A twelve week short course every Saturday - Why Saturday??!!!
I was drawn to the College after reading it had high success rates, great feedback and industry professional tutors. The likes of Leona Lewis had studied there, and VIP guests such as Mark Ronson, Basement Jaxx, Pete Tong and Boy George walk through the doors. From then on I knew I had to be apart of this college.
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My class consisted of eleven pupils, mostly girls. Our teacher was Grammy Award winner - Phil Ramocon, he was really quite a character! His voice is phenomenal, you could feel his passion travelling through the air when he sang, truly compelling.
The first day was surreal, being there along with other young talented people who disclosed having exactly the same stage fright issues, and like me, some having had years away from singing and were striving to get their confidence back. We all had similar personalities; outgoing, determined, passionate, charismatic and genuinely supportive, so getting along was instant.
We discussed how being nervous can stop you from singing like you knew you could, making your heart race ten to a dozen and your voice shake. It is one of the most frustrating things to go through.
Speaking to these people was a blessing, I learnt that nervousness didn't mean I had an inability to perform, it is confirmation of my passion to perform and the adrenaline racing threw my body. I just needed to learn to accept the nerves and not let it rule me. It was as though I knew I wanted to sing so much that the fear was holding me back — fear of rejection and fear of how the nerves will effect my voice control.
We were told that everyday we would do at least an hours vocal warm up and exercises. I already knew most of the techniques from seeing Sandra Scott - see previous blog. We all sang a song in groups as we were far to timid to go at it alone, but you could see that singing together already gave us a massive confidence boost and we progressed rapidly, some more than others.
Each time we sang, Phil would record us so we could watch ourselves and see where we'd need to improve and how much we'd improved as the weeks go on. Watching myself helped to see me from an audience prospective and to see where I needed to tweak my performance as well as pitching and timing.
The endless encouragement from my class pushed me and gave me my confidence back which I so desperately desired. This was by far my greatest stepping stone leading me to do the once unthinkable...
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