This month was unusual. It was unusual because I had more difficulty playing than usual. I am preparing for a performance which will be on December 6th and for it I learned an indie rock piece. The thing is, the piece has a complicated chord progression in the arrangement. Chords aren't a problem for me … Continue reading Guitar playing
Category: Creativity
Singing
This month I continued singing training. The most important achievement this time was my self-awareness. During lessons we utilized the use of a mirror where I watch my movements in coordination with my singing sounds. And through this I became much more aware of what I need to do to hit certain notes. I also … Continue reading Singing
Guitar playing
This month of guitar playing went better than last month. I gained much more practice with bosa nova and other Portuguese styles of guitar playing. I even learned to play Amar Pelos Dois by Salvador Sobral. After speaking to my singing teacher, she advised me to learn to sing this instead of waters of march, … Continue reading Guitar playing
Acting
At the end of this month of acting I already felt tremendous improvements. One of the things that improved tremendously was my focus. I learned how to stop straying from my tasks through something called the Suzuki method. It's a set of Japanese exercises for actors before doing any other training. These exercises are very … Continue reading Acting
Singing
Singing this month was quite a joy actually. Once I got past the block of having forgotten many things, it got a lot better. I started to move on from all the exercises to actual singing, and I am currently focusing on the song Amar Pelos Dois by Salvador Sobral which I mentioned in the … Continue reading Singing
Acting
This year I started acting. I go to a theatre studio called "6 pojūčiai". There are lessons every Monday and Wednesday. I was very nervous to start acting at first because I wasn't sure if I will be any good at it or if it will suit me. Plus, there is stress from becoming involved … Continue reading Acting
Singing
I have not sung during the summer at all, which made for a pretty rough start this month. The lessons started out light in order to avoid damaging the voice. I had no trouble with them. After the light period, when we started working seriously again, I felt like I had forgotten many things from … Continue reading Singing
Guitar playing
After a long summer (during which I continued playing the guitar), I am back writing about it once again. This month was not much different than the previous months, although I did experience troubles with my time management. During this month, I set out to learn how to play some Bossa Nova pieces, the problem … Continue reading Guitar playing
Guitar playing
This month was heavy with exams, but I found time to practice guitar playing in between hours of studying. I only managed to start learning Brighton Rock by Queen. It has a really nice guitar solo part and it's one of my favourite songs by Queen, which is why I decided to play it. The … Continue reading Guitar playing
Singing
Yep, still singing. What a journey this year has been. I went from not knowing how to sing at all to actually performing a song live. I actually feel a bit proud of myself for persevering through feelings of self doubt and through days when I felt like my love for singing will never match … Continue reading Singing
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