MUSIC BUSINESS
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CV
Kaila Gallacher
Hamilton
ML3 8NH
07305 943872
I am an individual who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and hard working. I am a friendly individual who always seeks to help others. I can work well off my own initiative and as part of a team. I can adapt in any situation and I enjoy problem solving. I have excellent communication, verbal and written skills and I am well organised. I have worked in retail, in a placement at the Village Music Shop in East Kilbride and in a temporary Christmas job at Marks and Spencer. I have also worked with children, in a placement at First Steps nursery in Hamilton. I have further experience with children as I have two younger brothers. I am also extremely passionate about all things to do with music and have a great amount of knowledge about this subject, and I am currently attending Riverside Music College undertaking an HND course in Music Performance. I also play guitar, keyboard, drums and bass.
Work Experience
Assistant
Marks and Spencer - East Kilbride December 2018 to January 2019
This was a temporary job for the holidays. My tasks included working at the tills, stocking, tidying up stocks and displays and interacting with and helping customers.
Shop Assistant
Village Music Shop - East Kilbride May 2017 to May 2017
I worked at the Village Music Shop for a week as part of my work experience within school. My duties included stocking products, cleaning, selling products on the shop's website and welcoming and assisting customers.
Assistant
First Steps nursery – Hamilton March 2017 to March 2017
I worked at First Steps nursery as part of a school programme which offered us a week's placement in local nurseries. I would assist teachers with activities and snacks and assist the children by helping them if they had any issues and getting involved in their activities and games.
Education
2014-2019: St John Ogilvie High School, Hamilton
2019-: Riverside Music College, Busby
Qualifications
Music Performance, HNC: Pending
English, Higher: A, Nat 5: A
Music, Higher: A, Nat 5: A
Music Technology, Higher: A
Photography, Higher: A
Art and Design, Nat 5: A
History, Nat 5: A
Spanish, Nat 5: A
Computing Science, Nat 5: A
Mathematics, Nat 5: A, Nat 4: P
Key Skills
• Self-motivation and ability to take initiative
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer literacy
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisation, with attention to detail
• Quick learner, keen to learn and improve skills
• Passionate about music, can play several instruments
References
Marks and Spencer
Kingsgate Retail Park
Glasgow Rd
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G74 4UN
01355 264458
Lee Adkins
St John Ogilvie High School
Farm Road
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 9LA
01698 727600
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Artwork
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Demo
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https://soundcloud.com/user-404159902/everything-i-dreamed-of-demo
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Biography
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Kaila is a Scottish girl chasing a dream. A teenager raised in the humble town of Hamilton, she fell in love with the sounds of the sixties and seventies and became inspired to make music delivering the same sounds, but with her own modern twist as a young woman growing up in a new era.
First picking up a pair of drumsticks in her first year of high school, Kaila has went on to learn a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, piano and banjo, as well as writing her own material and gathering up the courage to sing it. Kaila struck gold for the first time in 2018, when she wrote what she believes to be the best she has written - “Everything I Dreamed Of”. The following year, Kaila became a student at Riverside Music College, studying performance, and decided to bring her pièce de résistance to life in the college’s recording studios. In between, she has performed with her college bands at the Classic Grand in Glasgow, playing her first instrument that kickstarted her love for music, the drums.
Kaila plans to release her first ever single in March 2020. She is excited to see what the future will bring for her career.
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Press Release
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EVERYTHING I DREAMED OF: THE DEBUT SINGLE FROM KAILA
Upcoming teen artist Kaila is finally ready to unleash her musical brainchild into the world – in the form of her first ever single, Everything I Dreamed Of, a sweet little love song both relatable and catchy.
Everything I Dreamed Of is not only written by Kaila, but all instrumentation is played by Kaila also. Vocals, guitar, bass and drums – all done by one girl. The song was recorded in the studios at Riverside Music College, which are some of Scotland’s most celebrated production studios. Only heard by few select ears, all of which have shown appreciation towards the song, Everything I Dreamed Of will be available to stream across several platforms for everybody in May 2020.
Kaila has been playing music since 2014 when she first picked up drumsticks at high school and has grown into a skilled singer-songwriter with experience in a variety of instruments. She describes Everything I Dreamed Of as the first great song she ever wrote.
Kaila can be found on the following social media:
https://www.facebook.com/officialkaila
https://www.instagram.com/officialkailamusic/
https://officialkaila.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/user-404159902
https://twitter.com/officiaikaila
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MUSIC THEORY
Sheet Music
FIRST INSTRUMENT STUDY
Drum Exercises
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Here is a YouTube link to me practising my rudiments and exercises, specifically the double stroke roll, on the kit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2exqYvv5h1I
Piece Performance
Here are YouTube links of me performing two of my pieces for First Study.
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Performance
Soundcloud links to songs recorded in the studio with college bands:
https://soundcloud.com/user-404159902/aint-no-rest-for-the-wicked/s-3Seb51FSsVs
https://soundcloud.com/user-404159902/always-remember-us-this-way/s-m7MhwfCUre5
Stage Plan
Here is a stage plan (and set list) which I wrote up for one of my college bands for our Classic Grand gig back in December.
The Heartbreakers
Classic Grand
Stage Time – 8/12/19
Stage directions are given from the point of view of the performers facing the audience
Backline provided by venue
Pearl masters series 5 piece drum kit with high and mid toms, floor tom, snare, bass drum, hi hat, two crash cymbals and ride cymbal plus pedals and stands
Yamaha stage piano with power supply and sustain pedal
3x Shure SM58 vocal mics with 3 boom stands and 3 XLR cables
Three wedge monitors across front of stage and 1 drum wedge monitor
Three DI boxes and relative cabling
Band members
Piano: Sam Morrison – Stage right
Drums: Kaila Gallacher – Centre rear
Vocals: Sarah Miller – Front right
Vocals: Bronwyn Storrie – Front left
Technical Set List
All songs are in Standard Tuning.
Take Me to Church
E minor
Time changes
Adagio
64 bpm
4:20
Vocal solos
Shared vocal
Always Remember Us This Way
C major
4/4
Adagio
65 bpm
3:30
Includes piano solo
Shared vox
Read All About It
A minor
4/4
Andante
75 bpm
5:30
Lead vocal: Bronwyn
I’m Not the Only One
F major
4/4
Andante
80 bpm
3:50
Shared vocal
Iris
B minor
3 / 4
Allegro
156 bpm
Lead vocal: Sarah
Piano and drum solo
Medium hall reverb for all vocals
