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[monkeybard]

I haven't done a musical since...2000?  2001?  A while, at any rate.  But there's one coming up this fall that I really want to be in.  So I need to get back into the habit of singing.  I've started by singing along with CDs or mp3s in the car.  Today, it's musical soundtracks, starting with Assassins.  Yeah, it's a little crazy to dive straight into Sondeihm (or Mozart for the Modern Age, as I consider him), but it's amazing how much of the lyrics I can remember after not even listening to it for years.  It's also amazing how much of my voice training I still remember.  Muscle memory, really.  Admittedly, three summers of outdoor theatre have had an effect on my vocal chords.  Not irreparable, though, and not to my upper range.  After this, I think I'll pop in Chess or Into the Woods or The Producers.

I need a copy of the more recent production of Assassins, the one with Neil Patrick Harris as the Balladeer.  The original soundtrack doesn't have the song "Something Just Broke".  It's so gorgeous, but it wasn't written until the show played in London.

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[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

*cough*WICKED*cough*

;) Break a leg at the auditions! :D

[monkeybard]

Yeah, but I can't really sing along to that one yet. I'll get there, though. :) I *heart* Stephen Schwartz.

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

Sad. ;) I can...but then I'm more obsessed with it than you are or probably ever will be. LOL

[ravenzanne.livejournal.com]

Give me a holler if you want a vocal coach. Once upon a time, I taught voice for three years as a student voice teacher at college. I'm not a good piano player, which is why I never pursued it - but I can help you prep and make sure you won't burn out your vocal chords.

I'm intrigued by Drood, but not sure if I'll have the time.

P.S. I've got an Assassins copy I got from Jay if you want to borrow.

[devinam.livejournal.com]

what show??

[monkeybard]

Yes, and I'm okay with that. ;)

[monkeybard]

I'm seeing Jay tonight, so hopefully I can get a copy from him then.

Thanks for the coaching offer! I will probably take you up on it. The training I have had is coming back, but more in the soprano range than the rest of it. All my long-ingrained bad habits are in my mid-range and lower. Tough to get past them when I'm so rusty.

[monkeybard]

Drood. :D

[devinam.livejournal.com]

ooh! who's doing it?

[monkeybard]

RCT. I'll make sure to let you know when I hear about auditions, if you like.

[devinam.livejournal.com]

please do. :) it might be time to audition again, come that time...

[monkeybard]

Righty-ho. :)

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad. It's cause you're a giver. :D