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Mais uma semana de atualizações aqui. Esta última semana tem sido bem interessante, pois estou tendo o desafio de cantar, mesmo sabendo que estou lutando para não perder a voz. Na verdade está sendo um experiência interessante! Eu forcei um pouquinho nos últimos 3 shows, mas o interessante é que adorei os 3! Minneapolis, e depois os outros 2 shows, em Sioux Falls e Milwaukee. haha. Eu acredito que me fez adorar o que venho fazendo ainda mais, e me fez entender que a coisa mais importante não é cantar toda e qualquer nota perfeitamente. Tem muito mais a acrescentar na música e nas performances além disso, e eu preciso lembrar que há uma conexão e sentimento na música que não vem de você atingir cada nota tecnicamente perfeita. Eu acho que eu preciso perder a minha voz para lembrar disso, haha. De qualquer forma, eu poderia continuar falando sobre isso, mas provavelmente não iria fazer mais sentido, do que o que já falei :).
Na quarta-feira nós fizemos um show acústico, e foi muito legal! Nós fizemos versões ao vivo e acústicas das canções, e eu acho que fez com que as pessoas se focassem mais na canções do que simplesmente na energia. Foi muito calmo e intimista, e eu me senti muito confortável. É definitivamente algo que quero fazer de novo!.
Então minha amigona Ashlee veio passar alguns dias comigo! Está sendo divertido ter uma amiga aqui comigo (e com todo mundo), para desfrutar o tempo. Ela cantou comigo no palco nos 2 últimos shows que tivemos em Sioux Falls e Milwaukee, no bis. Nós cantamos Lean On Me, a qual é uma canção que nós costumávamos cantar sempre juntos em casa haha. É muito bom ter amigos que estão e sempre estiveram lá por você, independente das mudanças que você tenha que passar, os quais tratam você com o mesmo respeito que tinham antes - mesmo que todo mundo te trate diferente haha. Mas está sendo muito legal cantar essa canção, que é uma bela canção, e que representa uma verdadeira amizade.
Uma coisa que eu, a Ashlee e a Kendra fizemos depois do show em Minneapolis, foi ir assistir ao show do Parachute com o The Script! Ambos tem ótimas músicas e são muito talentosos! Depois do show pudemos conversar com as duas bandas, e eles são caras muito simpáticos e legais. Você nunca sabe como as pessoas são até que você vá até elas e converse com elas. Então quando as pessoas são adoráveis e genuínas com o que tem, e mesmo que façam o sucesso que fazem, eu posso dizer que achei eles muito admiráveis e tenho muito respeito por eles. É muito legal ver e sentir a energia que passam.
Então hoje é dia de folga em Nashville e eu tive uma sessão de composição! Uma das compositoras com quem trabalhei hoje a Joy Williams, na verdade ajudou a escrever Waiting for Yesterday. Eu postei uma das canções dela (Every Moment, ótima canção), como sugestão de canção do dia antes também. Os outros compositores incríveis são Matt Bronleewe e Andrew Frohm (soletrei? hum). Mas eu adorei, é tão legal estar compondo e estar em estúdio! Eu também fiz gravações para o álbum de Natal, quando fiquei de folga em Minneapolis. Eu estou me preparando para fazer mais composições e gravações! Eu realmente espero que vocês gostem do álbum de Natal. Nós estamos realemnte trabalhando para ter canções que toquem o coração e tragam o espírito do Natal. Então eu espero que vocês gostem mesmo. Bem eu preciso ir agora tem um monte de pessoas me esperando para jantar, então vou comer alguma coisa! Então até logo, enquanto eu sento pra jantar...haha.
Música do Dia: She is love - Parachute
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Hello there to all of you who are reading!
Just another week of updating here. This last week has been pretty interesting since I've had the little challenge of trying to perform even though I was struggling with losing my voice. It's actually been a pretty good learning experience though! I struggled quite a bit the last 3 shows, but what's interesting is that I loved all 3!
Minneapolis, and then 2 solo shows in Sioux Falls and Milwaukee haha. I think it made me appreciate what I've been doing even more, and made me realize the most important thing isn't blasting away at every high note perfectly. There's a lot more to music and performing than that, and I need to remember that there's a connection and feeling in music that doesn't come by hitting each note technically perfect. I guess I just needed to lose my voice to remember that haha. Anyway, I could go on with that but I probably wouldn't make any more sense than what I already said :).
Wednesday we had our acoustic show, and that was really fun! We just did stripped down versions of the songs, and I think it allowed people to focus more on the music side of things rather than just the energy. It was a really laid back mood too, and I felt really comfortable. It's definitely something I'd like to do again!
So my buddy Ashlee has come out for a few days!! It's been fun having a friend here for me (and for everyone else) to hang out with. I had her come on stage the last 2 shows we had in Sioux Falls and Milwaukee to sing for the encore. We sang Lean On Me, which is a song we used to always sing together at home haha. It's good to have friends who are and have been there for you no matter what changes you may be going through, and who still treat you with the same respect that they had before - even when everyone else is treating you differently haha. But it's been great singing that song, and it's a great song that represents a good friendship.
Something that Ashlee, Kendra and I got to go to after the Minneapolis show was the Parachute and The Script concert! Both acts have really great music and are really talented! We got to talk to both bands afterwards, and they were all really nice and cool guys. You never know how people really are until you get to really talk to them and meet them. So when people are genuine and appreciative of what they have even when they're successful, I find them really admirable and have a lot of respect for them. So it's cool to see that and feel that energy from them.
So today is a day off in Nashville, and I had a writing session! One of the writers I worked with today, Joy Williams, actually was one of the writers of Waiting For Yesterday. I've had one of her songs (Every Moment, great song!) as my song for the day before too. The other talented writers were Matt Bronleewe and Andrew Frohm (sp? haha.) But I had a really good time. It's so much fun getting to write and be in the studio! I also did some recording for the Christmas album when I had a day off in Minneapolis. I'm looking forward to doing more writing and recording! I really hope you guys like the Christmas stuff. We've really been working on trying to have the songs be heartfelt and have that spirit of Christmas in them. So I hope you guys like it! Well I have a bunch of people waiting for me to come join them dinner, so I'm gonna eat some food now! So ciao as I chow down haha.
Song for the day: She Is Love - Parachute
Just another week of updating here. This last week has been pretty interesting since I've had the little challenge of trying to perform even though I was struggling with losing my voice. It's actually been a pretty good learning experience though! I struggled quite a bit the last 3 shows, but what's interesting is that I loved all 3!
Minneapolis, and then 2 solo shows in Sioux Falls and Milwaukee haha. I think it made me appreciate what I've been doing even more, and made me realize the most important thing isn't blasting away at every high note perfectly. There's a lot more to music and performing than that, and I need to remember that there's a connection and feeling in music that doesn't come by hitting each note technically perfect. I guess I just needed to lose my voice to remember that haha. Anyway, I could go on with that but I probably wouldn't make any more sense than what I already said :).
Wednesday we had our acoustic show, and that was really fun! We just did stripped down versions of the songs, and I think it allowed people to focus more on the music side of things rather than just the energy. It was a really laid back mood too, and I felt really comfortable. It's definitely something I'd like to do again!
So my buddy Ashlee has come out for a few days!! It's been fun having a friend here for me (and for everyone else) to hang out with. I had her come on stage the last 2 shows we had in Sioux Falls and Milwaukee to sing for the encore. We sang Lean On Me, which is a song we used to always sing together at home haha. It's good to have friends who are and have been there for you no matter what changes you may be going through, and who still treat you with the same respect that they had before - even when everyone else is treating you differently haha. But it's been great singing that song, and it's a great song that represents a good friendship.
Something that Ashlee, Kendra and I got to go to after the Minneapolis show was the Parachute and The Script concert! Both acts have really great music and are really talented! We got to talk to both bands afterwards, and they were all really nice and cool guys. You never know how people really are until you get to really talk to them and meet them. So when people are genuine and appreciative of what they have even when they're successful, I find them really admirable and have a lot of respect for them. So it's cool to see that and feel that energy from them.
So today is a day off in Nashville, and I had a writing session! One of the writers I worked with today, Joy Williams, actually was one of the writers of Waiting For Yesterday. I've had one of her songs (Every Moment, great song!) as my song for the day before too. The other talented writers were Matt Bronleewe and Andrew Frohm (sp? haha.) But I had a really good time. It's so much fun getting to write and be in the studio! I also did some recording for the Christmas album when I had a day off in Minneapolis. I'm looking forward to doing more writing and recording! I really hope you guys like the Christmas stuff. We've really been working on trying to have the songs be heartfelt and have that spirit of Christmas in them. So I hope you guys like it! Well I have a bunch of people waiting for me to come join them dinner, so I'm gonna eat some food now! So ciao as I chow down haha.
Song for the day: She Is Love - Parachute
Aaaaaah... que lindo!
ResponderExcluirParachute e The Script são bandas tão legais!
The Script eu conheci a um tempo atrás quando o David indicou num blog que ele fez uma vez...
E Parachute eu já escutava antes =]