cris the man Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 hi there guys i've just been given my first interview/audition for a uni in which i am applying too they've asked me to do some sight reading, some improvisation and to play a solo piece (backing CD's are allowed) any advice on interview technique or anything that could help would be awesome also, im looking for a piece that shows off musicianship thats easy on the ear, any ideas would be greatly appreciated many thanks chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endorka Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 For my audition piece I arranged a bunch of great movie themes/basslines/melodies into a medley and played them on a 6 string bass, accompanied by a drummer friend. It worked :-) I'm certainly no authority, but I would avoid all the usual suspects like the plague. Yes, that does include "Portrait of Tracy". They will have heard it a million times before. On that day. For the interview, the killer question for auditionees was, and I paraphrase: "You do of course realise that it is incredibly unlikely you will be able to make a living playing music, even if you get into this course and get the degree. What do you think of that?" Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Try one of the Bach Cello Suites but NOT the one in G Major because they will have heard THAT a hundred times before also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBrownBass Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 [quote name='cris the man' post='1064520' date='Dec 20 2010, 12:36 PM']hi there guys i've just been given my first interview/audition for a uni in which i am applying too they've asked me to do some sight reading, some improvisation and to play a solo piece (backing CD's are allowed) any advice on interview technique or anything that could help would be awesome also, im looking for a piece that shows off musicianship thats easy on the ear, any ideas would be greatly appreciated many thanks chris[/quote] What uni/course is it mate?? Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 PM'ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cris the man Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) [quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1064748' date='Dec 20 2010, 04:09 PM']What uni/course is it mate?? Jake[/quote] this one is for the popular music course at southampton solent but i presume i'll need a similar thing for my other unis im applying to glamorgan, falmouth, canterbury christchurch and wolverhampton aha yes my thoughts exactly on avoiding the plague Edited December 21, 2010 by cris the man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMT3781 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 i did the pop course at wolverhampton... the new facilities there look incredible, i wish they were finished while i was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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