Do..Mi..So..Do..So..Do..Mi..Do

Completed 10 vocal lessons with Babes Conde..my first class since those torturous years of learning piano (from Grade 1 to 8). It has been quite an interesting experience and hopefully, my skills have improved a wee bit by now. A few tips to remember:

1. Know your range and choose songs that suit your voice
2. Practice vocal drills and warm-ups
3. Visualise the pitching..'It's in your face..not the throat!"'
4. Breathe..at the right places..and deeply..to get enough air
5. Mark the song..prepare yourself to hit high notes
6. Feel the song..what is it saying? What kind of song is it? (I..You..We..They.. Story..Statement..Angst)

Good thing is..I don't think I will performing secular songs anywhere or anytime soon in the future..so all the songs I will be singing for now are 'Jesus' songs..ha ha...Phew! But it still boils down to faithfully running through scales and appegios.. So..Do..La..Fa..Mi..Do..Re So..Do..La..Ti..Do..Re..Do...(imaginary vibrato)...

2007 Resolutions

Another new year and supposedly new resolutions. But unfortunately, the first on my list always remains the same:

• Lose weight...at least 10kg...will treat No Signboard chilli crab if I succeed
• Stay off the junk food diet...just heard that some hamburgers can keep for a month in room temperature
• Try not to kaypoh and poke finger in other people's pie...with certain exceptions of course!
• Sleep earlier and wake later...ha ha ha!

But on a more serious note:

• Develop Prophetic Worship...more in-depth meditation on God's Word
• Learn more guitar/keyboard chords and styles
• Improve on vocal control
• Be a better mum and spend more time playing with Justin and Jared instead of nagging at them
• Be a more loving and tolerant wife
• Spend more quality time with my family and friends
• Exercise regularly to keep fit and healthful
• Resume drawing and painting...produce something worth hanging on the wall
  

So, borrowing the words of Ps Ben...the final resolution is to keep the above resolutions! :0) May the Good Lord bless us richly with the fruits of our labour! May we find strength and hope in God's truth and promises in His Word. Let us continue to run the race with faith, endurance and thanksgiving in our hearts, to receive that crown of glory from Jesus which has been set aside for us.