Unit 3: Professional Practice

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 What is professional practice?

Professional practice is a term used to describe activities which will help you apply your knowledge to your industry, job role or workplace.


Individual practice ( ways to improve practicing): repetition, learn the structure, slow down the tempo, tutorials, record yourself and listen back, watch other people play them parts (cues), tune up, warm up.


Task 1:

Strengths-
One of my most useful strengths are being able to learn and pick up a song pretty quickly. For example, this week my band has been playing Come as you are by Nirvana, and i was familiar with the song but didn't fully know it, and it took me exactly 25 minutes to learn the full song on the drums. Another strength i have is being able to improvise well on the drums especially when i'm playing with others and have to make something up as i go. Another strength i have is i am good at dynamics in a piece, for example when a fill on the snare goes from quiet to loud, i am good at portraying that. My final strength is that i'm dedicated to my band and that i'm willing to take on any challenging or easy song they want to perform and i'm open to any suggestions that i can get.

Weaknesses-
One weakness i have is i tend to repeat fills when i am improvising on the spot, which can make a song boring or my classmates bored. Another weakness i have is that i tend to struggle with tempo, especially if it's a fast beat or a 3/4 time signature song. An example of this is when i was performing the song Come Together by The Beatles with my classmates and i kept accidentally speeding up without realising which affected the rest of the band.


Task 2:

Strengths as a band member/performer-
One of my strengths as a band member is the fact i'm good at resolving arguments, so this would come in handy if any band members got into an argument. My punctuality is also very good, i am always early to rehearsals, and i believe this is crucial to everyone in a band so that being late doesn't effect everyone else in the band. I am also good at listening to other people's ideas or opinions, which is good because it makes everyone feel included.

Weaknesses as a band member/performer-
One weakness i have is that i can be awkward when it comes to talking to band members i haven't worked with before. I also get nervous when sharing ideas with band members because i get afraid most will disagree.





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