as most of you should have known by now, i opted for Cue Sports at first, but Ms Chua put me in Vocal Singing Workshop by mistake, and she forgot to change. and i didnt know till the day before so it was too late to tell her to change by then. so yeah i just went for Vocal Singing Workshop in the end. AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY GLAD I DID! it was really a blessing in disguise! :D :D ♥♥
first day! :D ♥ Celine (our instructor), wanted to test out our singing voices. so yeah we all had to sing individually in front of her and the rest of the class. i chose 彩虹!(: Jay Chou rocks hehe.=P ♥ next, we got splited into groups cos we had to do a group presentation the next day. my group's name is Different, by the way!(: cos yeah other groups were named after various math topics like Integration and Vectors and S&S...but our group didnt want to be named Differentiation, so we just called ourselves Different. :D ♥ group members: Ying Hui, Eunice, Waiyee, Chinkiat, Theodore and Song Yu!(: ♥
after lunch, Celine taught us many basic singing skills. really learnt alot! different vocal registers, rhythm, using diaphragm to project my voice(i've always wanted to learn but didnt have a chance till that day!) breathing, facial expressions, stage presentation, dynamics etc. :D ♥
then, we had another round of individual presentation. chose 说好的幸福呢 this time. wrong song choice...sort of screwed up my breathing timing and all...ended up using alot of falsettos (假音) unnecessarily cos of lack of breath.-.- but oh well it was a learning experience.(: ♥
second day! :D♥ learnt vocal stylistics! :D and we were supposed to work in groups to present 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', applying what we've learnt about vocal stylistics to it. ours turned out quite well in my opinion! :D ♥
Waiyee, Ying Hui and Song Yu sang the main melody, i sang the back vocals, Theodore did the bass and beatboxing and Chinkian did Ad-lib!(: ♥ the other groups were quite interesting too! it was really fun to see the different ways each group presented the same song.(: ♥ we also did another group song of our own choice. our group did I'm Yours by Jason Mraz!(: ♥
after that was preparation for our final individual song. this time there was a professional judge to watch us and give us comments! and her name happened to be Eunice too.=X had a hard time choosing a song this time...my first time singing in front of a judge! haha. chose 给我一首歌的时间 by Jay Chou in the end. and i just kept replaying the song over and over again the day before! i think my brother was sort of disturbed by my loud singing cos he was mugging for his chemistry paper hehe.=P ♥(sorry Jon! =X) when my name was called, i just went up and gave it my best shot. and yeah i was quite satisfied with my attempt this time.=P at least i didnt go out of tune.=P ♥
shall summarise the comments received from Eunice and Celine!(: ♥ -nice tone (: -too muffled, must open up mouth more. -dont cover the mike with your hands while singing -it'd be better if you choose a female song next time. -keep practising.(:
some may be wondering why i actually took this sabbatical course so seriously. in fact, i was also surprised by myself! but yeah all the more i've been convinced that i really do love singing, and it was awesome to be part of a group of people who are also passionate about singing. i have to admit that there are many others out there whose singing voices are much better than me! :D ♥ enjoyed hearing them sing! :D. ♥ glad that i've made new friends through this workshop!(: caught up with quite a few friends during the sabbatical too! Glenn, Zheng Rui, Louisa, Kok Seng, Roy, Waiyee and Yinghui.(: ♥ let's go kbox one day and sing our hearts out! :D :D :D ♥ love yall!(: ♥