In my last post I was excited about covering this song at my music school's (ICM) summer concert, the concert was last night and went pretty well, once again I was surprised how good some of the younger students were though I guess my excuse was that I didn't start until I was 12 (I think).
I am pretty happy with my performance though the sound could be a bit better but it's hard to get it right when you have so many acts and each one consisting of different instruments and line-ups and backing tracks etc. The drums were pretty loud for me and I was glad I could turn my hearing aid off though I'm not sure what happened with the bass, I thought I couldn't hear it because of where I was standing but you can't really hear it on the video either. I also know that it sounds a bit "empty" at times, the original has a second guitar and originally my guitar teacher was meant to be playing that part but he was drafted into playing bass and wasn't replaced.
Well anyway enough of my excuses and rambling, here it is:
Saturday 30 June 2012
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Summer!
Well it seems like I've had a far busier summer than usual so far, usually after the exams I don't know what to do with myself but this year it seems like I've not been bored yet apart from when looking through my choices (all 145 of them) for my honours project for my final year. And of course typically the weather has been rubbish despite there being glorious blazing sunshine the last week of revision I had for exams.
On Saturday I went paintballing for the first time and I had a brilliant time although my muscles are still a bit sore from the exertion. I highly recommend it to anyone (within reason) as it makes a great day out never mind being a great work out. We are already planning our return visit before the start of university again in September. I also went to not one but two concerts last week the first being Blink-182 which were supported by The All American Rejects and the second was Ash's 20th anniversary concert. Both were brilliant and I plan on doing a feature in the future talking about all the bands I've seen live.
As for the rest of the summer my music school is having its summer concert on the 30th and I'm playing with some of the teachers in a band covering Foo Fighters-Everlong, so pretty excited for that. Later in the summer I'm actually going to see the Foo Fighters live as they are headlining day one of Tennants Vital and the main support is another of my favourite bands, The Black Keys, I can't wait. Another concert I'm going to is Two Door Cinema Club who are being supported by Noah And The Whale. I'm also hopefully doing at least a couple of weeks in the lab at my university working on a project to gain some extra experience and give me a slight advantage in terms of knowing what to expect in terms of the honours project. It's a bit strange this year because we are going away even later than usual, this time we are returning to Malta which we've been to once before, many years ago.
Well that's all for now, thanks for reading.
On Saturday I went paintballing for the first time and I had a brilliant time although my muscles are still a bit sore from the exertion. I highly recommend it to anyone (within reason) as it makes a great day out never mind being a great work out. We are already planning our return visit before the start of university again in September. I also went to not one but two concerts last week the first being Blink-182 which were supported by The All American Rejects and the second was Ash's 20th anniversary concert. Both were brilliant and I plan on doing a feature in the future talking about all the bands I've seen live.
As for the rest of the summer my music school is having its summer concert on the 30th and I'm playing with some of the teachers in a band covering Foo Fighters-Everlong, so pretty excited for that. Later in the summer I'm actually going to see the Foo Fighters live as they are headlining day one of Tennants Vital and the main support is another of my favourite bands, The Black Keys, I can't wait. Another concert I'm going to is Two Door Cinema Club who are being supported by Noah And The Whale. I'm also hopefully doing at least a couple of weeks in the lab at my university working on a project to gain some extra experience and give me a slight advantage in terms of knowing what to expect in terms of the honours project. It's a bit strange this year because we are going away even later than usual, this time we are returning to Malta which we've been to once before, many years ago.
Well that's all for now, thanks for reading.
Thursday 7 June 2012
Dependence
Today I once again remembered how dependent I am on my hearing aid, woke up and put it on as I always do but it didn't seem to be working properly, changed the battery in case the one in it was dead or a dud but no difference either. Thankfully we keep several spare hearing aids (although only one of them is the same as the one I usually wear with the other two being old models) but the fact is if this had happened when I wasn't at home then I would've been up the creek without a paddle. Thankfully my hearing aids have usually worked well considering that they are pretty old and if a problem has occurred it hasn't been whilst on holiday or anything *touch wood*.
A more "frequent" problem is when the battery goes, this is an unusual thing to happen because I usually change the battery twice a week so if it dies it usually means it is a dud. It is a rather surreal experience when the battery dies it is almost as if someone is slowly turning down the volume of everything around you. The problem is that I usually don't carry batteries with me as it almost never happens and if I was in town or somewhere I could probably just go to Boots and buy a pack if I needed to. I would be more worried if I was ever some place where I couldn't get a replacement when I need it, whilst I can hear some things without it I definitely could not go through a normal day properly without it.
It also makes me thankful that I live in this modern age where hearing aids are available and allow people like me to hear relatively normally, I would hate to think how it was for people in the old days when there were no such things or if there were they were not readily accessible. And never mind the old days even in this day and age I am sure there are many people who don't have access to basic medical care never mind hearing aids and that thought saddens me.
A more "frequent" problem is when the battery goes, this is an unusual thing to happen because I usually change the battery twice a week so if it dies it usually means it is a dud. It is a rather surreal experience when the battery dies it is almost as if someone is slowly turning down the volume of everything around you. The problem is that I usually don't carry batteries with me as it almost never happens and if I was in town or somewhere I could probably just go to Boots and buy a pack if I needed to. I would be more worried if I was ever some place where I couldn't get a replacement when I need it, whilst I can hear some things without it I definitely could not go through a normal day properly without it.
It also makes me thankful that I live in this modern age where hearing aids are available and allow people like me to hear relatively normally, I would hate to think how it was for people in the old days when there were no such things or if there were they were not readily accessible. And never mind the old days even in this day and age I am sure there are many people who don't have access to basic medical care never mind hearing aids and that thought saddens me.
Sunday 3 June 2012
Freedom!
Well my second year of university is finally over and I am finally free from the cycle of revision and exams hopefully until January. I now have potentially four months of freedom, that said I would like to do something productive for example do a summer studentship (i.e. a project in the lab/field with my university) but of course like all things with my uni it cannot be that simple or even well organised.
It seems really weird that I have completed two years of my degree already with only one more to go but I have to say although it has had its ups and downs I have enjoyed it so far. It has helped to have a great group of friends and it has been nice having the longer breaks on busy days just to chill and chat. Of course I'm sure next year will be even tougher with the added pressure of an honours project to complete which will bring new challenges and I'm a bit nervous about the final presentation.
That's all for now, will have more updates soon.
It seems really weird that I have completed two years of my degree already with only one more to go but I have to say although it has had its ups and downs I have enjoyed it so far. It has helped to have a great group of friends and it has been nice having the longer breaks on busy days just to chill and chat. Of course I'm sure next year will be even tougher with the added pressure of an honours project to complete which will bring new challenges and I'm a bit nervous about the final presentation.
That's all for now, will have more updates soon.
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