Sing

it makes u express your feelings something that no one can take from u

This is hard to do because my daily commute has turned into three hours. I still need to find every opportunity to practice.

The guy is paying me pretty well to sing his demo, so I want to do a good job for him. Unfortunately, he wasn’t crazy about the working recording I sent. He wants me to sound ANGRIER…

The only thing is – his melody isn’t an angry melody. The song is written in GAD – no minor chords. It’s bouncy & the melody contours up at the end of each line. On top of everything else, each & every note has a syllable assigned to it, so there’s no room for me to add growls or other sorts of sounds that would normally imply angry.

I took it with me to my voice lesson yesterday, hoping my coach would be able to help, but she said basically the same things I had already thought. We did find a couple of syllables I could free up & she suggested making my voice more punchy than smooth, which isn’t easy with this melody.

I saw him today & he was telling a friend of his how thrilled he was that I was singing his demo. I know he expects me to be able to pull this off, but I have no idea how I’m gonna do that…

It’s a good problem to have… I AM making money for singing it, after all.

I’ve been singing for most of my life, but I haven’t done much solo singing. Most of the time, I like to “hide” in the background & do my thing…

One of hubby’s bands is performing at a big benefit in mid-July. A friend of ours, from one of the OTHER bands that’s performing, went to our MySpace page, liked my singing, & wants me to sing a call & response blues type thing with him on the last song of his set.

- Its a BIG crowd of hardcore music lovers. These people KNOW music & there’s gonna be a boatload of them.

- There are some pretty awesome musicians in this band. I hope I can keep up.

- It’s a stretch for me to sing solo at the local coffeehouse.

- I’ll have no idea what I’m going to be singing, what key, or anything until I get there. I’ll ave to pick it up at the soundcheck on the day of show.

No pressure, right? ;)

But I’d be a FOOL to say no. So I’m gonna give it a shot.

The good thing is it’s not about me, not like I’m taking center stage. There will be a whole bunch of other people, all EXCELLENT musicians up there with me, and I just have a few solo line, so I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.

Are ya’ll convinced yet? ;)

ALL MY LIFE I WANTED TO SING BUT NOW I HAVE A CHANCE I CAN FORFILL MY LIFE AND STOP SINGING TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND BE A STAR.

hey im destiny and i love to sing and crunk

I sang Jazz in high school and college, and have kind of lost the motivation to keep it up, except for in the car singing to the radio! But singing chases away the blues, makes me feel better (more so than crying) and makes me so happy! So I want to pick it up again, more than just practicing in the car. I want to sing with a jazz band.

I am famous and a great singer and is on here to help everyone

just a little coffee house, but hey – I did it & after the initial stage fright passed, I had a blast! I’m still working on the breathing, but I’m getting better at accessing my whole range & it’s surprisingly easy. I’ve been trying way too hard. Singing is more like hang gliding than launching a rocket…

And…

This week, another writer asked me to sing lead on two of his demos! He’s actually going to pay me, which makes me a “professional” singer. haha

I punked out again. I was working and chose not to go out. I will do it another time.