Day 23! So much fun!

Today was a great day here in vocal torture ;) jk I love this. My iPhone's AUX port decided to start working today which is awesome because now I can warm up really well while I drive! Before I had to hold my silly cellphone but now I it can just play on my speakers... apple pro ducts are crazy... it is like a sick child you just have to give him time to get better... the side buttons even started working... CRAZY! I am happy about it but confused why... On another note My boyfriend is convinced that I do not sing in my normal voice... I am having a long running... kind of heated.... discussion about this... he says that I put on a weird singing voice... I don't really know what he is talking about. I'll have to get to the bottom of this... He says the low notes sound like me but the other ones sound weird and like a completely different person... any thoughts..??

Daily Practice Session

Technical Concepts - Oh my gosh I went over so many things today.... I worked on three different vocal lessons with Kurt bc I was so nervous for the performance... I did: lip trills, goo-goos, go & goo on an octave leap, ah to uh with two different excercises, zah, e, i, oh, uh, oh and then backwards (I might seriously have a learning disability bc I can't get this- the vowels don't make any sense to me), zah-ah-ah, Then I went to the next lesson and worked on nay-nay, muh-muh, la-le-li-lo-lu, and la-la-la-a-a-a, la on the three time loop that goes from the  bottom to the top and then to the bottom and around again fast, then on to the next... gyu, goo-gee, zee-zaaa-zoooo-zuuuu or something like that...

70 Minutes

Repertoire - Stepsister's Lament x 3, Summer Time x 7, Another hundred people x 3, Anastacia x 3
35 Minutes 

Successes – I felt pretty good about Summer Time until the performance... I feel good about Anastacia... still needs so much work but I know it will get better. I like My Life Would Suck Without You also. 
 

Areas for improvement – I feel like I am pushing to hard and not just letting the sound come out... on all my songs.

Notes: I am so incredibly confused about what George said tonight...? I don't know what he means by my "real voice".

My Live Performance.... yay I did it!!

Date/time - January 23, 2011

Show/Venue - Marshall Performing Arts Conservatory

Program or Song Choice – I sang Stepsister's Lament and Summer Time

What did you most enjoy? – I really enjoyed the character for Stepsister bc it really helps me feel comfortable to put someone else on for the nerves. I actually felt kind of comfortable singing this in front of people.

What did you find challenging and why? – It was really hard to not have the music for my second song... I was nervous enough and add on top of that extra stresses it made me really uncomfortable...I had to work really hard to not be mad at Zach bc I knew that would just be anti-productive. I tried to roll with the punches but this song definitely did not make me feel confident about my voice at all.

Observations and Remembrances – It was really fun to perform in front of people... I think that performance is my drug... even though I did not feel like I did an amazing job it still feels good to get up there and just do it and not care what anyone says or thinks.

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Healthy Eating

Meal Description – Spinaci salad from Il Vicino...(Spinach, red bell peppers, red onions, pinon, blue cheese with a pesto vinagrette)  I was so hungry that I ate half of it before I remembered the picture so here is the second half of my favorite salad in ABQ.

Restaurant or Market – Il Vicino

Rating – ************************