10am - Poor Boy Sitzprobe. This term is an odd one. It refers, as I understand it, to the moment that the band and cast get together for the first time and sing through the material of the show before putting it on its feet in the context of the acting and/or dancing. It was cool to run through a bunch of the somgs in order and get a bigger picture of the whole sound world of this show. We have another one Saturday morning - in a few hours yikes!!
It went pretty well considering how undercooked a lot of our parts are. Raymond seemed to like a lot of it.
1:30 Last rehearsal with Sean and James before heading down to sound check at the Garden Bar. We ran through the few ideas we'd dreamed up and Sean bought another synth to try. Short and sweet and off to soundcheck...
4 - 4:30 Sound check. Yep Sandy the sound man for the Garden Stage is onto it. All the sounds working. Its shaping up to b a good gig.
4:45 - 5:45 Drum lesson for Cameron, a student at Massey University. We ran the independence drills based on Alan's teachings and then did some mind bending rhythm pyramid work. I love the rhythm pyramid/table of time body of exercises.
6 - 7 First set of the night was a BLINDER!! We easily filled the time with synth soundscapes and minimalist beats, a slowly evolving cinematic sound world. The pieces we prepared slotted into set very nicely. I had a hinch this combunation would work a treat and I was right. I think this band has legs.
11 - 12 Second set was fun too! A bit odd to wait 4 hours between sets, but we did come up with a name (thanks Chelsea!) Tihn Lantern. I felt a tad tired just before going on, but once we began I dropped back into the zone and before I knew it 40 minutes had gone WOOOSH!!!! Another beautiful set.
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