In this evaluation I will be discussing whether or not my music and lyrics that I wrote and composed were received positively by my audience. I will also be critical evaluating my own performance so that I know what to work on for future solo performances.
I believe that overall, my final performance was received positively by my peer audience, they applauded at the end of my song and gave me praise about how they enjoyed it. In future solo performances, for an audiences benefit, I will make sure that I look up more and make eye contact to engage more with the audience. By creating a connection with my audience it will help me to tell the story of the lyrics more and it will assist in making the audience feel more involved in the song. They are more likely to enjoy the song if I perform it more rather than sitting and reading my lyrics like I did in this performance.
Musically it was relatively strong apart from rhythm issues at points. In the performance I let nerves get to me a bit too much and sadly this effected the way I played the song. At times I messed up the strumming pattern and sustained a chord for too long, this then had a knock on effect and meant I had to hold back on singing the next line. However, I kept on playing and powered through. In my opinion the most important thing to do whilst performing any piece of music is to act like nothing ever happened if you mess up, you need to maintain professionalism and by doing so the audience might not notice that you have even messed up, especially in an original composition as they won't know the song. I believe I kept it together when I did mess up and I kept playing and singing regardless.
Vocally I believe I could have made the song more interesting at times, however, it worked in the sense that the melody was catchy and by keeping it simple it didn't distract the audience from the lyrics. In the final performance I sang the melody exactly how I had originally wrote it and I believe it was in tune and in a style that suits Folk pop. I perhaps should have done more research into how Folk pop singers use their voice and how I could have possibly applied this to my own song. I believe it would have helped me take the song to the next level and would assist in clearly communicating my chosen genre. I also should have made sure that I had fully learned my lyrics and that I was confident in what I was singing, this would have aided me in my performance.
Overall I believe I wrote a successful song that was positively received by my peer audience. I played and sang confidently and when I did make mistakes I tried my best to not let them hinder my performance.
