My interpretation of the meaning behind this song is that no matter how hard things get people will still stand by your side when you need them the most. I also believe that this song suggests rebellion or a change of some sorts. As the lyrics "Everything could stay the same or we could change it all" suggests that the power of the people can make a difference compared to the power of a single person. I thought this related to 'Black History Month' as it can link to the unity people had when they were being discriminated against and how they stuck together through the tough times and eventually came out of it okay. In order to portray this meaning I will emphasise certain words when I sing, for example I will emphasise "we" a lot to show the power of people and strength in numbers. I will also emphasise words such as "battlefield" "shots" "forget" as they are emotive words that trigger a particular feeling/emotion. I want to strip back this song to a bare minimum to show the emotion and rawness the song has. i.e. I will sing and play piano. Having single vocals and one instrument will give it an acoustic vibe and I think will make it a far more emotional performance than if it was a backing track.
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In order to make my performance better I could experiment with different octaves on the piano in order to make some parts more hard hitting and others softer. This would create contrast and make it far more interesting to listen to.
I could also experiment with using my chest and head voice in order to add dynamics to make some buts sound more vulnerable and other parts more powerful.
Due to the song change I will probably change my lighting to singularly blue in order to emphasise the sad emotion and coldness of discrimination.
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