Jam Night with new bassist /// Singer-songwriters' Club

On the 18th March, "The Other Service" rehearsed for two hours at the university practice room. We went over the cover versions we already knew to warm up and refresh our memories. After finalising our arrangement of "Run Through Me", we began work on our next original song "Burden of Proof" that Ryan and I had been working on. It was slightly more complex than the previous song, and it took us a while to teach it to Jono and Simon. It helped to have a structural
diagram laying out the sectional order of the song, and we did manage to perform one whole take of it successfully by the end of the session. We all agreed it would require more practice but
would play it in the evening anyway to see how it went.

[2 hours]

At the Old Bell jam night that evening we played two sets as before, to a great response. The
song list was as follows:
1:

Hell and High Water

Run Through Me

Remedy

2:

All My Life

Burden of Proof

Plug in Baby

Killing in the Name

For the final two songs, I focussed on vocals only - since it only required one guitar part,
which gave me the frontman freedom I desired. We all agreed it went very well, with the
exception of Burden of Proof where most of us forgot the structure of the song and dropped out
halfway through! We received a lot more positive feedback in spite of this, and I talked to the
landlord who said he'd been willing to give us a gig in April/May time.

[3 hours]

For video footage of our first set, visit:http://www.esnips.com/doc/34b3abd9-dee2-45f1-8ab0-652095f4cb8b/18th-March-set-1

On the 25th of March, I played a headlining acoustic set at the Derby Singer-Songwriters club playing mostly original material. Unfortunately not many people came and I was only paid £8 for the night, but it was an enjoyable experience. Songs I played included:

Condemned

Final Release

Patriarch

Midnight Musings

A False Identity

Upon Reflection
Betray

This Infectious Mood

[2hours]