My first year out of Drama School

My first year out of Drama School! Where will I be in 365 days time?... When will I be living my dream?... Who will give me my 'big break'?... What do I need to do to get noticed?... Why am I putting myself through this?... How am I going to pay the rent?!

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

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...