So They Say...

Seamless Monday. I could have done without the gloom and rain that just won't quit. Work was fine, hooray for projects - sorting out European money from the past two decades, compiling the Masthead binder... oh the perks of the PR industry.

The joy of my day was the two vocal tech and audition tech classes I stumbled upon at Broadway Dance Center. School's in session! Such a useful and fresh experience; Bettina Sheppard is a wonderful teacher, especially given the challenge of relaying specific feedback for such different individual singers in less than a half hour's time. Usually vocal coaching lessons go for $60-100 an hour, and I paid $10. There are times when I thank the heavens for things like work study programs for dancers.

Ms. Sheppard pulled out an Ethel Merman classic, "They Say It's Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun. I'd never heard it before, and it proved the perfect challenge for working on this new marketable nasal-ish sound I'm supposed to create. It's really true what they say that a) love is wonderful and b) you really should warm up and sing at least once a day. After all, you're not just another pretty face, you're an instrument!

After taking two hours of vocal classes back to back, I sang "Til There Was You" better than I can ever recall singing any legit song. Little baby steps, I just have to stay focused and continue to work hard with out over-working. It doesn't hurt that I can put Gene Kelly on any time I need a little inspiration. Siiiigh. At least I'll get to spend this whole week "Singing in the Rain"!
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Galoshes at the ready!!