Daily practice:
An hour voice technique class at BDC with Misa O. subing for B. Sheppard
Vocal performane class with Misa and then accompanst Walter Thompson where I sang you've got to be taught 20 million times.
Fitness:
Ballet with Silantiev
Ballet with Hochman
Tap with Kenney subing for Salsberg
Theater with Cooney
Im also going for an open mic tonight! Happy days. Live Performance:
I sang "All I need is the Girl" at Don't Tell Mama's open mic! A lot of fun!!
Its amazing how much energy you get after an easy Sunday!!
On day 20th, I accidentally wrote "29th"... and then I thought: I will think about it again on day 29, 9 days later! And so I had :) Happy Days!
So today I decided to use this fine weather and go to the beach! My lovely friend Dineke went with me and we had a blast... Slept straight for first 2 hours, haha!
SUNBURNS!!! I already know what will finish me off!
Anyways, going back to yesterday: Live Performance:
It was a Benefit Concert for Japan, organized by Kurt Robinson. I got to perform for quite a lot of people, together with some really amazing singers. Am I happy with my "All I need is the Girl"? No. I could have done so much better! Actually I walked off the stage and wanted to die... but I listened to the recording later on and it sounded much better then it sounded in my head! I guess that's good, haha!
And back on May 29th:
Daily Practice:
50min working on vocalizations and "Dancing through Life".
Good Deed:
Finale of my clothes drive! For a week, I have been collecting clothes for charity, using Broadway Dance Center as a central point of collection! Initially it was suppose to be over by Thursday but up until Friday evening, box was empty... which made me very sad. But today, when I went to get it, it absolutely exceeded my expectations! I wish I had a scale, but I have at least 30-40 lbs of clothes! My friend from Connecticut contributed to it as well, thank you Renata. I will divide the clothes and give them to the charities I have worked for during May.
Classical Piece of the Day:
Fryderyk Chopin, 2nd Concerto, F minor, 2nd movement, LarGHETTO...
Daily Practice:
at least 40 min of vocalizations and all I need is the girl
Coaching session:
60min with Kat Sherrell. Great great great, she's great! I'm not but her greatness is affecting me!
Did all I need is the girl about hundred million times, and also you've got to be taught.
Healthy Meals:
Poached eggs on whole grain toast, turkey ham (I microwaved it till it was crispy haha! FAT FREE!) and cherry tomatoes.
Different little vegetables, a bit of beef and rice.
Vocal Performance! Still haven't done it, but I did a sound check already so I guess I can write about it! I'll be performing at New World Stages, All I need is the Girl (and also a bit of Irish dancing!) at A Benefit Concert for Japan. And here's the best part: among well-established, amazing Broadway performers. It's such an honor...
I'll tell you how it went tomorrow!
Because I started a day by waking up at 6 am to do my
Good Deed:
Working at West Side Campaign Against Hunger from 7 till 8.40. So before it opened, I was carrying fruits and vegetables into the "shop" as the only man there and once everything was on its place, I was packing bread and rolls into bags for a further distribution! Not too much interaction with other people... thank you... And while I was doing that, I was listening to different recordings of my voice classes / coaching session to make sure I have my "All I need is the Girl" in a top shape! Or at least that I could not say, I could have done better. I took a photo of the Church where it's all taking place, with my mobile phone, as I didn't have my camera with me. And now I haven't got a clue how to put that photo on my computer so I took a picture of my mobile displaying the photo. Clever, eh?
Then I rushed to my place, to work a bit on the movement for the concert on Saturday, and once clock turned 10, I started my
Daily Practice:
about 60 min, vocalizations and All I need is the miracle, THE GIRL I mean. Funny, anyone? No? Ok...
Then,
Demo recording:
In a studio in Brooklyn. As hard as it was, I had so much fun! I do know, and realize, that it's not perfect whatsoever. But it is what I am, and how I sing right now. I did my absolute best, I practiced every day for the past month and this is how it sounds like. Do I wish it was better, OF COURSE but I am sure it will! I solemnly promise to work on it so it's spot on! Till then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAMSP-rvpyU
I went to school after that, to take Kurt Robinson's performance class in which we went through... all I need is the girl... He's just great... Gave me a lot of tips and corrections, mostly concerning my choreo/movement. Oh boy... It's quite overwhelming! Extremely pleasurable, I love working on singing, and "moving", and musical theater in general, but it's a long process and a hard work!!
After that class I took
Fitness:
Tap with Ben and Miller. I had the stomach ache of a century! I was ready to give a birth to a hippopotamus, but I fought it through and stayed in the class!
Now I'm home, about to take a shower... I guess I will do it with my two tickets for Wicked that I can't go to see tomorrow. I hate my life.
Look what I've found on a subway! Do not look into its eyes!!
Classical Piece of the Day:
Ave Maris Stella by Edward Grieg
I was helping out at West Side Campaign Against Hunger, where people "buy" food for points. I had the wort job to do. Whenever someone run out of points while checking out, I was supposed to take it back to shelves. It wasn't bad cos I had to carry stuff around. It was bad cos part of me died a bit every time someone was refused a small bag of pasta, can of sweet corn or a quarter of a cabbage. Anyway, they need a lot of help every day and they asked me if I could come tomorrow at 7am. I promised I would.
Daily Practice:
30 min of vocalizations
10 min of working on All I need is the Girl. All I need is the miracle though...
Fitness:
Ballet with D. Koppel
For the VERY first time, I have completed her Adagio correctly... almost... but at least I knew what's going on!!! I also danced it next to Kristen which made it a lot of fun. Summer timeeee.... your daddy's poor and your mamma's disgusting... haha!
Private Vocal lesson:
45 min
with Mdme M. Zhorella- Fedorova.
worked on breathing and support technique for the better part.
I brought her flowers as a thank you for her work on the piece I sang at Carnegie Hall.
Healthy Meal:
I went all green for a lunch! Well, yellow to be honest! Had a massive box of pineapple. I only realized I need to take a photo of it once almost all of it was gone! Haha
Coaching session:
60 min with Kat Sherrell. We've worked on all of my songs but concentrated on All I need is the girl (for the obvious reasons). We cleared the diction, sorted out my breaths and many other stuff that I can't even remember right now but I recorded it all so it's just a matter of listening to the recording and then about 20 milion years of practice. Easy. We did some acting too! Good stuff...
And now, I'm soon off to a vocal rehearsal with few people from BDC, to work on 21 guns for our upcoming concert...
Let's start with a correction to yesterday's post. Open Mic didn't happen... instead I went for a
Live Performance:
We got to listen to The little Death, "Cranberries" and amazing Tituss Burgess. Amazing...
Quote of the night: "I have room!".
And Today Daily Practice:
50 min working on vocalizations, All I need is the Girl, Dancing through life, Love never fails and general awesomeness that every performer needs!
Fitness:
Theater with Munro
Tap with Salsberg
Theater with Cooney
Then death by exhaustion. But before that I've taken a phrase "messy bedroom" into a whole new level.
Fitness:
Ballet with Silantiev
Ballet with Koppel
ballet overload...
Daily Practice:
15 min of vocalizations, 15 of Dancing through life and Love never fails. My newest most favorite song!
Private Voice Class:
with Kurt Robinson. We've worked extensively on All I need is the girl, as I will be performing it at a Benefit for Japan Concert this Saturday! Yay!! Also, omg I've just seen the weirdest (very pretty thou!) bird outside my window!! It was purple and I'm not even joking! Anyways... Dancing through life which was a lot of fun! Let's go down to the Old Dust ballroom... tremendous. He's amazing. Period. No photo, OF COURSE... instead I just took a picture when I remembered, already on the Penn Subway Station, located just outside RG studios!
Healthy Meals:
Linguine with vegetables, shrimps and tomato sauce!
I'm off to Webster Hall for my open mic performance! Should be a lot of fun!!
