whilst he’s running around the stage entertaining the crowd? Probably not, (unless you’re thinking of a different Angus […]
21
Sep
At the end of my performance degree I was studying at AIM (Australian Institute of Music), we were required to put together and perform a recital. This needed to be about 40 minutes in length and performed on our chosen instrument – in my case guitar. This was intended to represent the culmination of all […]
21
Sep
As term 4 rolls around, the HSC students for next year will be commencing their studies. If they haven’t already, students who have chosen music as an elective at school will want to start thinking about their performance repertoire. When I was studying, I found that the best performances I did were the ones that […]
20
Apr
This is a video of me at home rehearsing an adaption of jazz Sax player from the 50-60s, Eddie Harris‘ “Freedom Jazz Dance” (a saxophone piece), that I did on guitar for an exam whilst I was studying at AIM. The same as HSC Music 1 and HSC Music 2, when studying music (in my case guitar) at […]