Reflection: The Creation Process (Candy/Waving Flag)

Yes, the final two song. These song are my favorite, and I looked forward.

By this point, June 4th was impossible as a performance date. I mean, that's today! So now it's at the 18/19th of June.

The Process

So, how did the process go. We started focusing on the song recently, and it obviously did not take as long as Greased Lightning. In the short few weeks, we were able to arrange most of the song well. The song at this point was finished until the end of the second melody.

During the process, we arranged the second verse and the final melody. The song gets quite heavy on the brass section, and it would be impossible to recreate it all with one low brass player. The kolintang joined, which made the part easier, but we had to compromise and make some parts simpler. As of today, the song's progress is on hold, but it is nearly presentable.

Waving Flag so far we've only worked on for two days, so this will be very short. In summary, we started organizing the drummers (even though they are quite disoriented) and sound terrible. The kolintang and the rest sound pretty good considering it's the first day we played together.

The Verdict

So, what do I think? Well, it's hard to say about Waving Flag considering how little time we've given into it, but Candy was done well except for one part. The part after the second melody sounds quite disappointing, especially when we omitted the brass part. Aside from that, the songs sounds good and I feel that with a little touch-up, the song would be good to go.

The progress we made so far is great, but we could have made more progress, especially with the dancing. I mean, none of the dancing is complete. By now, we should have started to organize the dancers together. Granted, Candy has one dancer, but still, there's Greased Lightning.

All I can say is, good luck.