Audition

Have you ever walked into an audition with absolutely no idea how it might go?  I did.

I’m exploring my “rock voice.”  I’ve explored my “country voice” to the limits and back again.  I'm very comfortable with it.  I’ve trained my “theater voice”, and I continue to train the limits of my vocal range in both directions.

I auditioned with a band.  They have a set of music they want to perform and seek a vocalist that can deliver.  I have no idea if I am that vocalist, but it is yet another opportunity to explore and train more of my “rock voice.”  I learned three songs that were  released before I was born.  I’d never heard them in my life.  I showed up to sing them as well as I could.  One of these songs was 10 minutes long!  I can’t come in where I am supposed to if my life depends on it…

It’s funny.  You can listen to a song for several weeks and think that you know it.  You sing along with it on the radio (or mp3 player, or whatever).  Then, you try to perform it and realize you were just kidding yourself.

So, three hard rock songs.  Released before I was born.  Performed my male artists.  It was definitely an experiement!  It could have gone worse...  I saw the band members rocking out while we sang.  I saw smiles.  I saw some winces, but I got the impression that those were all self directed.  Lord knows, I winced myself many times...

When it comes to putting myself out there, this has to be the most vulnerable audition I've ever had!