After presenting my song at singing class last month, I was really bummed. I took a huge step outside my comfort zone, tried lots of new things and put myself out there. But I guess somehow it didn’t translate into the video, or wasn’t perceived like that by everyone and one of the feedbacks that I got, was that it was a missed opportunity.
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I guess the title might need some further explanation. I’m a huge “RuPaul’s Drag Race” fan. I’ve watched every season (at least twice) and there’s a special highlight episode that every fan is usually waiting for. It’s when they are playing the “Snatch Game”. The rules are simple – the contestants have to impersonate a celebrity during a game show. You can watch the winning performances here. (If you’ve never seen it before, it’s worth taking a look, sooo much fun, honestly). Now the challenge for my singing class was kinda similar this month – everyone got assigned an artist with a special live performance and had to impersonate and fully slip into that character for the final video.
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A new month and a new opportunity to…
Yeah? What exactly? This month of singing class started out pretty confusing and unsure for me. Once again, I thought I missed the mark with my last song. At least the one I set for myself. But it also feels like I’m starting to let down a lot of people who seem to believe in me and what I’m capable of. So you see, it’s all still very complicated.
Continue reading “Sängerschmiede Part 4 – I’m just not there (yet)”Sängerschmiede Part 3 – Singing without Fear!?
I started this month of singing class with the feeling of defeat. I had worked so hard and was actually proud of what I had achieved, but then it seemed that I handed in something a bit off-topic for the last assignment. This of course was mainly how my brain perceived it and not based on what actually happened. Nevertheless did it set the tone for the start of my new homework.
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Sängerschmiede Part 2 – Let it Go
Another month of “Sängerschmiede” is over and it’s time to let you in on what happened. At the end of the last group coaching, everyone got assigned a new homework song. When I heard the song I initally felt scared, but that feeling was quickly replaced by excitement? joy? I don’t even know, as it felt a bit new to me.
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Sängerschmiede Part 1 – A new journey
Most of you know, that I’ve been taking vocal coaching for a bit over two years now. It helped me lots to work on my voice and develop a better stage presence. During that time I also noticed, that singing (my own songs) is actually what I want to do and the ukulele is my support in that. I guess I always just used the ukulele to accompany my singing, but for some reason I felt that this was not enough for a very long time. That I needed to learn to play more intricate fingerstyle and add more of, I don’t even know what exactly, to my playing. Somehow it just never felt enough. But I’ve realized now, that it’s really not about that for me. It’s about letting the ukulele support my voice and what I have to say with songs.
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Ukulele Intro – Funolele II
My very first ukulele was a Tiger UKE 7 in purple. I called her Funolele because it gave my lots of joy and I use it mainly to play fun songs with. A couple of months ago Tiger Music approached me and sent me two ukuleles as review samples and giveaways. I was really excited because I still love my first ukulele that had from them and wanted to see if that was just because it was my first one.
Continue reading “Ukulele Intro – Funolele II”Excitement Anxiety
Do you know the feeling you get, when you have something amazing coming up, but somehow you’re sure that something awful will happen? Well I do. It’s a feeling that comes up quite regularly. Everytime I’m super excited about something, I am absolutely sure, that either I or some cosmic energy will fuck it up.
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Most of you read by now, that I was not too happy about my performance at The Tropical Winter Ukulele Festival (TWUF) and I want to take the time to do a little recap and get you some context to my feelings.
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From 17.-19. January the lovely “Tropical Winter Ukulele Festival” (TWUF) took place in Leppävirta, Finland. The festival is located in the Spa Hotel Vesileppis – and when I say located I mean the whole festival takes place there. So you arrive, get cosy and you’re set for the whole weekend.
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