12/10/15 Audition Technique

Today in Audition technique class I performed my Shakespeare monologue from All's well that ends well. I was really happy because I had really constructive tips, I changed a few ideas behind the text and I feel like I've really improved on it since I last worked on it. I performed it with one of my classmate being my step mother. It really helps having someone, I felt like I could connect more. However I still lose a bit of connection towards the middle.
Targets: work on the bits where I lose connection with the text and being able to connect as well as when I'm talking to someone when no one's here

06/10/15 Vocal Technique

Yesterday in vocal class I felt like the group was much stronger than before. I really tried to do the exercises as well as I could. 

I think the one when we partnered up was very useful at the beginning but then I felt like my partner was just putting her hands somewhere on me for the sake of it. However when we did it without the partners, Ike put his hands on my shoulders and I realised it was tensed so I tried to relax but then I was tensing my chest to try to breathe in fully I think. I realised that when I think about doing the exercise I tense something, anything, whereas when I just focus on relaxing it's fine.

06/10/15 Extra Session

Today I worked on my audition song "not for the life of me" I felt a massive improvement towards the end, especially on the belted notes.

memo:
relax the jaw
smile for the belts
tongue forward
sound forward
stand still

I also felt more comfortable with the song and started playing with it a bit more and discovering what possibilities I had with it.
I need to go over it while applying all of the memos above to see how it's like now and keep improving.

Audio:

Whole Session - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/not-for-the-life-of-me-session-17-minutes/s-qWNFN
30 seconds bit - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/not-for-the-life-of-me-30-seconds

5/10/15 GEN MT

Today I felt like the cat was harder than last week, I think it's because I focused on my breathing a lot and gave more energy at the beginning.
I was breathing through the whole exercise, I noticed that around the 6th minute, I always have a sudden rush of energy, I'll try to use it for longer next time.

28/09/15 General MT

Last monday in our warm up we did the cat again. I found it easier than the previous times. I think it's too early for me to say if I find it effective/helpful but so far I understand it's purpose.
I think once I can do it properly without feeling like I'm gonna have a heart attack I'll be more focused on the breathing. So far I haven't really been focusing on that but I think I have been breathing regularly without holding my breath
Target: focus on my breathing/breathe consciously 

01/10/15 R&P

Today in our R&P class I sang Cabaret, from Cabaret. I think I forced too much on my voice in the ensemble class so my throat hurt quite a bit and I was uncomfortable so my technique vanished and it's been a bit of a nightmare. I found the yawning exercises very helpful cause it made me relax which helped me remembering the basics (tongue forward, larynx down, mouth open). I think because I knew my throat hurt I got scared and focused on that too much.
Target: don't think too much when I perform alone and try relaxing as much as possible

01/10/15 Ensemble

Today in our ensemble class we worked on freedom's child, I feel confident throughout most of the song except the oos as I find it hard to find the first note.
Like I think I push my tongue forward almost automatically now. All the time except when I'm feeling uncomfortable, because when I do all my technique disappears. But as we were all singing together I felt comfortable so my tongue position was good. When I noticed that I started focusing on opening my mouth which is far from being automatic at the moment.
Target: open my mouth as much as I can automatically.