With aching feet (high heels) & tired eyes (contact lenses), I can finally take a breather to write about tonight's concert. But it was worthed it because it was a success! The setting was beautiful & intimate, and the set up went generally well. We achieved almost full capacity, with close to a hundred guests!
This year, we "upgraded" to a more pro place at the Playden@Arts House, which was more a black box theatre, but the acoustics and staging was better than the previous venue. The setting was also cozier and more comfy. We could also have refreshments here and people actually stayed around to mingle after the concert.
Everyone did really well and the songs were all great as each talented songwriter presented their songs. It was a really good mix, with each song being really "heartfelt" songs...I think that's the way with singer-songwriters.
I presented one too (my song "Hi"), but being nervous, my starting was a bit soft, but it slowly rode out more confidently (while closing my eyes in between to get into focus and be less conscious of the audience...yah, it looked like I was immersed in my song right? haha...). As B said, maybe my newly started vocal classes helped a little as I recalled it was worse last year when my voice was really stuck in my throat. I tried to recall how to breathe in between, partly to calm myself down and I actually managed to memorise my lyrics! It was a good experience.
A big THANK YOU to Jeremy for helping me play the guitar. Also a big THANK YOU to V and S.E. who came for the concert. It really made a difference.
Well, the night passed really fast and the adrenaline rush from the concert is still lingering (B said I was a bit "high" after the concert). I really enjoyed it and hopefully, next year we'll have another!
9 years ago
Yup, totally agree that everything went very well.
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No problem! Glad to be able to help in whatever way I can to "do justice to your song". It was good song.
Ya, I think it's 1 of my better songs (haha...so thick skin) :P
ReplyDeleteReally thanks coz it let me concentrate on singing...although I wished I sang better. You played well.
I felt your singing was alright. Let's wait for Jerron's video clips and you can evaluate for yourself.
ReplyDeleteYup, I think it's good that you "outsourced" the guitar playing to someone else, so that you could concentrate on the singing. I think it helps a lot. That's what I like to do for my songs too, ha! =)
With more practice, you'll become more confident too! :)
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