Day 30/31) Abbey Road Baby!!!

OK. So. Yes. That thing that was on my to do list..#8: Record at Abbey Road. DONE!!
And it was quite possibly the most epic thing ever. Well. I mean I nearly died from a geekdom overload! I played John Lennon's piano man!! And we were in Studio 2. STUDIO 2!!! That's where like, EVERYONE has recorded! I felt so important! It's not like it was my cd or anything and it's not gotten me any money or whatever because it was a favor but MAN it was so good! And now I'm absolutely DETERMINED that one day I'll go back there to record something that is all about me. Not sure what yet. But something. There were red lights outside the studio to stop people coming in or making noise. How cool is that. And pictures of like, uber famous people everywhere taken IN THAT STUDIO and film posters signed by all the composers because they were recorded there. Epic. I was very much geeking out. Josh Groban's recorded there. One step closer in my plan for marriage maybe...hmm...not so sure, but still. One day I'll be back there. And people will be offering my choir tea. And they'll be asking me if I think that something was right. And I'll get to choose who to sing the little solo bits from the group in my songs. One day...

Day 29) Last Singing Lesson!

Having had a wonderful 9 months with Sean, (that's like, a whole baby!) it's come to the point where I am not going to have any more lessons!! At least for the next 3 months. That's scary! I have very much enjoyed my lessons- it's been so good for me to get back into it after having effectively 2 years of not learning anything and one of those without any lessons at all. I just hope that I can keep getting better and better when I'm away (although I guess I will what with so much singing!) and that when I get back I can really start hitting the circuit hard! I also want to make some new recordings. Everyone apart from me likes the old ones but I think if I do one when I'm back from tour and do some mega impressive songs it might help me to...I don't know...maybe even pitch myself to some record companies?? Yes, I've caught the bug...And I know what songs I want to do already which helps, so now it's the small matter of learning them! I can do that...I'm good at learning songs...I think...I hope...I'll ask Sean...DANGIT!

Day... Oops...

Ok, so it's like, a looooong time since I wrote anything on here. However, in my defense, my life has been horrifically boring for the last few weeks. I've spent most of my time doing my wonderful temp work and trying to earn a little bit of money. It gets more and more boring the more you do it, but actually takes less time therefore means that more money tends to occur. Or rather what actually happens is it takes less time so I get up later and take a Gilmore Girls break occasionally. However, this week I am on mission overload of work, because it's my last week!!! Wooo!!! Well, unless you count what I'm proabably going to be doing at 2am for the next two weeks to bump my measley little rehearsals wage. However, only 4 more days!! That's including Saturday and Sunday which are more than likely going to be at least 12 hour days. Although I suppose not Saturday...maybe Friday and Sunday. And tomorrow. Ahhh! So much to do!
Anyway, I will write about the AMAZINGLY fun events of the last few days in another post. Because this one is grovely and depressing so I will have one completely dedicated to that!! Woo fun times.
I have sent my contract off, and rehearsals start on monday. Slightly worried as I got a paniced phone call earlier asking me if I had any out of work singer boy friends because someone has just dropped out last minute and they need a replacement. I have none...unfortunately. And now I'm paranoid that it's going to be the guy that was with me that dropped out which means they'll have to either get someone rubbish as a bod, or they'll cancel my run. Which would not be good. But I'm sure they won't...

Day 11-12) Even more Blah blah blah

So it turns out that I'm REALLY not very good at doing boring work. I mean, REALLY not good at it. I've spent 9 hours a day for the past 2 days doing something exceedingly dull. And I feel like the world has imploded. All joy has left me. I feel like a mere shell of my former self. And the worst thing? The worst thing, is that I know as soon as I wake up on Sunday morning, I have to do it again. Only 3 weeks...only 3 weeks...keep telling yourself that...
HOWEVER. The redeeming feature of the end of the week is this...
WEDDING TOMORROW!! Not mine, that would be weird but my lovely wonderful friend is getting married and I'm going to sing LAAA. Yes. That is me singing. So I spent the latter part of the last few evenings picking out songs. I think I've managed to get a decent spread of slushy, pretty and inappropriate in there, so all is good. And I'll be able to play them on a piano that actually has a working sustain pedal! I really need to get mine fixed...
I spent some time last night looking for companies that do schools tours in London over christmas. I found a few, one I emailed and they told me to mail them back when I have 'small scale touring experience' - I will have by Christmas, but still! I was hoping for a step up at the end of / start of the year. Shall keep looking! It's not like there's nothing out there. Just not much...
Hopefully once my life becomes less monotone there will be more interesting things to blog about. Although the book 'Male Private Parts' kept me amused for about 20 minutes!

Day 10) Blah blah blah

This is how I feel today. Blah. Blah blah blah. I spent a VERY long time doing book blurb things today and I think my brain has actually turned to mush! It's honestly one of the most numbing things I've ever tried to do. Yet, it must be done. Money money money and all that. Not much else to report. Tried to learn a song. Tried to get some more stuff sorted out for this job thing. Feeling less enthusiastic about it now than I was yesterday for some reason. I'm sure it will be fine...
Anyway. Sleep time.
OH and I managed to finish season 5 of House M.D. this evening. Achievement!

Day 9) Too many options

Ok. Well. Today has been...interesting.
I went to an audition for a tv pilot, being made by some recent media graduates. I didn't really want to go, but I went anyway, and actually am very glad that I did. The audition went really well, they liked me, I liked them, the producer was cute, and I had a really good feeling about it. Especially when they brought out the copy of the last DVD they had done and showed it to me. I got very excited at the prospect of being on the front of a DVD box. Downside, it's unpaid. Anyway. The chemistry was good, and I definately got a good vibe from them! So that would be two weeks at the start of September.
Throw spanner in works...
On my way back, I got a call from the guy who I auditioned for last week (day 2- callback song fiasco). He said, that they want to offer me the job. I was a bit stunned. I figured it had been a week and I hadn't heard anything so there was no way...but apparently I was wrong! They want me to do a 9 week tour (September and October) around the Midlands (probably) working 3 shows a day Monday-Friday and having weekends off. It's paid, enough to cover my expenditure whilst I'm away, and it's 2 months solid singing work. It's not my dream job- it's me and one other singing to small crowds, but it's a start! And I guess if I'm singing in community venues and hospitals and stuff then I'm singing to people who really appreciate it, maybe cheering them up a bit, and I am doing some good in the world. So yes. That, plus the offer of the Macmillan presenting job that came yesterday, equals two paid performing jobs, equals equity membership! Sorted! At least I think I can count them...anyway.
So yes, I spoke to my dad about the car, which he is happy to loan me for the duration of the tour (thanks Daddy you're wonderful!) so that I can actually do the job!
I need to speak to flatmate about how it's all going to work, but to be honest, I'm starting to believe that it might just all figure itself out! I have until tomorrow to decide. Run figures. Talk it through. But I think I might have just landed my first contract!!
Shame about the other job- that would have been fun. If they offer it to me I might send them a message telling them how wonderful I think they are and please give me another job in the future. I kinda wanted to be on a DVD! I guess there'll be other chances though.
Watch this space!

Day 8) Office job + me do not mix!

So on day 8, I had a training day at my new job. Basically, I am to be writing about books I've never read in order to persuade people that they should buy them as audio books. It's quite tedious work, and it's taken me a while to get used to the format that they require us to use, but I think it will work out alright. At least for the next 6 weeks or so whilst they need us. I get paid per review, so although it's not huge money, it's better than nothing. I'm going to time myself on Wednesday and force myself to work from 9.30-5.30 and see how many I can do. I can do it from home normally but we needed to go in to be taught how to do it. It wasn't too bad, and I met some new people which is always good, and got paid for it! Woo! However I also remembered why me and offices do not work well together. I move around too much. I make too much noise. I can't cope with the constant tap tap tap of the keyboards without having some sort of musical addition, or maybe a dance. There are so many things that are wrong about me working in an office. Good job I don't have to do it every day!!
I had a singing lesson in the evening which is always nice and positive. I have decided on some new songs to learn, one of which is Mrs Claus singing (drunkenly) about how much she is annoyed with good old Nick. Good times.
So all in all, a good day, with money earning prospects!