Hey all!
This was my first try at recording a cover, editing, recording the music video, editing it, and posting it! I called it my October Project.. and here it is! The hope is to start doing this almost weekly if I can!
Anyway.. I hope you all like it!
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Martuni's Tequila & Wrecking Balls
Sooooooooooooooooo UPDATES!
First off.. MARTUNI's on 10/7:
I wasn't nervous all day.. not until the car ride to Martuni's. I started singing in the car to warm up and immediately having a panic attack. Although this time was different.. this time my muscles in my mouth started by throat stayed open. So I could sing fine - just my face looked like someone had hooked my lips backwards lol. Soo.. progress I guess not I guess I haven't gotten passed this.
At Martuni's I get a Hot Toddy but with tequila.. and boy did that warm up my throat and melt away the nerves.
I went 2nd and felt calm and collected as I walked up to the mic.
After singing the first song, my nerves and started creeping in towards the end of the second song. However, my throat stayed open.. hands were clamping and clawing and my mouth was trying to freeze and be stuck but I pushed through. I think for the first time I didn't suck! Woohoo!
And now..
I signed up for guitar lessons - I decided it was time to finally have something that holds me accountable to learning and practicing - which is awesome! 2 lessons down now and I'm already learning so much.. my guitar teacher assures me that soon I'll be moving towards actual chords and learning how to sing and play very soon :) I can't wait to master this thing!
So my OCTOBER PROJECT: a Cover of Miley Cyrus' WRECKING BALL + Video
Song recorded and edited! Listen to it here:
If the above link doesn't work, go HERE:
https://soundcloud.com/missysanchezmusic/wrecking-ball-miley-cyrus
Now this weekend I'll be shooting the video while singing along as diva-mode as I can and will learn how to edit the video HOPEFULLY before Thursday, 10/31 EOD :)
Stay tuned!
Sorry it takes me so long to update - I promise it's only because I've been SUCH a busy bee.. practicing singing every day, voice lessons, guitar lessons, daily guitar practice, recording, editing the recording etc etc..
Either way.. other covers I'm thinking about doing:
* Grace Potter - Oh La La (Paris)
* Katy Perry - Dark Horse
* Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All
* Taylor Swift - RED
Thoughts?
Missy
First off.. MARTUNI's on 10/7:
I wasn't nervous all day.. not until the car ride to Martuni's. I started singing in the car to warm up and immediately having a panic attack. Although this time was different.. this time my muscles in my mouth started by throat stayed open. So I could sing fine - just my face looked like someone had hooked my lips backwards lol. Soo.. progress I guess not I guess I haven't gotten passed this.
At Martuni's I get a Hot Toddy but with tequila.. and boy did that warm up my throat and melt away the nerves.
I went 2nd and felt calm and collected as I walked up to the mic.
After singing the first song, my nerves and started creeping in towards the end of the second song. However, my throat stayed open.. hands were clamping and clawing and my mouth was trying to freeze and be stuck but I pushed through. I think for the first time I didn't suck! Woohoo!
And now..
I signed up for guitar lessons - I decided it was time to finally have something that holds me accountable to learning and practicing - which is awesome! 2 lessons down now and I'm already learning so much.. my guitar teacher assures me that soon I'll be moving towards actual chords and learning how to sing and play very soon :) I can't wait to master this thing!
So my OCTOBER PROJECT: a Cover of Miley Cyrus' WRECKING BALL + Video
Song recorded and edited! Listen to it here:
If the above link doesn't work, go HERE:
https://soundcloud.com/missysanchezmusic/wrecking-ball-miley-cyrus
Now this weekend I'll be shooting the video while singing along as diva-mode as I can and will learn how to edit the video HOPEFULLY before Thursday, 10/31 EOD :)
Stay tuned!
Sorry it takes me so long to update - I promise it's only because I've been SUCH a busy bee.. practicing singing every day, voice lessons, guitar lessons, daily guitar practice, recording, editing the recording etc etc..
Either way.. other covers I'm thinking about doing:
* Grace Potter - Oh La La (Paris)
* Katy Perry - Dark Horse
* Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All
* Taylor Swift - RED
Thoughts?
Missy
Monday, October 7, 2013
And Tonight We're Back!
Hey all!
I know it's been a while, but don't worry I've been working a ton. Tonight I'm singing at Martuni's again! Holy moly right? It's been 3 months since that awful last time (lobster claws + muscle paralysis = awesome night). Tonight we try this again.
The 4 songs I'm singing are (in order):
* When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss
* Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
* Te Lo Dije (I Told You So) - Carrie Underwood
* Who You Are - Jessie J
Should be a fun 4.. a nice ramp up from a calm, sweet song to a more emotional and dramatic song, to more power ballads.
The only issue with tonight is that I have an awful throat pain and fever, so I'll be EXTRA raspy tonight - we'll see how this goes.
Updates and pictures soon! Wish me luck!
Best,
Missy
I know it's been a while, but don't worry I've been working a ton. Tonight I'm singing at Martuni's again! Holy moly right? It's been 3 months since that awful last time (lobster claws + muscle paralysis = awesome night). Tonight we try this again.
The 4 songs I'm singing are (in order):
* When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss
* Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
* Te Lo Dije (I Told You So) - Carrie Underwood
* Who You Are - Jessie J
Should be a fun 4.. a nice ramp up from a calm, sweet song to a more emotional and dramatic song, to more power ballads.
The only issue with tonight is that I have an awful throat pain and fever, so I'll be EXTRA raspy tonight - we'll see how this goes.
Updates and pictures soon! Wish me luck!
Best,
Missy
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
I Told You So X FACTOR!
Hey yall!
Working away lately..
I had a rough lesson with my voice teacher last week. It seems that learning to sing with my larynx lowered took the last 6 months to figure out and NOW, I'm learning how to do that while also singing with my vocal chords together. #NOTEASY. I'm really hard on myself and I got really frustrated when my teacher picked me apart on a fave Kelly song when we tried applying the above technique. I'll obviously not figure this out overnight - but I still get SO discouraged when I'm not getting it. Over the weekend in the car I tried jammin to my Kelly.. and trying to sing allll of those songs that I used to hit so well with my Larynx DOWN is NOT EASY and personally, I think I sound like crap. #lifesucks. Had another panic attack after that happened - while driving. Awesome.
X FACTOR started last week, and HECK YES I'm watching that shiz. I get both inspired and discouraged when watching it. It makes me wonder, is that person actually good or would my voice teacher say it was terrible? I feel like my judgement on others' singing is so all over the place now. I watch and listen to these contestants who sing pretty decently, but are THEY singing with their vocal chords together and their larynx down? NOOOO. And they're getting all this drooling praise from the X Factor judges.. wtf, yo? I dont know.. Could I have gotten praise like that without the crazy money i'm spending on lessons now? Who knows :(
I've been working with my family in Colombia on a Spanish translation of the Randy Travis / Carrie Underwood song "I Told You So". Now Missy-fied into "Te Lo Dije." Looks like we've finally nailed down the lyrics, and now I've FINALLY fit it to the melody. Next steps are singing it over and over and over and OVER again till it's in my body like muscle memory. Voice Teacher wants me to learn this, nail it, and then record it and RELEASE IT! - Cray Cray I knowowww. We'll see if I crash and burn with this or not. I'm trying and practicing a ton.
Technically next Wednesday, Sept. 25th is another Group Performance night (eeeeeeeeeek!) and I have NO idea what I'm singing.
Also, Martuni's is supposed to be that following Monday, Sept. 30th OR Monday, Oct. 7th. My voice teacher wants me to perform and I'm horribly terrified. I REALLY don't want what happened in July to happen again. I've been having more and more of those stage fright panic catatonic episodes. They're happening more frequently, which is NOT good. I really can't seem to get this under control.
I also have NO idea what on earth I'd sing at Martuni's! I'm all over the place.. maybe..
* When You Say Nothing At All (sang it at group but not at Martuni's yet)
* Who You Are (have NEVER performed this one - scary?)
* Te Lo Dije (too soon?)
* Happy? (Leona Lewis - not sure about this one)
* Stay? (Rihanna, meh.. not crazy about it)
* Almost is Never Enough (Ariana Grande - people around me hate it but I really like it.. meh we'll see)
Thoughts anyone? Please send any thoughts or ideas!
This Saturday, Sept 21st I have an extra long lesson with voice teacher. He had brought up recording another song this time (yay!!!!).. He originally thought ADDICTED would be a good one.. but after he picked me apart on it in our last lesson, I may not go with that one. Perhaps IMPOSSIBLE? People seem to really dig that one when I sing it.. or WHO YOU ARE? Obviouslyyyy music videos would need to be shot alongside the new recording that we pick.
Anyway.. just getting some updates and progress down on this bad bloggy.
It's way too late, I have an early art meeting.
Gnite yall ;)
Missy
Working away lately..
I had a rough lesson with my voice teacher last week. It seems that learning to sing with my larynx lowered took the last 6 months to figure out and NOW, I'm learning how to do that while also singing with my vocal chords together. #NOTEASY. I'm really hard on myself and I got really frustrated when my teacher picked me apart on a fave Kelly song when we tried applying the above technique. I'll obviously not figure this out overnight - but I still get SO discouraged when I'm not getting it. Over the weekend in the car I tried jammin to my Kelly.. and trying to sing allll of those songs that I used to hit so well with my Larynx DOWN is NOT EASY and personally, I think I sound like crap. #lifesucks. Had another panic attack after that happened - while driving. Awesome.
X FACTOR started last week, and HECK YES I'm watching that shiz. I get both inspired and discouraged when watching it. It makes me wonder, is that person actually good or would my voice teacher say it was terrible? I feel like my judgement on others' singing is so all over the place now. I watch and listen to these contestants who sing pretty decently, but are THEY singing with their vocal chords together and their larynx down? NOOOO. And they're getting all this drooling praise from the X Factor judges.. wtf, yo? I dont know.. Could I have gotten praise like that without the crazy money i'm spending on lessons now? Who knows :(
I've been working with my family in Colombia on a Spanish translation of the Randy Travis / Carrie Underwood song "I Told You So". Now Missy-fied into "Te Lo Dije." Looks like we've finally nailed down the lyrics, and now I've FINALLY fit it to the melody. Next steps are singing it over and over and over and OVER again till it's in my body like muscle memory. Voice Teacher wants me to learn this, nail it, and then record it and RELEASE IT! - Cray Cray I knowowww. We'll see if I crash and burn with this or not. I'm trying and practicing a ton.
Technically next Wednesday, Sept. 25th is another Group Performance night (eeeeeeeeeek!) and I have NO idea what I'm singing.
Also, Martuni's is supposed to be that following Monday, Sept. 30th OR Monday, Oct. 7th. My voice teacher wants me to perform and I'm horribly terrified. I REALLY don't want what happened in July to happen again. I've been having more and more of those stage fright panic catatonic episodes. They're happening more frequently, which is NOT good. I really can't seem to get this under control.
I also have NO idea what on earth I'd sing at Martuni's! I'm all over the place.. maybe..
* When You Say Nothing At All (sang it at group but not at Martuni's yet)
* Who You Are (have NEVER performed this one - scary?)
* Te Lo Dije (too soon?)
* Happy? (Leona Lewis - not sure about this one)
* Stay? (Rihanna, meh.. not crazy about it)
* Almost is Never Enough (Ariana Grande - people around me hate it but I really like it.. meh we'll see)
Thoughts anyone? Please send any thoughts or ideas!
This Saturday, Sept 21st I have an extra long lesson with voice teacher. He had brought up recording another song this time (yay!!!!).. He originally thought ADDICTED would be a good one.. but after he picked me apart on it in our last lesson, I may not go with that one. Perhaps IMPOSSIBLE? People seem to really dig that one when I sing it.. or WHO YOU ARE? Obviouslyyyy music videos would need to be shot alongside the new recording that we pick.
Anyway.. just getting some updates and progress down on this bad bloggy.
It's way too late, I have an early art meeting.
Gnite yall ;)
Missy
Friday, September 6, 2013
When You Say Nothing At All - Live Cover
Hey all!
I finally got the full song uploaded from last week's performance. As I've mentioned before, every last Wednesday of the month is a Performance Day. This last performance, my voice teacher and I decided to go with something a bit sweeter... It was OKAY. I was a ding dong and did NOT warm up before singing so it's not by best but hey.. it's alright for a tiny performance day.
Check it out here: http://youtu.be/iiWhVtEUFK0
And here:
I'll upload the sound clip to Sound Cloud if it doesn't sound horrible.. that room has a solid echo..
I'm currently working on a spanish version of Carrie Underwood's "I Told You So".. my voice teacher wants me to perform that at Martuni's in a few weeks and then he wants to record it and release it! EEEEEK! We'll see how I do :)
Let me know what you think!
Missy
I finally got the full song uploaded from last week's performance. As I've mentioned before, every last Wednesday of the month is a Performance Day. This last performance, my voice teacher and I decided to go with something a bit sweeter... It was OKAY. I was a ding dong and did NOT warm up before singing so it's not by best but hey.. it's alright for a tiny performance day.
Check it out here: http://youtu.be/iiWhVtEUFK0
And here:
I'll upload the sound clip to Sound Cloud if it doesn't sound horrible.. that room has a solid echo..
I'm currently working on a spanish version of Carrie Underwood's "I Told You So".. my voice teacher wants me to perform that at Martuni's in a few weeks and then he wants to record it and release it! EEEEEK! We'll see how I do :)
Let me know what you think!
Missy
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Mini Performance Night - When You Say Nothing At All
Heyyyyyyyyyy!
Tonight was the group performance class and my awesome Tio Jorge was able to come! You'll see a full video soon but below is a link to the clip he caught after I FINISHED the song. It's me going over this one lyric that my voice teacher asked that I do with more emotion..
Check it out :)
Tonight was the group performance class and my awesome Tio Jorge was able to come! You'll see a full video soon but below is a link to the clip he caught after I FINISHED the song. It's me going over this one lyric that my voice teacher asked that I do with more emotion..
Check it out :)
Friday, August 23, 2013
New Music Goodies!
What upppppp y'all!
Got some new goodies in the mail this week!! Check it out!:
A MINI RECORDING STUDIO SET! Complete with Studio Headphones, Recording Mic, Pop Screen, and Sound Booth :)
Ohhhhhhhhh yeahhhh baybeh bayyyyyybeh!!!!!!!
Now all I need to figure out is how to use editing software. I'm between using Cubase or ProTools.. And I'm also going to do all this on a spankin new Music Only laptop.. Recommendations anybody?? #musicnoob
So excited :)
So I was SUPPOSED to do another 4 song set at Martuni's on Labor Day but unfortunately I'm flying back in from out of town that day.. So now my voice teacher and I are focusing on 2 things:
1) My voice- now that I've learned how to sing with my larynx down, I now need to try and do that with my vocal chords TOGETHER rather than apart. Umm yeah, NOT EASY. I was kicking myself for not figuring it out on the first go.. This will be a long process..
2) figuring out what my SIX SONG SET will be for the lounge gig in September now! Bahhhhhh! Scary.
Right now we have 2 likely ones to be on it:
* Jessie J - Who You Are
* Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All
That last one: When You Say Nothing At All - this is the one my voice teacher wants me to sing at the monthly Group Performance Class this Wednesday, 8/28. BAH! I wonder if I'll EVER get over this crazy stage fright.
Anyway,
A few new songs I'm considering to add to my cover list:
* Karmin - Acapella
* Ariana Grande - Almost Is Never Enough
Let me know what you think :)
Later!
Missy
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