To create my band page , i started of as the leader of the band as well as the lead singer, i started off by thinking of the name , i came up with the m1raclez because we wanted a twist to ' mircale' and added the ' s' to show were a team and work together in unison . Miracle came to my mind when we were rehearsing and realised how different each and one of us are on our instruments with our licks on locals and extra piano riffs on piano and so on , but we fit together so perfectly as if its a miracle, miracle also represents us as a band because we bring something different to a live showcase a diff rent kind of original, although before we were thinking of ' tweedledee' because like Tweedledee and dumb as Louis would always ask silly questions but then we wanted something more inspiring and unique so it made us come up with ' m1rcalez' we added the 1 instead of 'i' because there is  only one miracle band and its us and the 'm' at begging is also the lead singer which is me ' matlinda' my first names letter . The logo was drawn on my leg by my best Friend who is taking art in college, i decided that a moon with a fade , as its bursting out will describes us emotionally as dark as the song is(original)  , and that we think outside the box, it also shows that the night sky fascinates us as well as having a portrait of what we do mostly, and that its a hidden side to us that isn't discovered until

Last Tuesday, 8th November, i unfortunately had to miss music culture but for a good cause i was invited to a ' Surviving the music industry' day with Sam Bailey, which i was really exited about my dad drove me all the way to Leicester, to the day specifically , after having a talk with her that day and listening to how much stress she went through and how hard she had to work dropping managers included and how tough the industry is it really helped me realise a lot, i had a one to one conversation with her and asked her a few question the harsh reality of the music industry was pointed out to me and from that day i have been working harder and harder to achieve what i ant its not as easy as everyone thinks there is a lot that goes on behind closed doors that nobody sees or realises which we learned about Sam, i was lucky to be given the opportunity despite how far it was my dad kindly took me there because it was a chance i just couldn't afford to miss and he thought so to, he loved it as well as me and it helped him realise a lot for me as well .

Tonight , i have been practising Christmas songs because on ACM's music gateway i was assigned a project for a gig , and i emailed the lady with a link of my material and she pleasantly offered me an hour slot , full of Christmas songs, so i am making sure i can try to memorise them and get them pitch perfect before the 5th and 7th which are the 2 days I'm doing for her

After a second tutorial with Sarah Geary, i also let her listen to my original song which i sang at open mic UK and she said similar views as Abbie as well, she worked out that on my high parts i was really competent in the vocals and that because i was so terrified and nervous you were able to tell that my low vocals wernt working as efficiently , because i wasn't concentrating on them as i was to nervous and concentrating on my nerves more than my performance , Sarah also mentioned about my pronounceation of words and diction wasnt correct so we tried so tounge twisters , and later thag day i booked room 14 to practice myself with the microphone so then i could hear myself propally and the exersizes sarah gave me to do i went and done them , and then practiced more songs

After engaging in a tutorial with abbie, she made me realise what i need to do to enhanse my lower vocal chords and get them to work propally as i had been struggling to go low in rolling in the deep at band skills, and for my own original song which i showed her , she had given me simular feedback to open mic uk judges , i needed to do more ' guh' sounds and be doopy with the sound so when i got home that day in my bedroom i was working on her feedback as much as i could to reach my lower vocals which was my aim from the start of acm, i found her exersizes really worked well and i still do them everyday

For stylistic awarness week commencing 7th , i went to my freinds house who knew a lot about indie
/alternative and happened to be a massive fan of the Arctic Monkeys, helped me come to terms with the new song for the week ' you only call me when your high" we went through it verse by verse learning it slowly i really enjoyed learning it and i was exited to perform it for joe at stylistic awareness, i went into stylistic awareness with an open mind to learn a volurntered to be one of the first to go up , joe complimented my singing which made me feel like i had done a great job, and i really loved experimenting with the genre i can say that i will definatlely be singing more indie songs after realising i was actually really good at it , just goes to show experimenting trying new things can come out with good results :),my composition was also in the style of indie .

I had to practice some punk songs to get used to the style before stylistic awareness so i managed to search up some punk songs and practiced some sex pistols , i found that punk was really hard attack with the vocals but really enjoyable , when i had my stylistic awareness lesson that thursday i was shcoked at how much fun we were all having together but were terrified to all go up, so joe made us all go up altogether and we sang our hearts out we sang ' white riot' and got to figure out what they were singing about and how they were being political and trying to make a point through their music, after signing punk i figured it wasnt really for me because i was tired after just one song but it intreiged me to listen to punk more and understand it

Before the perfomance took off i had 30 minuites to practice my performance before the area final show, when i was practicing beforehand i made sure i was doing the correct breathing exersizes , breathing in and out from 1 - 27 which is the highest i can reach at the moment , as well at helping with projection it also allowed me to help control my nerves as i was terrified to face the audience and judges, after my breathing exersizes i done my 5 tone scale with lip trills to warm up my vocals then moved on to the 1.5 octave with a ' bah' sound to close my vocal chords which helped me get ready for the sound check and then the actual performance overall it was a great afternoon!

Youtube video from open mic uk audition

Competition- open mic uk (audition)

On Sunday 23rd October, i was at my regional finals of a competition called open mic uk , i managed o get to the area finals and received some brilliant feedback. Every step of my journey at the open mic u competition was amazing i loved every moment of it and i cant wait till my next audition, many people came up to me and said they loved my original song which i performed and it made them very emotional which i was proud of , also following the judges feedback i have been working on my diction for the next audition , although i still lack stage confidence which i hope to build through my time at ACM in band skills.