Saturday, 14 April 2012

Rehearsing the piece

Throughout the lessons we were required to not only take part in vocal warm ups but also to rehearse and perform our solo's in front of peers. This was something I found really daunting. the first time we performed in front of the class my voice was really shaky and i had constant eye contact with the floor. I think this was just down to the fact i haven't sung in front of people before. if i was dancing in front of them i still would have been nervous but as singing isn't really in my comfort zone i really struggled with doing this. However this is something i need to learn to overcome especially with the musical coming up I think its just something i will have to deal with as the process goes along as there isn't really a cure for nerves you can only learn how to deal with them better!

when i changed my song choice I didn't realise how hard it would be to find a backing track. I searched on you tube but all the versions on there i came across seemed to have the talking over the top  - which was the version taken directly from the film.Other versions I looked at managed to cut out half the verses or finished half way through ! it was an absolute nightmare trying to find one but eventually I managed to find a perfect version on you tube which I later used to rehearse and complete my audition with.

I also struggled a bit learning the words as the verses are so similar . It took a lot of practising and repetition until I knew the words off by heart and even on the morning of the audition I was still stressing because I was mixing the verses up completely but I think that was down to nerves really.

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