Feeling a little anxious about launching this 30-day project, in today’s song I asked for help and further explored my reasons for this undertaking.

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Spontaneous Song #2 (click the triangle to start the player)

I’ve been looking for a way to use this blog to help me work on my spontaneous singing skills more directly. A way to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.

A few weeks ago, I thought “What better way to practice what I preach than to post a daily recording? Brilliant!”
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Then I got worried.

• I worried that I would fail to post every day.
• I worried about what to record
• I worried that what I did record would be boring, too similar, too weird, too … (you get the idea *smile*)
• I worried that I would send too many posts and all my readers would unsubscribe.

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Fortunately(?), everyone to whom I mentioned the idea was excited about (or at least intrigued by) it.

So I haven’t figured out all the details or reasons, but I will just start moving (or stop stopping *smile*) and adjust as I go.

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Knowing that it’s best (for me) to undertake a journey with at least some reason for traveling (if not a destination) in mind, here are some things I hope to accomplish.

• Post a 3-minute recording for each day of the month in November
• Interact with you as a singer (instead of just as a writer)
• Observe my art half-way through my year-long vocal improv class
• Learn something *smile*

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I don’t know yet if I’ll post daily or record daily and post weekly or if I’ll share what went into these recordings. I know identifying some things to try and whether or not they’re working could be useful as I make these recordings, but I don’t want to set up too many barriers to making the recordings. (i.e. I don’t want to chicken out. *smile*)

(Speaking of being brave,)  I won’t edit any of the recordings, but I am giving myself permission to record more than one “piece” a day (if I choose) and to post the one I like.

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So let me know what you think about my experiment. I’d love to hear your responses, questions and ideas. You can comment below or email me.

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Spontaneous Song #1

I’ve been meaning all summer to share some of the music I’ve made over the past few months. (But, I have been so busy making it that I never get to posting it.)

But since I have to admit that summer might actually be over (sniff, sniff), I figured I’d better share some snippets.

Enjoy!

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w/ Jay Young & The Lyric Factory at the Artists’ Quarter, June 2010

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Doing a singing exercise in Italy. I start the pattern. My friend Kees is the soloist.

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Yes, yes, I know. The sound quality is HORRIBLE. But, I so enjoyed what my accompanist Matt Curney did on the piano, I’m posting it anyway. *smile*