Pop Through The Decades

 

50s/60s

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Tutti Frutti – My pedal stopped working so I couldn’t be heard throughout the song at all, however, I think my stage presence was good in this song and I still managed to remember all the chords and stabs – it didn’t look like anything was wrong.

Johnny B. Goode – I came in at the wrong place in this song because I was still thrown off by my pedal stopping when I came on but I just played it off and came back in at the right time.

A Change Is Gonna Come – I sorted the leads out so that I could be heard through the amp and I remembered all of the chords and stab sections; I came in with the stabs at the right time.

Help – I remembered about the quiet section this time so I dropped out at the correct spot and came back in near the very end to build on the sound, which I think was very effective.

 

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80s

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Don’t Stop Believin’ – The bass line I used in this song sounded really good because of the melodic riffs I added in the pre-choruses and how the sound built up at the start of the pre-choruses (crescendo).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90s

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Roll With It – I think that my voice really suited this song and the attitude that is prominent in the original vocals really came through in my parts. Also, I didn’t forget any of the chords so it sounded a lot smoother.

Disco 2000 – I was really happy with this song because I added in the guitar riff for the pre-choruses and the melodic guitar part in the choruses; these sounded very nice with the other instrumentation.

Torn – My vocals for this song were really good because I remembered to keep my voice quiet/soft and they were consistently in key. I also think that the melodic guitar parts that I played worked very well with the other guitar and bass.

Californication – I think that my voice suited this song and the use of drop ins/drop outs for the rhythm guitar made the song more structurally interesting.

 

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00s

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Naïve – My harmony for the chorus of this song sounded really good with the main tune and the opening riff was in time; no-one was thrown off when the drums came in.

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – I think that both of my solos in this song sounded better than they did in rehearsals because the intonation of the bends were a lot closer to the ones in the original solos.

Figure It Out – We were all more consistently in time in this song with the drums and the guitar/bass solo sounded a lot better with all 3 of us playing the last riff.

Cocoon – The use of the overdrive on the footswitch made the guitar riff in the bridge more prominent but because I had to go back to switch it to crunch, I missed part of the last chorus.

 

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Shallow – The clean tone on the opening riff sounded really good, especially with the contrast of the distorted tone that I switched to for the chorus and bridge; this made the structure of the song more interesting because the switch between sections and build-up of sound was a lot more obvious.