Friday, April 07, 2006
Omg! It was the annual CHMA auditions again! And well lets just say that i've tried my best but could've been better prepared. And i'm stuck with this voice of mine. urghh! its not than i dont like it.. but well u know.. It's even higher than i was in sec 1.. yea.
Yea so everything went well. Everything was totally nice and grovvy (except the first 2 notes where i was obviously flat) and then came the last part! The most horrendous part of all! The super high change of key! Well i shouldnt have revealed my flaws by singing that part which i didnt really rehearsed.. So i went a little out of tune (dunno if flat or sharp or whatever) at the final high part. Guess i didnt have enough support at that time to belt out that damn note. Whatever but what's done is done.. I hope that didnt affect my chance of entering the finals..
I should have just stop singing after the 2nd chorus where i actually planned to. Concidentally, i saw wang juinn picking up the mike, abt to say "thank you" and stop me. But then bick yan and edwin didnt respond, so he didnt say anything and allowed me to continue. I wanted to stop at that time la! But i as thinking might as well just completed the song and take a risk to show off my high notes.. Guess it turned out pretty bad with my superduper dry throat.. Even shaun could hear it from the audience. (It was really dry. My mouth was sticking instead of being wet with saliva and my lips stuck to my front teeth when i pronounce the words.) Maybe i was nervous.
I'm quite weird u know. As i grow older, i feel stage fright playing a increasing large role when i peforming on stage. In sec 1, during chma auditions, i wasnt even feeling anything form of nervousness and moreover, i was singing acapella and luckily, i found the correct pitch. If not 'Colours of the Wind' would not have been a sucess.. ok sec 2, i was a lil' more afraid and 'Love Me' wasnt a sucess. Now i was like super nervous and was trembling over all over before my turn came. I could literally hear the heartbeats knocking widly upon my ribs. Even in choir, i'll feel scared to even perform on stage. What's happening to me? Dont ppl outgrow stagefrights? maybe i'm ingrowing it.. haha!
Anyway my introduction of myself was hilarious and entertaining.. I said all this, "Hi" (In a super high pitch). "Yea, its me again" (By this time everyone was laughing at me.. u know for what la). "I'm Andrew Tan from class 3-5 and singing Anyone of Us by Gareth Gates" Then i said "Pls pardon me cos i'm feeling very nervous".. Everyone was laughing at my intro but then it rather interesting to actually break free of the monotonous intro of name, class and title of song. Well i ended of with, "Jugdes, sorry for the last part cos i wasnt eally prepared" i shouldnt have said that!! Maybe only edwin heard the out-of-tune-ness and i dont think bick yan and wang juinn could differenciate since it wasnt that bad and they weren't very music ppl either.. But when i said that, they must have knew something was wrong. Shucks!
Another funny thing was that bick yan gave me this shocked face throughout my entire performance (probably cos of my voice and how i sang the song). It was so funny and everytime i was feeling nervous and needed to smile to the audience, i just needed to look at her and a smile would naturally appear. I was actually laughing at the sillliness of her face. This time, i didnt really focus much on the stage present as i was concentrating real hard to make every note as perfect as i can.. A few things to learn from.. The other contestants were more or less ok.. There was some funny incidents that happened when i singing.. Although i didnt hear it myself but well... yea (shaun, darly and wenbin u guys should know. Pls dont go spreading it around)
Well, i wanna thank you all for coming down to support me. It was really great having you guys as audiences. Namely: shaun, darly, wenbin, lennart, and many more. And not forgetting the teachers: Mr Tan Jit Huih and Sis Valerie (haha).. yea and is it true that i have a fan club? i dont think so right.
The results will most probably be released next wed during assembly in front of the whole school.. If i enter the finals, i'll be elated! If i dont, well.. too bad! try harder.. I seriously dont feel any pressure or stress of getting into the finals cos i've learnt to take things in a strike. But my goal for singing is still to be able to win this competition and excell to greater heights.. Like Sinapore Idol and Campus Superstar (totally love zhi yang's voice and really admire him). So All the Best for me. May God Bless Me.
The mid years are like arriving at an alarming rate.. In 3 weeks. Must ask lisa to calculate the velocity (says in her deep and slank tone) of the arrival of exam.. Its like in 3 weeks, the sec 3s are gonna sit for the English paper. A real exam in 2 1/2 years.. The irony is that i dont even feel any tinge of pre exam stress yet and this is starting to frighten me. I just live from day to day in school... Homework, class tests, homework, class tests.. This is forever the boring cycle and i just tackle whatever comes in my way.. Sometimes i even choose the avoid it and settle for mediocal results at the last min.. Well, i should better start getting those poor brain cells of mine to start working..
So long! Work hard ppl! God Bless! Singing Rox!
*I desperately need a new skin for this blog. The huge kelly clarkson is kinda hideous after some time with her staring back at you. Who wanna volunteer pls tag! Maybe we'll start work after the mid years yea? Thanks in advance.
Yea so everything went well. Everything was totally nice and grovvy (except the first 2 notes where i was obviously flat) and then came the last part! The most horrendous part of all! The super high change of key! Well i shouldnt have revealed my flaws by singing that part which i didnt really rehearsed.. So i went a little out of tune (dunno if flat or sharp or whatever) at the final high part. Guess i didnt have enough support at that time to belt out that damn note. Whatever but what's done is done.. I hope that didnt affect my chance of entering the finals..
I should have just stop singing after the 2nd chorus where i actually planned to. Concidentally, i saw wang juinn picking up the mike, abt to say "thank you" and stop me. But then bick yan and edwin didnt respond, so he didnt say anything and allowed me to continue. I wanted to stop at that time la! But i as thinking might as well just completed the song and take a risk to show off my high notes.. Guess it turned out pretty bad with my superduper dry throat.. Even shaun could hear it from the audience. (It was really dry. My mouth was sticking instead of being wet with saliva and my lips stuck to my front teeth when i pronounce the words.) Maybe i was nervous.
I'm quite weird u know. As i grow older, i feel stage fright playing a increasing large role when i peforming on stage. In sec 1, during chma auditions, i wasnt even feeling anything form of nervousness and moreover, i was singing acapella and luckily, i found the correct pitch. If not 'Colours of the Wind' would not have been a sucess.. ok sec 2, i was a lil' more afraid and 'Love Me' wasnt a sucess. Now i was like super nervous and was trembling over all over before my turn came. I could literally hear the heartbeats knocking widly upon my ribs. Even in choir, i'll feel scared to even perform on stage. What's happening to me? Dont ppl outgrow stagefrights? maybe i'm ingrowing it.. haha!
Anyway my introduction of myself was hilarious and entertaining.. I said all this, "Hi" (In a super high pitch). "Yea, its me again" (By this time everyone was laughing at me.. u know for what la). "I'm Andrew Tan from class 3-5 and singing Anyone of Us by Gareth Gates" Then i said "Pls pardon me cos i'm feeling very nervous".. Everyone was laughing at my intro but then it rather interesting to actually break free of the monotonous intro of name, class and title of song. Well i ended of with, "Jugdes, sorry for the last part cos i wasnt eally prepared" i shouldnt have said that!! Maybe only edwin heard the out-of-tune-ness and i dont think bick yan and wang juinn could differenciate since it wasnt that bad and they weren't very music ppl either.. But when i said that, they must have knew something was wrong. Shucks!
Another funny thing was that bick yan gave me this shocked face throughout my entire performance (probably cos of my voice and how i sang the song). It was so funny and everytime i was feeling nervous and needed to smile to the audience, i just needed to look at her and a smile would naturally appear. I was actually laughing at the sillliness of her face. This time, i didnt really focus much on the stage present as i was concentrating real hard to make every note as perfect as i can.. A few things to learn from.. The other contestants were more or less ok.. There was some funny incidents that happened when i singing.. Although i didnt hear it myself but well... yea (shaun, darly and wenbin u guys should know. Pls dont go spreading it around)
Well, i wanna thank you all for coming down to support me. It was really great having you guys as audiences. Namely: shaun, darly, wenbin, lennart, and many more. And not forgetting the teachers: Mr Tan Jit Huih and Sis Valerie (haha).. yea and is it true that i have a fan club? i dont think so right.
The results will most probably be released next wed during assembly in front of the whole school.. If i enter the finals, i'll be elated! If i dont, well.. too bad! try harder.. I seriously dont feel any pressure or stress of getting into the finals cos i've learnt to take things in a strike. But my goal for singing is still to be able to win this competition and excell to greater heights.. Like Sinapore Idol and Campus Superstar (totally love zhi yang's voice and really admire him). So All the Best for me. May God Bless Me.
The mid years are like arriving at an alarming rate.. In 3 weeks. Must ask lisa to calculate the velocity (says in her deep and slank tone) of the arrival of exam.. Its like in 3 weeks, the sec 3s are gonna sit for the English paper. A real exam in 2 1/2 years.. The irony is that i dont even feel any tinge of pre exam stress yet and this is starting to frighten me. I just live from day to day in school... Homework, class tests, homework, class tests.. This is forever the boring cycle and i just tackle whatever comes in my way.. Sometimes i even choose the avoid it and settle for mediocal results at the last min.. Well, i should better start getting those poor brain cells of mine to start working..
So long! Work hard ppl! God Bless! Singing Rox!
*I desperately need a new skin for this blog. The huge kelly clarkson is kinda hideous after some time with her staring back at you. Who wanna volunteer pls tag! Maybe we'll start work after the mid years yea? Thanks in advance.