This semester I have definitely improved as a guitarist. The guys that I work with have given me a lot more confidence when playing in front of people. Aside from playing music, I didn’t reach my SMART goal. My goal was to make a YouTube channel and get videos published to YouTube in my old band, A5. I ended up getting kicked out of that band, so I joined the guys. We don’t have a name yet, but I think we’re leaning towards MeatLuk. Anyways I wasn’t able to make a YouTube channel, because I’m not even part of that band. Looking back, if I even would have made a channel, my goal of even getting a couple of views was unrealistic, because no one wants to watch that. The highlight of this semester for me was performing with the band at the celebration of learning. We worked so hard to get Jacob’s Ladder ready for the show, but then got carried away, because we remembered that we needed two other songs ready. This was a week before the performance, so we ended up playing Lenny by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and making a heavy metal cover of Carol of The Bells. Somehow we actually pulled it off, which I’m really proud of. This semester I have learned that I’m a really fast learner. I learned those last two songs within a couple of days of the performance. I have also learned that I’m a lot better at being a rhythm guitarist, rather than being a soloist, because of the level that everyone else is in the band. It was definitely challenging trying to prepare our songs for the show, because we were nowhere near ready for the show, but I think that the pressure of having to do a good job really made us actually do well. Another challenge has been trying to get along with everyone in the band. I think that because we were all stressed out for the celebration of learning, we all just needed a break from each other. When we came back from winter break, all of us didn’t have any stress, so now we’re all best friends now. My goal for next semester is to know all of our songs at least a week before the performance, so we’re not last-minute panicking because that was just too much. I’m also hoping that we can make an original song to play at the next show.
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