Hey all!
Extremely sorry again for skipping a week of posting! SO much has been going on, I shifted houses and everything - it's all such a mess!
Either ways, I am afraid I will start writing posts again only towards the end of June: I have exams coming up and I am starting rehearsals for a fabulous musical I will be part of! From next week onward my life is going to get really hectic with studies, dance classes and drama rehearsals. Eventually, it is going to end in June.. But I am so excited!
Anyway, today I would like to showcase how a person can grow with their abilities. I will do this trough an example from my life. I have always loved singing since I was very small, however I got the chance to perform only once I was in high school. From ninth grade to now (11th grade) it is amazing how much I have seen myself improve as a singer. In ninth grade I was untrained, I was less attentive of key and pitch and I had no knowledge of vocal techniques. Mostly, I would go on stage, have fun while singing and let my body language to the rest. But in tenth grade there was an immense improvement, mostly because I started going to Musical Theater vocal classes, but also because my voice became stronger, I became a smarter performer and I controlled my pitch much more.
And yet, it was so amazing to see that in 11th grade my voice could still go higher. I could play around with rhythm more and be more involved in a song emotionally.
In my school every year we organize a Music Festival, where all the students get to perform what they want. In ninth grade I performed with my friends, we used to call ourselves 'Rise Up Lights', in tenth I did quite a bit of performances such as 'Let It Be' by the Beatles, 'Thank you for the Music' by ABBA, 'You are the one that I want' from Grease and a song which I performed with my mom. In 11th grade, I sang in a different language - Portuguese to Frank Sinatra's 'Girl from Ipanema', 'Englishman in New York' by Sting and 'Call me Irresponsible' Micheal Buble's version.
Through a few videos I will share with you (I did not get hold of all of them) I would like to demonstrate how within a year so much can be learnt. Learning really is a process and I cannot wait to see how I will perform next year!
I have realized how there is always room for growth and sometimes I get frustrated and tell myself that I could have performed better - yet this is not true, because at the time of that performance, that was just how big of a performer I was, but now I am bigger and next year (hopefully), I will grow further.
It's just a beautiful natural process everyone goes through.
Either way: here are the links, they performances are quite short so you won't spend so much time watching them! Enjoy!
This is the very first of the performances: 'Pumped Up Kicks' - 9th grade.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FprEQ50hnssw&h=xAQFpnB-s
Tenth grade performance: Let It Be, You are the one that I want (the mics were an enormous issue here) and Thank you for the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGv-TIUjN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBBQqpSRp-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1K8WK3S5UA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6URspes0yUI
Finally, 11th grade - only one of the three performances so far. - Part of Girl From Ipanema.
https://www.facebook.com/kittyclouston/videos/560123727424436/ (sorry if you can't see it)
Hope all of you like this and understand that one's growth of talent is only for the better! Never stop practicing!
See you all!
Extremely sorry again for skipping a week of posting! SO much has been going on, I shifted houses and everything - it's all such a mess!
Either ways, I am afraid I will start writing posts again only towards the end of June: I have exams coming up and I am starting rehearsals for a fabulous musical I will be part of! From next week onward my life is going to get really hectic with studies, dance classes and drama rehearsals. Eventually, it is going to end in June.. But I am so excited!
Anyway, today I would like to showcase how a person can grow with their abilities. I will do this trough an example from my life. I have always loved singing since I was very small, however I got the chance to perform only once I was in high school. From ninth grade to now (11th grade) it is amazing how much I have seen myself improve as a singer. In ninth grade I was untrained, I was less attentive of key and pitch and I had no knowledge of vocal techniques. Mostly, I would go on stage, have fun while singing and let my body language to the rest. But in tenth grade there was an immense improvement, mostly because I started going to Musical Theater vocal classes, but also because my voice became stronger, I became a smarter performer and I controlled my pitch much more.
And yet, it was so amazing to see that in 11th grade my voice could still go higher. I could play around with rhythm more and be more involved in a song emotionally.
In my school every year we organize a Music Festival, where all the students get to perform what they want. In ninth grade I performed with my friends, we used to call ourselves 'Rise Up Lights', in tenth I did quite a bit of performances such as 'Let It Be' by the Beatles, 'Thank you for the Music' by ABBA, 'You are the one that I want' from Grease and a song which I performed with my mom. In 11th grade, I sang in a different language - Portuguese to Frank Sinatra's 'Girl from Ipanema', 'Englishman in New York' by Sting and 'Call me Irresponsible' Micheal Buble's version.
Through a few videos I will share with you (I did not get hold of all of them) I would like to demonstrate how within a year so much can be learnt. Learning really is a process and I cannot wait to see how I will perform next year!
I have realized how there is always room for growth and sometimes I get frustrated and tell myself that I could have performed better - yet this is not true, because at the time of that performance, that was just how big of a performer I was, but now I am bigger and next year (hopefully), I will grow further.
It's just a beautiful natural process everyone goes through.
Either way: here are the links, they performances are quite short so you won't spend so much time watching them! Enjoy!
This is the very first of the performances: 'Pumped Up Kicks' - 9th grade.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FprEQ50hnssw&h=xAQFpnB-s
Tenth grade performance: Let It Be, You are the one that I want (the mics were an enormous issue here) and Thank you for the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGv-TIUjN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBBQqpSRp-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1K8WK3S5UA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6URspes0yUI
Finally, 11th grade - only one of the three performances so far. - Part of Girl From Ipanema.
https://www.facebook.com/kittyclouston/videos/560123727424436/ (sorry if you can't see it)
Hope all of you like this and understand that one's growth of talent is only for the better! Never stop practicing!
See you all!
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