Over the course of the year I have tried to keep practicing alto vocal warmups as and when possible, I feel like it has benefited me especially for my solo work especially how come you don't call me anymore by Alicia keys. A problem i faced was remembering lyrics I asked a friend who has done musical theatre for over 4 years she said although the techniques she think would help are flamboyant the skills are still transferable.
Technique 1. repetitive writing of the lyrics without any aid and looking back at official lyrics and seeing if you have got them correct.
Technique 2. reading them and create a story and really feel like lyrics so once you have finished a certain phrase you naturally know whats coming up as you're finishing the story this wont particularly apply to every song.
Technique 3. muscle memory when practicing create moves for example moving in certain ways to trigger your memory.
After trying all three techniques I feel like technique 3 is the most appropriate for me.
Recently I have been trying to concur my nerves of performing solo, I find it really nerve racking as you only have a backing track behind you which you want to learn to a T as it obviously cannot change if you go wrong. I have being looking at mindfulness to try help combat my fears. This is something that I need to keep practicing and hopefully it will help me in the future as well.
Wax, Ruby. A Mindfulness Guide For The Frazzled. 1st ed. UK: Penguin, 2016. Print.
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