Music post

*This is one of those entries which I think I'll probably regret posting after a while.*

I have a lot of sound bytes at home, mostly of me singing to myself. To think that it's just me listening (unless my family is eavedropping, ugh) I'd be easy on myself but that's not the case. I critique myself a lot, like A LOT when it comes to music and since I do it frequently, it doesn't feel that weird anymore whenever I hear my voice from a recording.

I have uploaded this previously on imeem but I deleted it because it's the only decent one I've written yet it's the one that reminds me of the past that I'd like to forget. Besides the vocals are bad. This was done during my free time, as always, and I was more focused on the guitar playing. And the curses sounded like they fit in.

Another old recording I made when I was bored. Dates back to 2006, methinks. My recorder is primitive and could only record in .wav files. This bores me a little because it's a full song but I thought it wasn't that bad. I need to work on my pronunciation and breathing though.

This one is an a cappella that I recorded in 2007, I think, because I was looking for the song on the Internet. I sang this on YouTube once but I didn't feel comfortable playing it back and thought I should take it down. Actually I don't feel comfortable watching any of my videos anymore so why bother making more with my face on it! Anyway, I grew up in boyband culture so this was quite easy to sing. "I'm so so-orry." Really now? Yeah, I better work on that too.

I just did this last night. I have to say that David "Gaspy" Archuleta should get credz for this song because it's actually hard to sing (although we all know he sang this in a professional studio and had his voice altered a bit). I couldn't even breathe in the chorus. It felt like I could do way better when not recording, but when I do record myself and hit the chorus, my chest tightens like a virgin vag. The only thing I like about this recording is the "Ohhhh" part. The rest sucks. I was pitchy. This is a guy song so I had to adjust the pitch higher and amplify my voice to hear what the heck I was singing. I even mispronounced "possibility".

I think I love Taylor Swift already. Her voice has a country flare to it that I can't figure out so that I can make it my own. Sometimes even if you sing the right notes, the whole thing just doesn't feel right. This is an example of it, in my opinion. This is VERY MUCH doctored, by the way. I had to adjust the volume on the chorus part to the extreme because I just lost it. Couldn't. Fucking. Breathe. Thank goodness the music covers the mistakes on continuity.

Boots Anson-Roa, a well-respected actress in Philippine cinema, was my professor back in college. She taught Performance and Presentation. She once told me not to apologize for anything before I begin any performance because I'd pretty much make the audience have bad expectations of me when they wouldn't even notice had I not pointed anything out. It's such a Debbie Downer. Well then, I guess I have not learned, music wise.

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