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.
