So, wow. Last night I was walking down along Eighth Avenue in Midtown after a rehearsal and I pass a guy in a suit. Attractive, broad shoulders. He was with another guy in a suit who wasn't as good looking. Not totally unusual for where I was. But something stopped me. I took a look at him and was 95% sure I knew exactly who he was ( Read more... )

would cause me to feel the need to take stock. Does that mean I have a drinking problem? Nah. I think it means I have to find other ways of tapping into my more reflective self that don't require liquor. But the wine was superb -- a Riesling, very zingy and dry, a real party in my mouth ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I spend all day singing in church. I get to see my dad for a few hours in between gigs for a pequena nochebuena -- he's cooking for me. And then tomorrow, later in the day and after singing another service, I'm celebrating Christmas with a bunch of singer friends on the Upper West Side ( Read more... )

The impossibly-easy-yet-high-paying temp job. Of course, that means that there's not much to tell. Right now, I'm eating a delicious and insanely overpriced lunch. I generally don't allow myself these indulgences much anymore, but since I'm making at least twice per hour what I paid for my grub, I don't think it'll break the bank. The temp job ( Read more... )

It's been a rainy, pretty dreary day here in NYC. I made it out of the house for about 10 minutes to buy cat food and have been otherwise schlepping around the apartment in my pajamas all day ( Read more... )

So hot. The only room in my apartment that has A/C is my bedroom. Good thing it's not a small space (and thank God for my wireless router!), because it means that I can do work in there if I need to ( Read more... )

Okay -- so I know I can't count on others to give me the affirmation I need to travel down this singing career path. That affirmation must, at the end of the day, come from within.

However, today I recieved more outside affirmation -- from singing colleagues, from music directors, from countless people who came to listen -- than I ever have in my ( Read more... )