Day 2
Breathing then Scale exercises – Still very scratchy at the top end. Tried recording high pitched section of Ironbark – sounded awful.
Day 3
Breathing, scales, a few songs.
Top end in much better condition to begin with. Recorded lots of vocals for Ironbark – first 20 minutes sounded good, then downhill from there! Stamina still lacking. Day 4 No singing today, but I listened back to what I recorded yesterday. Beast of the Air: Happy with this, a couple of slightly off notes, one or two lines to rerecord, but basically it's done. Miser's Will Part 1: Not happy with what I recorded for this at all. The demo I recorded last summer sounded good – C minor was an okay key, and singing so much just above middle C was no strain at all. Yesterday's take of this soundes really strained and forced. I seriously need to work on singing in this range with a relaxed throat – there's way too much tension in this take and it really shows. Miser's Will part 3: 80% of this is good – it's all in the lower range which has escaped the ravages of illness and neglect. The only exception is a couple of notes towards the end which are supposed to float up into falsetto but sound too hoarse and forced when they do so. It's not all bad, there's a lot I can keep from the last recording session, but listening back my voice still isn't where it should be. Goals: Work on singing the range just above middle C in a relaxed manner – volume without strain.
Sort out my falsetto – shouldn't sound so hoarse, and I could do with more breathe control here. In other news, I've recieved a bad review here: http://bit.ly/hnRvgh My this blog post is negative! It's not all bad really. Honest!
Top end in much better condition to begin with. Recorded lots of vocals for Ironbark – first 20 minutes sounded good, then downhill from there! Stamina still lacking. Day 4 No singing today, but I listened back to what I recorded yesterday. Beast of the Air: Happy with this, a couple of slightly off notes, one or two lines to rerecord, but basically it's done. Miser's Will Part 1: Not happy with what I recorded for this at all. The demo I recorded last summer sounded good – C minor was an okay key, and singing so much just above middle C was no strain at all. Yesterday's take of this soundes really strained and forced. I seriously need to work on singing in this range with a relaxed throat – there's way too much tension in this take and it really shows. Miser's Will part 3: 80% of this is good – it's all in the lower range which has escaped the ravages of illness and neglect. The only exception is a couple of notes towards the end which are supposed to float up into falsetto but sound too hoarse and forced when they do so. It's not all bad, there's a lot I can keep from the last recording session, but listening back my voice still isn't where it should be. Goals: Work on singing the range just above middle C in a relaxed manner – volume without strain.
Sort out my falsetto – shouldn't sound so hoarse, and I could do with more breathe control here. In other news, I've recieved a bad review here: http://bit.ly/hnRvgh My this blog post is negative! It's not all bad really. Honest!