Examination

Today was the examination. I used my own relaxation techniques of listening out for my heart beat and listening to myself inhale and exhale, this soothes any nerves I have about performing. I then went to a practice room with idrees to warm up my vocal chords by using "mini mini mini mini mouse" this stretched out and warmed my vocals ready for my performance.

Then I performed:

Love you any less was first, when performing this song there is a lot of emotion behind it for me so I use that when performing to put power behind my voice and push for perfection. I feel that I had done this as the song went smoothly with no hiccups.

Picture Perfect was next this performance went well as well however I sung the wrong lines again within this song but due to the fact I had carried on ment that no one noticed. This led to me singing the song all the way through with no nerves.

Bother was the last the play. This time round I sung one line twice however it was unnoticeable as I carted on pushing my powerful voice out and inhaling and exhaling when I was suppose to. I felt that this was my best performance yet.

Isnt she lovely

This week we began perfecting isn't she lovely this entailed the swing beat on drums instead of one every beat on the high hat I would create a double tap instead to really push out the swing. I began to struggle with this and this made it hard for us to keep playing.

However I have made the transition to being exclusively a vocalist as it is my strongest skill this ment we needed to move on to a new song so that me and daisha are able to sing and back up vocals together, and work on harmonys together this will broden my skill set this means I widen my knowledge and vocal ability and performance.

Rehearsal Before Examination

 Today is the rehearsal before the examination. We did one sound check run through of each song before playing for a full reshersal.

I went off with idrees for my vocal warm up of mini mini mini mini mouse. When I came in I rehearsed my 3 songs:

Love you any less was first I felt very confident in the song and pushed myself to give it all I had, I feel this was a very positive performance, i used all my new found techniques to better my voice, I was able to keep good control over my voice during the different dynamics.

Picture Perfect was next this song was not to bad as I had sung two wrong lines however I kept going through the song. The bridge was well controlled especially the dynamics and the grit I put during the line "Yh did you have to go" this made the song seem powerful.

Bother was the last song I rehearsed.

Picture Perfect - Escape The Fate

Today I worked on my diction within picture Perfect, this is because some of the words I sing sound slurred or mumbled. I did this by projecting my diaphragm a lot more this gave me more control over my voice and my dynamics, this began to help me emphasise each word so that they were easily heard and understood.

For the next two days I will be working with idrees to work on this and by then I will be able to compleate this and Perfect this by the end of two days.

Bother-stone sour

At the end of this song the chorus is doubled and the last chours is sung at a higher pitch this posed a challenge for me. I'm working with idrees to work on my pitch and my diction within the song so that when I performs the notes are as precise as possible.

The last chours of the song I decided to make the song express more passion using a bit of adlibing. I will be working on this in the next couple of days to perfect this.

Vocal warm up exercises

I have been learning vocal warm up excersises to ease my voice before singing, this is so that I am able to hit all the notes within a song. I used the vocal exersise were I will sing the words "Every time I get the opertunity to worm up my voice" I will do this but each time I sing the line we change the key so that it warms my vocal chords.

We also sung mini mini mini mini mouse and each time we sang this we would move up in key this warmed up my vocal chords and also widened my vocal range.

Brother - Stone Sour

I began stone sour today, the songs dynamics play a very large part in the songs mood, the song has a very deep meaning behind it and I want to capture that using my newly found vocal range. Within this song i want the passion to slowly build in each chorus and throughout the song this is represented in the diagram.

 

Where the line in the diagram gets higher that's where I put more power behind my voice. This I shall work on during the week, by next lesson I will have learnt the layout of the graph and perfect it within the song.

Rag N Bone Man - Love You Any Less

Today me and idrees and Craig played through love you any less this was the first time Craig came in playing the cello this made the song a lot better textured, as this was the first time that we were all practicing not all of us new when the dynamics needed changing however this will be corrected with a coupple more practices. We are now only focusing on perfecting/ refineing the smaller details such as the dynamics within the bridge for vocals and how to end the song.

Love You Any Less - Rag N Bone

Today I have learnt how to breath properly within the song, so I am no longer struggling for breath while singing. This means that I am able to perform without stopping or struggling to sing the end of a line. However no that I have over come this I am now loosing confidence within my voice I feel that this may be because I'm over thinking about the song and wether I am correct in what I am singing however I am working on this by playing through the song and putting my all ino my performance and it seams to be helping me to gain my confidence when performing.

Picture Perfect - Escape The Fate

Today me and tom started practicing picture perfect. Tom is playing the guitar for the song, due to me already knowing the song I was able to pick up the pitch very quickly. As the pitch was not a problem, we were able to run through the song with no stops or hiccups, this ment we were able to see what it sounded like. We wanted to song to have more impact so at the end we cut of the post chorus verse and let the last word of the chours resonate with the audience for larger effect this would create a constant engagement with the audience.

love you any less - breathing exercises

i will be incorporating this into my practice with idrees, from this video i have learnt to breath from my diaphragm, this will help me with my breathing and i will be able to hold notes for longer. This will better my singing and my performance will be better.