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Still working on Departure from Rurouni Kenshin...

The song is really simple, but since it's such a quiet song, the dynamics is really hard to get right, or anything close to it. I really don't want it to come out like a MIDI file. On top of that, due to mypoor technique, my whole body tenses up when I'm trying to play the left hand softly, yet audibly -- it's exhausting and really not good for long hours of practice.

Hmmm, what else...

Oh, I finally received the two piano books I ordered online!:D One teaches piano essentials and the other is a fake book from the E-Z Play Today series with lotsa Disney favourites in there. With its simplicity and huge notations, it's perfect for a poor-sighted newbie like me:) I'll go into detail about their contents another time though...haven't really read much of them yet.

I went for a earn-training workshop earlier this week as well. It was great, exceot that each student had a sing "lalala" quite a fair bi tto get ourselves used to hearing pitches and intervals in our voices.

I generally hate my voice 'cause of how it sounds, and I hate my singing voice more -- which I guess can't be helped seeing how little I use it each day. My vocals cords and all are ridiculously weak, lol...

It was nervous-wrecking in class 'cause I belong to the Bass vocal type, and the teacher was using the middle C major scale to train us...LOL. I couldn't reach so many of the notes...nearly died...though I managed to survive it somehow:D Think my face was red pretty much the entire workshop, lol...

Side note: I have almost never sang at karaoke before, so you know how scary this is for me...*shudders*

Even so, I sorta liked being able to use the musical side of my voice in a friendly and educational environment for a change. I know I mentioned how frightened I get when I have to sing, and how much I hate my voice, but somehow...I've always wanted, and wonder how it'd be like to not be restricted vocally. It must be so nice for singers to be able to express emotions without cracking their voices all the time. I know all that takes lots of training, but still...These thought make me want to take up vocal lessons -- and the only thing stopping me is fear and well, money...

Anyways, the teacher said singers tend to pick up piano playing much quicker, just made me want to learn to sing even more.

For that, I managed to find a great site that offers lots of singing advice and information for free. It's kinda like Piano Play It, but for singing:) This sparked another idea in me...

What if I followed the tips and exercises offered in that site religiously, while keeping a blog on all the progress and obstacles I faced? It'd be like this blog, but for my attempt at singing instead! It seemed like a fun idea, and being able to observe the improvement in my voice may be cool! Hmmmm...

Only thing is that I'd have to post recordings of my voice on the blog...

I've tried recording and replaying my attempts at some of the vocal exercises I did back to myself -- and let me tell you, it was excruciating to listen......oh man!

But I guess if these exercises were to work, I'd be able to prove how it had by comparing the before and after recordings:D And hopefully that would help those similar to myself, who would like to learn to sing but are reluctant to, some insight to what they can expect from training:)

That'd be cool too...

I'll see what I can do with this idea and keep its advancements posted here!