Tuesday, January 24, 2006

 

i sent the summertime recording from fort canning park to yuan ting. she replied "rofl... i dunno whether to laugh or puke" no idea what that means.

went for resonance auditions today. hopefully it'll help to maintain the muscles. i'm getting weaker and weaker by the day, during audition today i dared a Eb scale down, which turned out alright. right now i think D scale down is still acceptable but not Db. in any case if i just go straight to D it becomes rather unacceptable. edmund looks like he has not much choice. well, other than lyndley. edmund's friend whose name i have forgotten yet again did admit that they actually have baritones instead of basses. but honestly i dun think girls understand this thing about being bass. it's not up to us to decide, or even train for range. well, not entirely. it's like i could squeeze up to a F when i was still sop, and that feeling is different from when i'm trying to hit Db. if you cant, you train to relax more. if you still cant, you probably just cant. after 7 years in the lower staff, relaxation continues to prove itself to be very difficult.

i quote bacco (who is still my favourite bass): "although it's helpful to have a real deep voice, it's better to know how to use what you have." there's a clear line which one i have more space to work on. but i need more experimentation, dedication, and discipline to treat it as a formal form of art. hopefully when everyone returns, i'll be ready to roll out some grooves.

Zhengyu wrote at 10:41 PM.