Last night at my practice in James Watt College I had my first singer Emma Sunman attend and backing vocalist Stephanie Strachan. The songs that Emma is singing are "Hella Good", "Underneath It All", "Dark Blue" and "Sunday Morning". We began with "Underneath It All" as we hadn't had a chance to play this last week due to Nick being unwell. The song was a great success, after going through it a few times we felt we had it sounding very good and had no trouble with it. There is a section of the song where a rap is performed and due to none of the singers wanting to perform this rap Scott filled out the section with an improvisation which sounded great (as shown in the attached video).

Nick was able to find the real sequencer track for "Hella Good", the one that is actually used in the song. We played along to it last night a few times however the track needs to have a click added so that I am able to stay in time with it as last night there is a few times it fell apart because I had no timing reference.

"Dark Blue" was sounding great last night. Unfortunately Emma hadn't learned the song properly and she was unsure of how to sing some of it. The more we played it, the better it was sounding as she was gradually picking it up. I have asked her to definitely learn it correctly for next time. Musically the band have got it perfectly. It sounds really great and full.

"Sunday Morning" was also sounding fantastic musically, the band have mastered it. Again, Emma was unsure of some parts and I had to get at her again to learn the songs for next time. I have warned her that if she is not going to learn the songs correctly I will find another singer who is more reliable to perform her songs.

The band played brilliantly last night, I don't think anyone drastically messed up or was unsure of what they were doing. I can honestly say I have an incredible band and they are extremely professional musicians. My backing vocalist Stephanie was also very prepared and professional. She had thoroughly learned the songs and performed them very well. Emma was not as prepared as she had not fully learned a couple of the songs. I will give her another chance of course and try and help her if she is having any trouble with them.

I was speaking with my trumpet player Lizy last night and she informed me that she has found the number of the trombone player she knows and she is going to contact him for me at some point today and ask him if he would be interested in doing my project. John has also put his saxophone in for repair today so I am hoping to have my brass section in very soon.

Attached is a video of "Underneath It All" from rehearsal last night, I was unable to record more due to my phone battery running out. I will ensure next time that I have fully charged my phone so I can take videos of other songs and upload them.