Can You Hear The Bells?

I've also been working on 'I Can Hear The Bells' which is sang in my head voice with a powerful musical theatre style performance. Alot of acting also comes into this as there is alot of expressionism throughout the song.

I have been working on the longer notes and projection and I believe it's going well! I'll post a video soon enough!

Working On a Chest Voice

For 'Thousand Years' I need to use my chest voice throughout the song as it is a lower range than what I'm used to. The only part I really have to use my head voice in is the pre-chorus "one step closer." which is an octave higher than the final note on the verse.

To get used to singing songs with transitions, I began to look at another Christina Perri song 'Jar Of Hearts' which is a very similar style and tempo as 'Thousand Years': 

This has actually helped me to develop my chest voice alot, and realise that maybe it doesn't sound as bad as I think it does. So it has actually boosted my confidence abit too!

Repertoire Change

I've hit a bump in the road! My repertoire was too long including all four songs that I would have performed consecutively, this was also wearing my voice out to get to the big finish of my songs. So due to this, I will only be performing my 3 vocal pieces:

• Thousand Years
• I Can Hear The Bells
• On My Own

 These are now my final song choices, at 12 minuets long. Rather than 15 which felt long and also caused some vocal problems. Hope you understand!

Initial Music Choices

The proposition of songs that I would perform in the summer is:

• A Little Less 16 Candles - Fall Out Boy (Uke Cover)
• Thousand Years - Christina Perri
• I Can Hear The Bells - (From) Hairspray
• On My Own - (From) Les Miserables

Here is a link to some examples of me singing through some of these songs:

Music BTEC Solo Performance Diary!

Hello musicians!

This blog was created to help aid my learning for my AS Music BTEC course. Throught my time blogging I will be informing you as to what I am doing to work towards my Solo Performances at the end of this academic year.

I will take you on the journey of how my skills as a singer are developing and my next steps into being a performer. This will come thick and fast in a variety of ways, text posts, videos, sound clips, the lot. I look forward to blogging my progress and keeping you informed. 

Lucy x