16th February 2010

Today Mr. Herry asked us to submit our 12 bar blues. As it turns out, he sent us reminders to finish it last night, very late at around 12, so many people didn't finish the blues. I think he also reminded us the class before, but I forgot about it. Although I already finished my first draft, I still wanted to work on it and improve it, but since there was very little time, I didn't change it much. Instead, I gave Mr. Herry my blues (which he ironically found on his desk) and asked for his feedback. He told me which parts I did wrong (downbeat should be from chord, upbeat can be from scale), and fixed the last chord. After that, I fixed those mistakes and submitted the blues to him. At first I called it "Pingas Blues" but since it was too vulgar, I changed it to "Autistic Blues" instead. I stayed back in recess. After the recess, Mr. Herry checked our blogs and got really angry, ballistic even, at those who didn't heed his warning to update the blogs. We also learnt about the "walking bass" and the evolution of music, how blues is the ancestor of modern genres such as Rock, R&B, etc. Next time we are asked to play "All of Me" for yet another checking of progress.