My Processes Preparing For The Recital
What barriers did I need to overcome in order to carry out my set?
I had to make sure to get rid of my indecisiveness when choosing songs for my set. In the beginning I tended to just choose songs I liked, instead of songs I could sing well. I would also sing a song, decide I didn't like it, take it out, and be left with a hole in my set. To overcome this I had to pick songs out of my repertoire, and sing them through everyday to make them stick in my head. After doing this I had a complete 20 minute set.
I often found myself forgetting some of the lyrics in 'The Wizard and I'. It's quite a lengthy song, so while I was singing I was also thinking about what lyrics came next and ended up singing them in the wrong order. To overcome this I had to sing what I knew without thinking about other lyrics, and if I got stuck, look at a copy of the lyrics and start again. This was actually very effective and helped me with a lot of other songs as well. I also had trouble with the song 'Let you love me' because I had changed the key. I found myself losing the tune and going out of tune, so I had to practise it over and over until I knew what key to sing in.
In that song I also had to focus on timing because some of the it was spoken due to it being a Musical Theatre song. I had to listen to the song over and over and make sure I had the timing of the spoken parts right so that I could get back to singing in time.
To practise the set, I filmed it and sung it so that I knew how long it was, and could listen back to myself to easily identify my mistakes. I did this a few times as my set wasn't quite 20 minutes. To fix this I added in speaking about my songs for around 20 seconds, and filmed/timed it.
I tried different versions of my songs, like acoustic, A Capella etc. This was to ensure that all of my songs were actually different, so that I could engage my audience and bring a different feel to each song. I also tried a few songs with and without the microphone so that I could challenge myself with projection.
I had to make sure to get rid of my indecisiveness when choosing songs for my set. In the beginning I tended to just choose songs I liked, instead of songs I could sing well. I would also sing a song, decide I didn't like it, take it out, and be left with a hole in my set. To overcome this I had to pick songs out of my repertoire, and sing them through everyday to make them stick in my head. After doing this I had a complete 20 minute set.
I often found myself forgetting some of the lyrics in 'The Wizard and I'. It's quite a lengthy song, so while I was singing I was also thinking about what lyrics came next and ended up singing them in the wrong order. To overcome this I had to sing what I knew without thinking about other lyrics, and if I got stuck, look at a copy of the lyrics and start again. This was actually very effective and helped me with a lot of other songs as well. I also had trouble with the song 'Let you love me' because I had changed the key. I found myself losing the tune and going out of tune, so I had to practise it over and over until I knew what key to sing in.
In that song I also had to focus on timing because some of the it was spoken due to it being a Musical Theatre song. I had to listen to the song over and over and make sure I had the timing of the spoken parts right so that I could get back to singing in time.
To practise the set, I filmed it and sung it so that I knew how long it was, and could listen back to myself to easily identify my mistakes. I did this a few times as my set wasn't quite 20 minutes. To fix this I added in speaking about my songs for around 20 seconds, and filmed/timed it.
I tried different versions of my songs, like acoustic, A Capella etc. This was to ensure that all of my songs were actually different, so that I could engage my audience and bring a different feel to each song. I also tried a few songs with and without the microphone so that I could challenge myself with projection.
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