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​Alyssa's RST

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Biography

Alyssa Silliker is 18 and has been singing her whole life. Alyssa comes from a very musically involved family on her fathers side. She didn't take singing seriously until her aunt, whom was her inspiration vocally, passed away in 2009 in the Bathurst crash. Since then Alyssa has trained and competed in various local competitions including ottawa idol where she placed third in 2015. In grade 10, Alyssa took up playing piano and then later in grade 12 Alyssa started playing ukulele as well as learning alto saxophone and guitar through her school. She hopes to keep music in her life moving forwards.

My Repertoire List (vocals)
-Feeling good by Carly Rose
 
-You can let go now daddy by Crystal Shawanda

-Land of 1000 dances by Wilson Pickett

-Autumn leaves by Ed Sheeran
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-Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett

My Repertoire List (alto sax)
-Mercy  

-Heard it through the grapevine by Marvin Gaye

-Think by Aretha Franklin
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​-Forget you by Cee Lo Green

-Want you back by Jackson 5
My Repertoire List (piano)
-Youth by daughter
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-How to Save a Life by the fray

-Mr Brightside by the Killers

-Medicine by Daughter

-Cold by Ben Cocks


My Repertoire List (guitar)
-Good Riddance by Green Day

-Zombie by the cranberries

​-12 Feet Deep by The Frontbottoms

-Aware by Front porch step

-Peter by Daughter

My Repertoire List (ukulele)
-Cough syrup by Young the Giant

-Size of the Moon by Pinegrove

-Riptide by Vance Joy

-I'm yours by Bruno Mars

-On the Brightside by Nevershoutnever

My Performance List
  • Holy Trinity R&B Band: China town, KRC hill, Saunders, Little Italy,      R&B summit 2016
  • Ottawa idol christmas and red carpet concerts 2013-2016
  • Rib Fest 2016
  • Carp fair 2012-2016
  • All Saints R&B Band: R&B summit 2017 & 2018, Kiwanis/ Algonquin, Lisgar Collegiate
  • Show choir: 2 feeder schools, Show choir Canada 2017 & 2018
  • Guitar performance test 1 & 2, The guitar show 2018
Related Experience/Musical Accomplishments

-Worked with Rob Clarot, owner of the Ottawa Vocal and Dance    acadamy, for 2 years

-Placed third in Ottawa idol in the 2015-16 season

-Sang live on rogers TV may 2016

-2 years of musical theatre

-School vocal class & Showchoir 2016-2018
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​My Song Introduction

Title: Arms Length

Instrumentation: Guitar, Vocals, Bass

Story behind the song: Letting others negatively impact the way you live.
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My Song Video
Song Notation

Verse:
C                                   F
One day my hands won't shake
Am         Em                 F
One day my heart won't break

At the mention of you,

C                                     F
Some day I won't answer my texts
Am           Em                 F
Some day i'll leave things unread

Tryna change who I am,

Pre chorus:
C                    F
But I can't fall asleep
                  Am
And I cannot speak
Em    F
Ohh

Chorus:
C                              F
They're holding me at arms length
Am                             Em
Like they don't want me here
      F
But they don't want me gone,
C                 F
I just got so caught up
Am                            Em
In what everyone else wants
       F
That I don't know what I want,

Verse:
C                    F

Today I burnt myself
Am       Em         F
To peel back the vedlt


Of what I've been hiding,

C                                   F
Today I thought of things you said
Am                  Em            F

Only thing that got me out of bed

Hoping that you'd find me

Pre chorus:
C                    F
But I can't fall asleep 
     
              Am
And I cannot speak

Em     F
Ohh


Chorus:
C                              F
They're holding me at arms length
Am                             Em
Like they don't want me here
      F
But they don't want me gone,
C                 F
I just got so caught up
Am                            Em
In what everyone else wants
       F
That I don't know what I want,

Bridge/Outro:
C                     F                               Am   Em     F
A sadness so complete I mistook it for calm

You were never calm

​C  F  Am/Em  F






​My Song Introduction


Title:​ Lost 

Instrumentation: vocals and piano (Alyssa), harmonies (Allie T), drums (Mia N), guitar (Ryan T)

Story behind the song: After a major concussion, thoughts and ideas get mixed up, along with some memory loss. This song is about the frustrations I feel towards my own head​

My song video (vocals)
lost__1_.mp3
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Song Notation
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Song idea- lost

My minds a mess,

It's still bad I confess

And how do I ask for help

When I frustrate myself


sorry I forgot your name

I know I'm the one to blame

My thoughts are all tangled

It gets hard to handle


(Chorus)

I was hoping I would find

My piece of mind

I've been missing


Can you help me out

My heads filled with doubt

My mind got flipped around

And I'm still lost somehow


I know I’m not that smart

Don’t think I ever was

But my heads foggy and dark

I’ve finally had enough


(Chorus)

I was hoping I would find,

My piece of mind

I've been missing


Sorry this is the way it goes

Please don't think of me like that

Iknow I seem fine I suppose

But I don't know when you last asked


Cause I'd show them that my minds gone

I'll still be confused at dawn

This just seems to drag on

Can't leave it in the past


(Chorus)

I was hoping I would find

My piece of mind

I've been missing

I've been missing X2



Song Introduction

Title: Play you like a saxophone

Song genre: R&B

Instrumentation:
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Lead vocals -Alyssa
BG vocals -Rhiannon
Guitar -Zach O
Bass -Ryan
Drums -Ryan H
Alto sax -Krisna, Asia, Silin, Rhiannon
Bari sax -Kharincia
Tenor sax -Alex, Jacob
Trumpet -Ireland, Caleb
Trombone -Max
Piano -Danielle
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Story behind the song: A small town musician wants to make it in the music world but is stuck playing at local small bars



My Song Video (instrumental)
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Song notation:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F74_moRDnpFDBQiTkcNaLn9hn2NX9F0lI9Ia106GsZg/edit

Reflection Video