Singing lesson 1

Focusing on improving my singing, I booked a lesson with Val the Uni singing mentor, taking along with me the music and lyrics to Paloma Faiths “Only Love Can Hurt Like This “ (Warren and Faith,2011 )as its favourite of mine so I’m familiar with the tune and lyrics, Singing alongside Val playing the piano she estimated my vocal range; following the song sheet line by line Val encouraged me to sing from the soul, feel the depth of my voice, which would help me improve. I was nervous as I’m not a confident singer however, Val coached me throughout the entire song line by line, stopping me at points to learn me new techniques, one suggested technique was opening my mouth wider whilst singing so the song belts out, another holding my notes longer, Val showed me some breathing techniques, her advice was taken on board and at the end of lesson 1 I felt I had improved.

Welcome to 2nd Year

During the summer break I had all intentions of progressing my Guitar skills,however this did not happen and because i didn't practice when i eventually did decide to have a play of my Guitar I had forgot the chords and how to play altogether, with all my previous hard work out of the window i've now decided to focus on singing instead as i feel that's what i'm best at musically.