DAY 18

Exhaustion is kicking in. The first day of class was good but made me realize that Tuesdays are going to be awful... I don't even have a break for lunch :( I got a really good vocal practice session in tonight bc I came home and crashed out for a power nap and got up to some singing :)

So glad I successfully posted my incredibly stressful post last night... If you don't know the story I will tell you sometime!

Daily Practice Session

Technical Concepts - I went over one of my recordings with Kurt. I went through the lip trills 3 times bc I just did not feel like I was hearing the notes. I then went to goo-goos three times for the very same reason... I find myself not going all the way to the bottom and so I restarted so I could do the full scales. I also went through nay-nays twice because I could feel myself chewing the nnnnns and I need to work on making the vowels more present. I also worked on the Ve-ve-ve down into chest I feel like this is so helpful with my chest voice (even tho I don't really have one...). Then I worked on a ve scale that starts in chest and goes an octave higher and works its way back down... not sure what this is called. I also worked on the la stuff.... la-la-la-la-a-a-a and la-la octave leaps & projection. I did the exercise that gave me so much stress last month going up and down with 3 scales two of them fast. Oh shoot! I totally forgot to do my la-le-li-lo-lu!!!! I am going to do that once I blog because after last night I am way too stressed to post late anymore.
42 Minutes 

Repertoire - I worked on Another 100 People with the cool lady on youtube. I ran through it 6 times before I started to get frustrated bc it was so fast! I have to remember to take little steps. I also listened to the suggested songs that Kurt gave me... I like quite a few of them but think all of them need to be up a whole step... which he also said... Listened to: What I Did for Love, I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You, Someone Else's Story, I Dreamed a Dream (glee version and the original)... I then got caught up listening to GLEE stuff and now I get what all the rave is all about... Someday I'll be cool :P
65 Minutes... then realized I have other responsibilities too... ha ha 

Successes –  I felt strong vocally after my warm up. I remembered quite a few of the words that were getting me messed up w Another 100 People.

Areas for improvement – I listened to some of me vocalizing with Kurt and I sound awful... it made it very hard to believe I am actually ever going to be good enough to even be trying (I know that sounds harsh but I am a very realistic person with my talents... maybe this is not one of them). I am working really hard but keep knowing that I am not getting simple concepts. I need to learn to slide back down from my head voice. How to actually make it sound like singing... to actually be on the notes I am supposed to ... to learn how to come in at the right time.... to breathe... to relax my face...

Notes: I ALSO NEED TO LEARN TO NOT GET SO FRUSTRATED LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW!