Rock Bands

Midori, Ivan and I got together (Tony was not free today) and tried out a few song. Ivan is the guitarist, Tony the guitarist/bassist, and Midori the vocalist, whilst i'm the vocalist/keyboardist. First we tried the song "Imagine", by John Lennon, then "Fall for you" by Second Hand Serenade, and finally "9 crimes" by Damien Rice.
We came up with the final decision to work on "9 crimes" as not only was it a simple song to sing and play, but we found that midori and I could work best together on vocals in this song, as it was originally a duet anyways.
I had lots of fun today, and i thought our band made quite some progress, as not only have we picked our song, but we've also decided on who should sing which parts, AND we've tried it out a few times. What needs to be done now is for Ivan to learn how to play the piece, and to figure out how he could combine his playings with Tony's. After that we'd just need practise, practise, and MORE practise.
hopefully we'd get pass the auditions in december..:)

Oh Happy Day

We worked on "Oh Happy Day" for the whole lesson today. "Oh Happy Day" is the piece that I have a solo part in. Ms.Leong made me, and the male soloist stand in the middle with a microphone, whilst the rest of the choir stood around us in a circle. The first time we went through the song, i was so nervous that I went off pitch for a few times, but after several more practises, and encouragement from Ms.Leong and my friends, I managed to calm down and sing with more confidence.
After the lesson I asked for feedback from Ms.Leong, and she said I should "let my voice go more. I'm not giving it my bestest yet" - she needs to hear the 'uumph' in it. And my friends told me that I should try to relax more.. i seemed quite tense and my voice was a little shaky. So these will be what i'll focus on improving for next week, I'll do so by practising the song a LOT (eg. in the shower).