Live Reviewing Workshop

Another tent we regularly frequented was the Academy. This was ran by The University of Cumbria and boasted an exciting line up!

As a budding music journalist, I was lucky enough to catch a workshop on Live Reviewing, ran by experts in the subject, Dave Haslam, Andrew Mueller and John Robb.

We were given insider tips and hints, some of which can be seen here:

• Always keep your audience in mind.
• The Five things to include: facts, audience, unique events, the music and your own opinion.
• Be confident.
• Before the show think of 4/5 key songs that might be played. Write about these. (you know, the ones everyone wants to hear!)
• Always check your facts.
• Give a visual description.

Although some of these tips sound rather like an English Language GCSE lesson, they will undoubtedly be useful. Some of you may even be inspired to write your own review!

During the session, we were asked to write a review of a gig we had recently seen. I chose to write about ONSIND at Indietracks music festival. If anyone fancies joining in, write a review and send me a message! It might just be posted on here.

:D

Dave Haslam and Andrew Mueller