very good performance!
yesterday's session.
hayy.. yesterday was my sixth session in Center for Pop. Weird as it may seem, with all the 'negatives' I have been anticipating before I enrolled, I am, surprisingly, enjoying myself everytime I have lessons. Not like the other one I had before, which was classical in nature, which, to put it bluntly, felt wrong and awful.. to be precise. Not blaming it on the technique or the instructor, my instructor was good. Maybe classical isn't for me, or i wasn't built to sing classical stuff. basta we weren't meant for each other.
At least with pop, i sing songs i like, with the technique that works for it. i may not always get it right everytime, but its ok for me. quite embarrassing yes, but relatively ok. the only lowdown that i see is my classmates, which most belong to the elementary to the high school age range. feels awkward being with them sometimes.. i feel utterly out of place. but heck, i'm not there to socialize, i'm there to learn.
so on with the narration of yesterday's session. i decided to attend, because i missed last week's session and with renewed vigor because i was able to reach the sickening high part the last time with my NATURAL VOICE (mwahahaha!), albeit with half-cooked success.. but it's still success. i was a bit late because i chose to take the walkathon route to cubao, instead of the more convenient one, riding a jeepney.
not for economic reasons though. i am finding, through observation, that i sing better (or at least do not sound as artificial as) when i do when i walk the short distance. blame it on sunlight, pagod, sweat. ewan ko.. but i strangely feel happier with my performance whenever i walk (connect...). in addition, i have more time to vocalize whenever i walk, especially in the morning.. coz most of the streets are still empty..
when i got there, coach JV and yen were there.. coach JV was the one who gave me my classcard. i proceeded to MPH then for the classes. we have a new classmate (still elementary level, ugh!), a boy.. he was already singing when i got there. Perfect ata yung title ng song nya, magaling din, malalim na boses kahit bata pa. Joshua was next (Maybe this Time).. I like the facial expression of this guy. His sister, Ellen is next (Heaven).. still finding difficulty with the high notes, pero improving na pati blocking. yung youngest nila, si Jaboy.. open the mouth pa din ang comment.. pero in fairness ang taas ng range nung batang yun..
then came me. (almost typed poor me there). nga pala, while joshua was singing, the level 2 girl i saw during my first day came in. walang coach to handle her kaya sa amin sya pumasok. she sat beside me. friendly sya, even before when we knew each other through face recognition only. nung birthday ni coach dynes they entered the MPH to greet her, she smiled at me pa, though yun nga, hindi naman kami magkakilala. joshua was supposed to sit beside me.. pero sayang naman.. mukha kasing friendly yung girl, not to mention na magaling na sya, being in level 2.
nagkakakwentuhan kami, may problems din daw sya with high tones before.. akala nga daw nya she won't make it to level 2. pero magaling na sya with high tones ngayon..
nung song ko naman, in fairness hindi na ako pinapatigil.. isang pasada lang ako ng kanta hanggang dulo.. the coach commented on my artificial voice which i used dun sa dulo ng kanta, ang linis daw (hahaha.. it is a compliment). though he said i needed to have more power dun sa natural voice mismo.. (hihihi.. kulang nga.. kasi yung iba nangangapa yung sa low notes.. tapos may ubod naman ng taas).
jenny (the level 2 girl), sang never too far by mariah. magaling sya.. ang ganda ng rendition ng high tones nya. paano nya kaya nagagawa yon. she had to stop for some parts para ma-iron out yung mga parts where she has to use her artifical voice or falsetto.. pero i commend her performance.
for yesterday's lessons, we took up basic performance lessons. madami.. mahirap gawin.. though nakakapag armwork na ako and trying the sway stuff na din, since day 2 kay coach louie. there's a certain way to hold the microphone, a certain stance.. not really that hard, pero to integrate ALL into one, yun ang mahirap. i have to admit kulang ako sa facial expression and extended facial expression and the coach took notice of it nung second time na. another point, sabi nya i kept on glancing at him (as a coach ha..).. dapat daw hindi ganon. focus on the audience daw. sa akin naman, parang kumukuha lang ako ng reassurance or visual approval na tama yung gnagawa ko or something by looking at the coach. i have to admit, i have to minimize that. at.. may blocking na pala ako.. though my song is too short..
the session ended with the coach telling joshua to prepare his fast song na.. recommended na sya for modulation class. yung siblings nya hindi pa. jen kiddingly tells me na sama daw ako don sa mall show (mwahahah.. matagal pa.. hindi ko pa kaya.. hindi ko na muna iisipin). yung mga practicum stuff din.. recital.. for me its still a long way off, just got one-third of my sessions done. she asked me kung nag-a-artificial daw ako sa song ko, because it sounded like natural daw. (uy natuwa ako don.. kaya lang dapat ata artificial yung part na yun e.) and the surprise of the day.. sabi ko sa kanya, ang mahirap lang dun yung mga kasama ko ay 9, 10, 11 years old. she asked me kung ilang taon na ako.. i told her naman. nagulat daw sya, akala nya mga 16 lang ako.. (heheh surprising.. sa office napapagkamalan akong 22). she even lent me her notes kasi may written exam pala prior to getting to modulation class. nagsabay pa kaming umuwi.
ayun.. made a new friend. mas ok ngayon ang feedback ng coach sa akin "Very good performance! Add facial expressions and extended facial expressions." Better than before, and I hope I could improve some more next time.
hayy.. yesterday was my sixth session in Center for Pop. Weird as it may seem, with all the 'negatives' I have been anticipating before I enrolled, I am, surprisingly, enjoying myself everytime I have lessons. Not like the other one I had before, which was classical in nature, which, to put it bluntly, felt wrong and awful.. to be precise. Not blaming it on the technique or the instructor, my instructor was good. Maybe classical isn't for me, or i wasn't built to sing classical stuff. basta we weren't meant for each other.
At least with pop, i sing songs i like, with the technique that works for it. i may not always get it right everytime, but its ok for me. quite embarrassing yes, but relatively ok. the only lowdown that i see is my classmates, which most belong to the elementary to the high school age range. feels awkward being with them sometimes.. i feel utterly out of place. but heck, i'm not there to socialize, i'm there to learn.
so on with the narration of yesterday's session. i decided to attend, because i missed last week's session and with renewed vigor because i was able to reach the sickening high part the last time with my NATURAL VOICE (mwahahaha!), albeit with half-cooked success.. but it's still success. i was a bit late because i chose to take the walkathon route to cubao, instead of the more convenient one, riding a jeepney.
not for economic reasons though. i am finding, through observation, that i sing better (or at least do not sound as artificial as) when i do when i walk the short distance. blame it on sunlight, pagod, sweat. ewan ko.. but i strangely feel happier with my performance whenever i walk (connect...). in addition, i have more time to vocalize whenever i walk, especially in the morning.. coz most of the streets are still empty..
when i got there, coach JV and yen were there.. coach JV was the one who gave me my classcard. i proceeded to MPH then for the classes. we have a new classmate (still elementary level, ugh!), a boy.. he was already singing when i got there. Perfect ata yung title ng song nya, magaling din, malalim na boses kahit bata pa. Joshua was next (Maybe this Time).. I like the facial expression of this guy. His sister, Ellen is next (Heaven).. still finding difficulty with the high notes, pero improving na pati blocking. yung youngest nila, si Jaboy.. open the mouth pa din ang comment.. pero in fairness ang taas ng range nung batang yun..
then came me. (almost typed poor me there). nga pala, while joshua was singing, the level 2 girl i saw during my first day came in. walang coach to handle her kaya sa amin sya pumasok. she sat beside me. friendly sya, even before when we knew each other through face recognition only. nung birthday ni coach dynes they entered the MPH to greet her, she smiled at me pa, though yun nga, hindi naman kami magkakilala. joshua was supposed to sit beside me.. pero sayang naman.. mukha kasing friendly yung girl, not to mention na magaling na sya, being in level 2.
nagkakakwentuhan kami, may problems din daw sya with high tones before.. akala nga daw nya she won't make it to level 2. pero magaling na sya with high tones ngayon..
nung song ko naman, in fairness hindi na ako pinapatigil.. isang pasada lang ako ng kanta hanggang dulo.. the coach commented on my artificial voice which i used dun sa dulo ng kanta, ang linis daw (hahaha.. it is a compliment). though he said i needed to have more power dun sa natural voice mismo.. (hihihi.. kulang nga.. kasi yung iba nangangapa yung sa low notes.. tapos may ubod naman ng taas).
jenny (the level 2 girl), sang never too far by mariah. magaling sya.. ang ganda ng rendition ng high tones nya. paano nya kaya nagagawa yon. she had to stop for some parts para ma-iron out yung mga parts where she has to use her artifical voice or falsetto.. pero i commend her performance.
for yesterday's lessons, we took up basic performance lessons. madami.. mahirap gawin.. though nakakapag armwork na ako and trying the sway stuff na din, since day 2 kay coach louie. there's a certain way to hold the microphone, a certain stance.. not really that hard, pero to integrate ALL into one, yun ang mahirap. i have to admit kulang ako sa facial expression and extended facial expression and the coach took notice of it nung second time na. another point, sabi nya i kept on glancing at him (as a coach ha..).. dapat daw hindi ganon. focus on the audience daw. sa akin naman, parang kumukuha lang ako ng reassurance or visual approval na tama yung gnagawa ko or something by looking at the coach. i have to admit, i have to minimize that. at.. may blocking na pala ako.. though my song is too short..
the session ended with the coach telling joshua to prepare his fast song na.. recommended na sya for modulation class. yung siblings nya hindi pa. jen kiddingly tells me na sama daw ako don sa mall show (mwahahah.. matagal pa.. hindi ko pa kaya.. hindi ko na muna iisipin). yung mga practicum stuff din.. recital.. for me its still a long way off, just got one-third of my sessions done. she asked me kung nag-a-artificial daw ako sa song ko, because it sounded like natural daw. (uy natuwa ako don.. kaya lang dapat ata artificial yung part na yun e.) and the surprise of the day.. sabi ko sa kanya, ang mahirap lang dun yung mga kasama ko ay 9, 10, 11 years old. she asked me kung ilang taon na ako.. i told her naman. nagulat daw sya, akala nya mga 16 lang ako.. (heheh surprising.. sa office napapagkamalan akong 22). she even lent me her notes kasi may written exam pala prior to getting to modulation class. nagsabay pa kaming umuwi.
ayun.. made a new friend. mas ok ngayon ang feedback ng coach sa akin "Very good performance! Add facial expressions and extended facial expressions." Better than before, and I hope I could improve some more next time.
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