Lord Of The Blings

This year as part of my HNC music course, I wanted to be involved with as many projects as I could manage. I was involved with Alex Mckeatings degree project entitled 'The Lord Of The Blings, A Hip-Hopera'. The project was a musical version of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy focussing on hip hop music. My role within the musical was to play 'Lego-lass', a female version of the character 'Legolass' but with an obsession with lego. The musical was a great success and alot of fun to be a part of, but there are always challenges and complications. The first challenge I encountered was being asked to rap in one of the songs. I have never done this before and very nervous about doing it, however i stepped up to the mark and did as Alex asked me which was flexible and adaptable which is a key aspect of becoming a session musician. Another example of being flexible and adaptable was on the night of the performance where there was a scene where a group of neds attacked the main characters. We realised just seconds before the scene that the main ned, Martin, couldnt take part because of costume changes. Therefore I was asked to take his place as the main ned. I had no idea when to go on stage or what to do so i improvised and the feedback from the audience was that the scene was hilarious and very enjoyable. I was very pleased that I was able to adapt at such short notice. The whole performance was a great success and very enjoyable to be a part of, Congratulations to Alex Mckeating himself and all the cast involved.


For the hobbits!