Derek's Musical History |
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Biography
Derek McGann was born in 1998. Since McGann was young, he enjoyed listening to many genres of music. He has since been intrigued in being involved in music and has had some interest in the subject. When he was 7, he started to take guitar lessons, which didn't leave him on a positive note, which is why McGann took up the guitar again only before the start of Gr.11. While in first semester, he took the guitar class, and since then, has encouraged himself to keep playing. Derek has put forth the effort and initiative to play and teach/reteach himself chords and other techniques. Learning and playing songs for performance tests has been a great experience for him as he was taught different playing styles. His musical influences would include some rock and roll bands, such as ACDC and Guns n’ Roses. These band’s songs are some of the first rock and roll songs that McGann heard before, so they had a great impact on what he enjoyed listening to. Doing community service work was a great experience for McGann. He has helped out at the Christmas breakfast for the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre in Kanata for the past 5 years. He has also done work for the 2014 Ottawa Race Weekend, in Downtown Ottawa, for the Medical Department. McGann's other hobbies would include sports (in and outside of schools), such as hockey, golf, baseball, ping pong and soccer. He has achieved many trophies and medals in both hockey and soccer. He also enjoys, in his spare time, to hang out with friends, listen to music on his phone and to surf the web.
Repertoire List
Study in C - Fernando Sor
All Shook Up - Otis Blackwell/ Elvis Presley
Lady Madonna - Beatles
My My Hey Hey - Neil Young
Otherside - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Clocks - Coldplay
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Radioactive - Imagine Dragon
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
All Shook Up - Otis Blackwell/ Elvis Presley
Lady Madonna - Beatles
My My Hey Hey - Neil Young
Otherside - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Clocks - Coldplay
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Radioactive - Imagine Dragon
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
List of Performances
October 1st, 2014 - Study in C, Performance Test to Ms. Little
October 24th, 2014 - All Shook Up, Performance Test to Class
November 25th, 2014 - Lady Madonna, Performance Test to Class
December 17th, 2014 - My My Hey Hey, Performance Test to Class
October 24th, 2014 - All Shook Up, Performance Test to Class
November 25th, 2014 - Lady Madonna, Performance Test to Class
December 17th, 2014 - My My Hey Hey, Performance Test to Class
Other Musical Accomplishes
McGann has been in a Gr.11 Guitar Class at All Saints CHS. He has also taken guitar lessons for 1 year.