keevamaireadNov 9, 20181 min readRecording at SAE: Week 1 Today, we started to record “Lesson Learnt” and “Conscience Alley” at SAE. So far, we have recorded, drums, most of the guitar, bass, and...
keevamaireadNov 7, 20181 min readBAND PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION WEEK 7 This week we planned to rehearse and prepare to record three songs at SAE on the 9th November. Unfortunately, we didn’t have our third...
keevamaireadNov 5, 20181 min readHalloween Gig Tutor Feedback Here is a video of our tutor feedback from our Halloween “Work In Progress gig” :
keevamaireadNov 2, 20181 min readNOVACANE LOGO Novacane have been drawing ideas for our logo for a few weeks now and we finally have one, thanks to Leila’s sister who is a graphic...
keevamaireadNov 1, 20181 min readBAND PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION WEEK 6 During our rehearsals on Tuesday we started to write a third original song, which we have decided is going to be in a 60’s style, very...
keevamaireadOct 31, 20181 min readSpecialist Techniques Workshop: Preparing individual parts for song swap challenge Today, for our specialist techniques workshop, we had to prepare for our song swap challenge which is coming up soon. Our task was to...
keevamaireadOct 24, 20184 min readHalloween Gig Evaluation For our Halloween “work in progress” gig, we had to perform the songs that we had written so far to showcase our bands to create an...
keevamaireadOct 24, 20181 min readBAND PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION WEEK 5 This week in rehearsals, we finished our second original! Ellie and myself wrote the lyrics, melodies and harmonies together which really...
keevamaireadOct 21, 20182 min readJOB CV FULL NAME: Keeva Mairead Patten ADDRESS: 141 Cornwallis Road Florence Park Oxford OX4 3NH CONTACT NUMBER: 07563923286 WORK EXPERIENCE:...
keevamaireadOct 19, 20182 min readStreet Performing Today Novacane did our first street performance in Oxford town and we performed our first original song “Conscience Alley”. I think our...
keevamaireadOct 17, 20182 min readHalloween Gig Preparation Novacane have written two original songs for our October “Work in Progress” gig. These songs are “Conscience Alley” and “Lesson Learnt”....
keevamaireadOct 17, 20183 min readBand IdentityNovacane identify as a pop/ funk band, however we like to experiment with many different genres of music. Including, R&B, jazz, indie,...
keevamaireadOct 16, 20182 min readPrimary Specialism Workshop For our specialist techniques workshop, we split into groups of our primary specialism. As I play piano and sing primarily, I decided to...
keevamaireadOct 15, 20181 min readBAND PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE WEEK 4 This week in our production lesson, we started to mix and master the drums for “Conscience Alley” and Leila re-recorded her bass, as she...
keevamaireadOct 11, 20182 min readSpecialist Techniques - Vocal WorkshopToday for our specialist techniques workshop, our class was split into separate groups for our primary specialism. As I play piano and am...
keevamaireadOct 10, 20181 min readBAND PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION WEEK 3 During our first rehearsal this week, we practiced our first original “Conscience Alley” and discussed the techniques we were going to...
keevamaireadOct 10, 20182 min readProgression Route Music Journalism I would consider music journalism as a career option because: - I have a passion for music and writing - I enjoy...
keevamaireadOct 9, 20181 min readGarden Performances - (In preparation for our street performing) 9/10/2018Tomorrow, we are street performing in town, so we did a preparation performance in the garden for this. The only song that we currently...
keevamaireadOct 3, 20182 min readBAND PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION WEEK 2 This week, our main focus was to finish off our first original song, “Conscience Alley” and perhaps start to think of new ideas for a...
keevamaireadSep 27, 20182 min readGenre Change Up Challenge For this specialist techniques challenge, our task was to find a song that the entire band knew, and to completely change the genre of...
