Carbo-loading for the Singer

Today on Shark Week - Epic feeding frenzy for my voice/brain.

It began on Wednesday with a free sample commercials audition seminar at WB studios. Very interesting stuff, def worthwhile for anyone looking to cross over into TV... I mean, think about it.... that Verizon Wireless Guy's life is made! (Yes I can hear you now!)

Also, I now know how absurdly large and animated my features look on screen... it's not pretty... (lieutenant lemur on LSD, reporting for duty)

None to soon came Friday, when a talented TV star friend took me to her SAG seminar called Rocking the Pop/Rock Audition. The event was hands-down one of the most useful sessions I have attended. The woman who lead it was a firecracker (a late '70s import, for sure, complete with bell bottoms and paisley blouse). And wowza, was there a POTTYmouth on her! Nevertheless, she pried open my eyes (and catalyzed my ::yuck:: reflex) to the realities of pop/rock auditions and vocal expectations of the industry.

As per usual I was not quite as prepared as I might have liked, but the lecturer graciously allowed me to take notes on that marvelous all-consuming entity otherwise known as the Crackberry. (I'm fairly certain I type about 90 words per minute on the thing... perfect strangers get a bit freaked out because I don't even have to look at the device any more, even mid-textual madness.)

Then today, I had a vocal coaching session with Mr. W. As if his piano playing skills, warm demeanor, and enviable aesthetic design sensibilities weren't enough, this man is GOD for dancers who want to sing at a hire-able level. Almost everything I learned today I heard for the first time from him. His novel approach to vocalizing and coaching took me from being a decent singer to being competitively marketable in musical theatre (according to him). Given the improvements he helped me make in just an hour or so, I can't wait to go back!

Props to Legs #1, one of the great loves of my life, for the stellar recommendation.

Paz y amor y impending birthday!!!!!

Your Broadway Baby