Decisions, Decisions... Yet Again
I have to decide on a song within a week or so, at the latest.
Frankly, it's looking like I'm going to have to give up on "Si Volvierals a Mi". Oddly enough, this is not due to a problem with the singing per se. I just can't seem to find a way to fit a reasonable sampling of it into the 30 second time limit.
I'll keep working at it. But I'm not feeling terribly optimistic about my chances.
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams", on the other hand, gets pretty close. I've got it down to 43 seconds. At this point I am trying to figure out how to make it suitably impressive without sounding incredibly rushed.
The other problem being that it is hard for me to sing "Boulevard" without hearing the instrumentals from the recording in my head, which tends to make me want to keep to the driving beat... something that I'm unsure is the best approach, since I need to change the song up a bit to make it 'mine'.
Also, I can't find copy of sheet music for "Boulevard" anywhere in the TC's. It would take a week to have it ordered from somewhere. Gah. The 'American Idiot' book is just guitar tabs, no use to me at all.
I am feeling that lucky streak slipping away.
Maybe that's a good thing? Sort of like how Dress Rehearsal always is a complete disaster, and everyone runs around tearing out their hair and squeaking in a dire sort of way, but it all magically pulls together for the actual performance (usually)?
Please say, "Yes, Bren, it's just like that. Really."
I'll promise to pretend to believe you...
Frankly, it's looking like I'm going to have to give up on "Si Volvierals a Mi". Oddly enough, this is not due to a problem with the singing per se. I just can't seem to find a way to fit a reasonable sampling of it into the 30 second time limit.
I'll keep working at it. But I'm not feeling terribly optimistic about my chances.
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams", on the other hand, gets pretty close. I've got it down to 43 seconds. At this point I am trying to figure out how to make it suitably impressive without sounding incredibly rushed.
The other problem being that it is hard for me to sing "Boulevard" without hearing the instrumentals from the recording in my head, which tends to make me want to keep to the driving beat... something that I'm unsure is the best approach, since I need to change the song up a bit to make it 'mine'.
Also, I can't find copy of sheet music for "Boulevard" anywhere in the TC's. It would take a week to have it ordered from somewhere. Gah. The 'American Idiot' book is just guitar tabs, no use to me at all.
I am feeling that lucky streak slipping away.
Maybe that's a good thing? Sort of like how Dress Rehearsal always is a complete disaster, and everyone runs around tearing out their hair and squeaking in a dire sort of way, but it all magically pulls together for the actual performance (usually)?
Please say, "Yes, Bren, it's just like that. Really."
I'll promise to pretend to believe you...
posted by Bren at 9:43 AM
4 Comments:
"Yes, Bren, it's just like that. Really."
Actually, I have no clue, having never tried out for American Idol before. And yet if you use up all your bad luck now... *shrugs*
Just keep going. I can't promise that anything will get better, but I can promise that you WILL get through it!
Hey Bren! Go to www.musicnotes.com and you'll be able to download the sheet music. Heck, I just found the page, and it has the sheet music right there. Go here:
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0048728&mnuid=0B74V0HDR1YCN2BM4RH84Q15S585V8K6003W7FN6
If for some reason I've mis-typed that URL, I found this site by googling these terms:
"boulevard of broken dreams" "sheet music"
This site was about the third one down in that search.
Good luck!!
I just did the google and I now know the song - it is a great song! Hope that you get the music asap!
can you just do the refrain for Volvieras and create the lead-in with your slow, romantic schlep over to the mike?
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