Saturday, February 11, 2006
I can't sing worth shit
have you ever read or heard of a play called beyond therapy by christopher durang? it's brilliant and hilarious and I strongly suggest everyone to read it. or at least read the synopsis from the link. when was the last time I recommended a PLAY? never. so get to it.
anyway I'm currently working on a scene from beyond therapy in my scene study class and it has this one part where the character I'm playing, bruce, sings the opening line from "someone to watch over me."
now I know this is a fairly popular song and all but it's definitely not a song I'm familiar with. coupled with the fact that I can't sing worth shit, this is a bit of a disaster for me.
I got an mp3 of it but having had no prior training (or interest) in singing, I have no idea where to begin in learning how to commit the melody to memory. I've been listening to the mp3 a bunch of times and just when I think I have it the tune bleeds out of my brain.
why is it that I can remember annoying jingles or new songs by fave bands and yet I can't get this goddamn song to stick?
fuck I think I got it. maybe it's because I'm treating it like an assignment? ok, if that's so, then how do I get over it? this thing is seriously getting in the way of everything else I need to remember and do for the scene that it's a huge distraction.
fuck.
try this: give the song a new name, such as "In Your Dying Arms, in Northern Idaho's Sunset" and you might find it suddenly start to click.
AH DAMN. though I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect this outta you.
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anyway I'm currently working on a scene from beyond therapy in my scene study class and it has this one part where the character I'm playing, bruce, sings the opening line from "someone to watch over me."
now I know this is a fairly popular song and all but it's definitely not a song I'm familiar with. coupled with the fact that I can't sing worth shit, this is a bit of a disaster for me.
I got an mp3 of it but having had no prior training (or interest) in singing, I have no idea where to begin in learning how to commit the melody to memory. I've been listening to the mp3 a bunch of times and just when I think I have it the tune bleeds out of my brain.
why is it that I can remember annoying jingles or new songs by fave bands and yet I can't get this goddamn song to stick?
fuck I think I got it. maybe it's because I'm treating it like an assignment? ok, if that's so, then how do I get over it? this thing is seriously getting in the way of everything else I need to remember and do for the scene that it's a huge distraction.
fuck.
try this: give the song a new name, such as "In Your Dying Arms, in Northern Idaho's Sunset" and you might find it suddenly start to click.
AH DAMN. though I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect this outta you.
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