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The place I will be meeting the band Audacity is at drummer Alex Casey’s house to watch one of their rehearsals and interview and take pictures of them in mid rehearsal and get some action photos as well as some group photos and some mid shot photos of them. I will also go to the home of my other artist Jessica O’Brian a solo singer with an amazing voice for photographs and a one on one interview to find out what she likes and enjoys about singing.

The setting is in a loft of the band member with drums amps and guitars set up like the normal base of a unsigned band with lesser places to rehearse with a lot of snacks because they are a hungry bunch of teenagers with average lighting and equipment ready to rehearse for the first time.

The atmosphere is very nervous and kind of awkward as this is their first rehearsal nobody knows exactly how amazing the other is at their instruments or singing. There is also an atmosphere of optimism of how good the band could possibly be and who has learnt there songs in time and who has not learnt there songs in time.

Some of the band members are optimistic at the other talents, and some are worried that they or other members will not be as good as the other people in the band or weather others are not up to the same standard as expected or needed or even wanted. There is also a massive sense of hope especially from Tony Kousoulou the former of the band also the acoustic guitarist.

After going to a band rehearsal and learning the band a bit more I found out that, the band was already faced with a problem. The bass guitarist Jack Bowyer had dropped out of the band due to his commitments to school work and coursework. The band said that they were disappointed that Jack had dropped out of the band but they can understand his reason for doing so, as everyone at this age has a lot of work to do and some need more time than others, so they all agreed it was ok and let him go. The band has tried to compromise without the bass guitarist by giving lead guitarist to Grace I’Anson and band former Tony Kousoulou becoming the bass guitarist for the band. The issue was resolved very quickly and in a professional way. By the way I witnessed the band resolve this problem so easily showed me that this band has a lot of potential because of the trust and maturity they showed when faced by a problem. The band is currently looking for a new bass guitarist to save themselves time but will try to do without one and learn the parts themselves. In the rehearsal I was so kindly invited to watch the drummer and host for this rehearsal Alex Casey filled in on the electric guitar showing his musical qualities there as well.

The lead singer of the band Siobhan O’Board brought friend Charley Parr to the rehearsal to possibly be a backing singer for the band. At first Charley seemed really nervous and hesitant but when she started to so sing there was no stopping her and she slotted into the background quite nicely with her voice complementing the lead singer Siobhan’s different style of singing quite nicely. The reasons I say Siobhan’s style of singing is so different because she has a very distinguished voice but also a very articulate one. As quoted her voice is ‘unique and such higher quality English.’ The truths in this statement were evident with her voice being so polite and calm yet articulate it surely was unique.

The band hit upon one note which raised a debate within the rehearsal session, it was one of pure comedy as the girls of the band Siobhan and Grace stated that Tony and Alex’s clothes were not up to date and of the right style for their genre of alternative. This statement was immediately rivalled by Tony by proving the girls point by saying ‘All I wear is a shirt, jeans and converse!’ With his next statement he had clearly lost this debate when he said ‘what’s wrong with Primark it’s cheap.’ The girls laughed and it was settled rather to the disappointment of Tony that he was not that stylish and that his ‘style’ was not suitable for the bands genre. ‘The humour between this band is good at a young age because a lot bands split up because they are to serious’ said by Grace and agreed with by Siobhan, Tony and Alex. This band will go far if they just keep their feet on the ground and go on having fun its how all good bands start.

The bands next step to increasing fans and letting themselves be heard and get known was by making a Facebook musical page with the band’s name. After that I filmed two of their cover rehearsals so people could have a taster session into their rehearsal and feel part of the band. The band show a lot of enthusiasm towards music and being together this is something that’s shows they will go far because they just have fun but on a serious level.