Members B-Bottom Posted February 7, 2008 Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 The local theme park is auditioning musicians for the summer months and I am thinking about giving it a shot. I have never had a real audition before. Here is the criteria Musicians should be prepared with major/minor scales, an etude, two solo selections of contrasting styles, and improvisation. The audition is on the 16th so I have to get cracking. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted February 7, 2008 Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 Sign up with Bassius for a few weeks if you can swing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members B-Bottom Posted February 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 8, 2008 oh and I spoke to the one woman who holds the auditions. She said that I would need to do an improve with a keyboardist. I have no problem jamming. But I have only ever played with one keyboardist in my life. So i am far from comfortable with that. Any suggestions for playing with one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members postludium Posted February 8, 2008 Members Share Posted February 8, 2008 its pretty straight forward; just like playing with a guitarist imo. They can play chords and you do whatever, and they can solo and you hold the bass line or whatever. Really not any different than jamming with a guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Incubitabus Posted February 8, 2008 Members Share Posted February 8, 2008 I would suggest checking out the list of shows on the park website, then learning a couple pieces in similar styles (IE - If they do a classic rock show, learn Sweet Home Alabama, or if they do a 50's show, learn some Richie Valens, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One Bad Monkey Posted February 8, 2008 Members Share Posted February 8, 2008 +1 on doing some popular music basslines. I played the Allman Brother's "Blue Sky" and Bach's First Cello Prelude for my two pieces when I auditioned for Cedar Point years back. The main thing they want to know is how your time keeping ability is, how well you groove/hold down that low end, etc.. Having two contrasting pieces also shows them that you can hang in different environments, and may land you a spot in a show they had a hard time finding someone for. If you can grab a Jamey Aebersold book to play along with for improvisation, I'd say do it. It'll have a CD with piano parts on it so you can get up to speed. Just some other things to consider: how well can you read music and memorize it? Can you play it note-for-note six times a day, six days a week? Can you play to a click-track? These are all things that were commonplace at Cedar Point for musicians; it may be different for the park you're auditioning at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members B-Bottom Posted February 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 8, 2008 thanks for the suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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