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

Some of the most fun during my time in Italy was the “musical entertainment” between courses at dinner. Of course, we sang for each other. One night, Henk brought his guitar and we had an actual sing-along, but most nights we just improvised pieces and taught each other songs.

Following is a (very poorly lit) video of an improvised piece near the end of the week. True, you can’t really see us, but you can hear us. *smile*

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By the way, I’m singing with my friends Jurg (to my left), “guest director” Lorenzo, my roommate Sarah (to my right) and Noemi (to Sarah’s right, heard but never seen *smile*).