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With great freedom comes great responsibility. With two rehearsals remaining until performances, many bands are working hard on prep and polish. Within this process, several bands have hit areas of frustration that they didn’t foresee. For Level 1&2 Rockers, this … Continued

Midway to Mid-Year All bands from our youngest to our most advanced rockers are in the process of prepping for Mid-Year Performances. Many have settled on a band name, established their set list and begun rehearsing their performance order (including … Continued

Digital Sound Board and Drum Ensemble! Big changes were afoot this week as Sound Engineering students had their first opportunity to work with IIM’s new digital sound board. Sound Engineering students ran through the layers of the board including the … Continued

90% Perspiration… How do Rockers 3 & 4 bands go about writing original material? The process can be intimidating for any first time songwriter, and several bands are approaching their writing collaboratively. This week Rockers 4A  (“The Watergate”) spent some … Continued

Young Rockers: Name that Tune! This week all Young Rocker bands finished rough versions of their first songs and selected song number two. What songs are these hard-working young musicians playing in week three of rehearsal? Young Rockers A finished … Continued

How much does it cost to start a band? We welcomed several new band members this week with a smooth transition. Young Rockers continued to work on their individual parts and were able to put together the first verse of … Continued

And we’re off! It was an action-packed first week for all IIM bands. Young Rockers, who come to the program with little or no musical experience, spent the first half of their rehearsal hour reviewing expectations and listening to some … Continued