Well, I have internet in my home for the time being (thanks neighbors!), so it's easier to write a leisurely post in LJ. Which I haven't done in ages. Which looks like the trend for most other people, too ( Read more... )

I am writing this little note to update friends and foes on the current state of moi ( Read more... )

I am so hungry right now. This is a drawback of running in the mornings; it gets my metabolism pumping so my breakfast and lunch barely make a dent in my hunger. BUT the metabolism helps for teaching and singing and being a nice person. I've been running on a regular basis, that's 5 days a week, for 4 months now. I never push myself because I don't ( Read more... )

I'm doing some online work before meeting a student for a consultation. One of my students dropped (after her first lesson, she went on vacation.. that doesn't exactly make it stick. She said she's overwhelmed with acting AND singing lessons). I thought I'd pick up one last student for August. I have about 13 right now, I think. I will try to add ( Read more... )

12 students, one possibly starting next week, and two consultations next week. WOOT! I got some advice from Cathy about teaching stamina and how many students to take on in order to count on ten teaching hours per week (which would pay my bills plus $600 ( Read more... )

Ladder project is going slowly but nicely. I like working with Matt. Solo project is going slowly but I like it that way; I am recording two tracks on my own and asking help from Matt for the other three. Classical singing is going slowly as well. That part freaks me out a bit. I'm going to do school show auditions, local company auditions, and ( Read more... )

It's been exactly one month since I started building my voice studio! I now have six students, a seventh starting at the end of July, and two consultations this week. Plus the trade with the photographer, but she's in NYC right now. The woman I'm meeting today is my very first referral. Wish me luck!

Why do guys like (in the special way) my boyfriend so much? Sometimes it's flattering, sometimes it's entertaining, sometimes it's annoying, sometimes it's creepy. I guess Andy deals with the same thing when girls like me ( Read more... )

So I brought a Reason track to the producer I'm collaborating with (on HIS music, Ladder); he set it all up and I sang my vocal track along with it, mic'd up and everything. I was pretty darn nervous. It's the first song I ever wrote, and along with several others, I've only worked on it in my living room. His reaction was REALLY GOOD. Words like " ( Read more... )

So, I have four consultations for new students this week. The first one is coming in ten minutes! I'm a bit nervous because, although I'm confident in my teaching, I just get afraid that they aren't going to be "wowed" in fifteen minutes of exercises. But it's ok-- if they want to take from me, they will. If they don't, I don't want them to ( Read more... )