After all those days of exhausting singing, I gave up. Singing was getting more and more effortful, and that means that something was going horribly wrong. So I took it very easy last night, and took a step back in my technique today. I started by singing the way I was the day before I started to ratchet up my "support". All those high notes were still there, and still relatively easy. Then I started adding support back in, in moderation this time.
Well whaddayaknow? It seems I'd fallen victim to the oh-so-common "teacher said it's good so that's ALL I'M GOING TO DO UNTIL I DROP DEAD" syndrome. I was supporting like CRAZY, but that's all I was doing. As my friend and mentor Joseph Shore put it, "any extra effort in one variable means another variable is out of balance." So I put it all back into balance today, and what a relief! It all still works. (relatively) Easy E's, F's, and F#'s again. All I gotta do is breathe and sing, breathe and sing. :)
So much of being a singer is screwing around with this thing called "technique", only practically evaluable by nebulous sensational adjectives and an ear. Imagine if the only way you could tell that you were spelling words right was the sound of the keyboard and the feeling of the word. What a pain in the ass.
Sat, 2008-02-02 16:12
Cam, I don't think the link to your resume is working--just a heads up :)
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