The 4 have been chosen..

Just had my 1:1 with my amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing voice coach, yes, he's that amazing to warrant that many a's.

We've sorted out the cut and arrangement of the song I'm doing on Wednesday 5/29. Oh good god I'm TERRIFIED! But I'm feeling more confident now.  I'll be doing an acoustic version of Zedd's "Clarity" for the production group.  Eeeeek!  And! We've picked the final 4 for the 6/3 performance at Martuni's. The final set list is:

- Zedd - "Clarity" (Acoustic)

- Taylor Swift - "I Knew You Were Trouble"

- Shontelle - "Impossible" (a full step up from original key)

- Carrie Underwood - "I Told You So"

I learned "Clarity" and "I Knew You Were Trouble", this week I'll be learning "Impossible" and "I Told You So".. 

Now if I could only get over my horrid stage fright and my fear of friends, family, and co-workers hearing me - and poking fun or thinking I suck :-/

However! I've noticed my voice ha really started to change, to the point that I don't even recognize myself - it doesn't sound like me.. I asked my coach about this today and it's actually the natural progression of vocal training and study. But! The difference is students who have been studying with them normally have their voice change the way mine did at the 7-8 month point! I'm at month 2! My coach is obviously very happy with seeing how dedicated I am -- and it's obviously paying off :)

After these performances I'll start uploading to YouTube :)

Have a good weekend!

- Missy

Rehearsal break.. For Fast and the Furious

Yup!

Had a 4 day weekend instead of the standard 3 (lucky me) so I spent the day rehearsing and practicing over and over again.  Taking a break for a date night with my love :) yup! First in line for The Fast and the Furious Premiere.. Woohoo!!!

Getting really anxious though... Tomorrow morning is my last rehearsal with my voice coach before my first performance to the group on Wednesday, 5/29..   EEEEEEEEEK!!!!!

I need to feel like he knows the songs through and through and that I know my cue for when to come in. Lately it'd been rocky so in hoping we nail that tomorrow morning as well as confirm my final 4 songs.

But enough of that! It's time for Fast and the  Furious date night ;)

Weekly Singing Bootcamp

You read it right. On Wednesdays my baller voice coach has a group voice class. What does that mean you say??

I bet you'd THINK it'd be like a group choir class. Everyone trying to learn how to harmony and yadda yadda yadda..

NOOOOOOOPE!

It's a small group class, so a lot of eyes are on you. It's:

Leg lifts

Squats

Planks

Crunches

Push Ups

Wall Sits

.. ALLLLLLLLLL ENTIRELY WHILE SINGING. Yeah, that's right. And if you're like me and don't gym everrrrrr (yes for me gym is a verb) - then doing these kind  of activities (or working out at all) is already incredibly difficult. Add belting it like Mariah into that ad you've got a trembling me trying to keep up.

#noteasy

Anyway, it's every Wednesday night. 

Hopefully I'll be some sort of amazing singer one day who makes singing INCREDIBLE look super easy. 

Until later..

Missy

And p.s. yes that is the dance studio that we do these crazy workouts in..

2 Hours of Singing Later

Whew. Exhausted. But the good kind of exhausted. The kind of exhausted you feel when you just did good.

I just spent 2 hours singing the same 8 songs over and over again out loud. I think I'm leaning towards adding in Shontelle - Impossible, but a more slowed down acoustic version. I'm also really liking Carrie Underwood's I Told You So. My boyfriend Alex hadn't heard it and he really liked it after i sang it (which hardly happens, believe me). 

I'm hacking and coughing up a storm but this was a night well spent. 

Night darlings,

Missy

What's this shiz about?

Yooo world!

(I promise this will hopefully be the only time I write this long of a post!)

So - adjusting the direction (and attention) to this blog a bit.

Originally this was going to document my efforts to get back into dance - we're shaking things up a bit.

While dance is something I've always adored since I was young, I've decided to put my funds and efforts into trying to make it in the music industry.

There have always been 3 hobbies I've split up my attention to since I was a small chik-a-dee:

• DANCE
• SINGING
• ART / PAINTING

While art / painting is something I've always wanted to improve in, it's always taken a back seat to my first 2 loves: Dancing and Singing.  I feel like I've somewhat satisfied my art itch by always working in the art world.

That leaves me with Dance and Singing - Dance I prioritized in age 3 - 22. NOW it is time to focus on music.

Not gonna lie to you - I've always kept it in the back of my mind because it's something I'm TERRIFIED of pursuing.  I'm terrified of someone telling me I suck.  My knee-jerk reaction would be "Crap, if I suck why did I even try this, what am I even doing - I'm THAT PERSON who thinks they can sing but really can't carry a tune".  

#EMBARRASSING.  #HUMILIATING.  #MYWORLDisOVER. #CRYINGaRIVERinMyPILLOW.

But I decided you know what? I need to stop living in so much fear.  If I suck, then I suck - at least I tried.  Singing is SO personal to me - and being great at it means EVERYTHING.  

So.. I enrolled in voice lessons with a rock star voice coach who is PUSHING ME to do performances.  This blog will document all of my ups and downs in that journey as well as asking for help on song choices / photos / looks etc etc - all that fun pizzazz.


SOOOOOOO...

My first performances are as follows:

• Wednesday, 5/29 @ GROUP VOICE CLASS
• (eeeek. I want to die. so scary.)
• Monday, 6/3 @ MARTUNI's PIANO BAR (San Francisco, CA)
• (above eeeek x 1 million)

Right now the song set is the following:

* I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)
* Clarity (Acoustic - Zedd ft. Foxes)

Possibly:
* Because of You (Kelly Clarkson)
* I Told You So (Carrie Underwood)
* Todo Cambio (Camila)
* Impossible (Shontelle)

Still working with my voice coach on which 4 will be the best choices.

Thoughts anyone? Updates coming to you on Wednesday from group class day ;)

Yours,

Missy

A New Day. An Old / New Goal. An Old Pain.

I'm really proud of myself today. Or I will be.

I've danced since I was 3 years old. Till this day it is my favorite thing in the world to do. It's probably the 1 thing I'm completely missing in my life right now.

So today-- I'm re-enrolling in ballet training: 2 hours every Tuesday / Thursday.. Because of prior dance priorities that I had in the past, (Dance Team) I was never able to stay as committed to ballet to FINALLY make it en pointe..

But now I can.. It'll take a lot of hard work-- I'm going to be exhausted and in a lot of pain but it will ALL be worth it in the end when I put on that FIRST pair of pointe shoes :)

I can't wait.

Wish me luck!

- Miss

Scribble this -- Scribble that

Whew. Yes I know. I've dropped the ball so incredibly hard on this blog that I don't deserve to have one. Have I actually practiced and kept up the sketching since my last update? Not as much as I should have.

But I have a new goal.

I want to start writing a bit again. Perhaps end up writing freelance or part-time somewhere-- who knows. For now, a thought here.. a sketch there.

My mission now is to find a topic to dedicate my time to. A great writer writes what they know. They either write about a long-term project and update with progress.. or they write about what they know.

The wheels in my brain are turning with ideas..

Hopefully something more concrete will surface as the new point of this blog.
Any ideas anyone?

Until next,

Missy