Day 18: An interesting day...

Today was a weird one for me. Started with some hot yoga, then some food, then a lesson which was good but a little scary, then school. So here we go...


Daily Practice


Technical concepts: Worked on "ee" to "ah" the whole warmup. 


Minutes: 10


Repertoire: "I Cannot Hear the City" 


Minutes: 20


Success: Again, vowels are helping  a lot. When They are on, they're on. 


Areas of Improvement: . I tend to push the vowels into the back of my mouth, or make the notes nasal. 


Notes: Sing healthy!




Healthy Meals: 16 and 17. 


Meal Description: Egg whites, turkey bacon, whole wheat toast, and apples. 


Market: Home! My parents home! But I made it!


Rating: 6. Didn't have a lot of flavor, but still was good.  

Meal Description: 1/2 of a veggie wrap with lettuce, hummus, sweet peppers, tomato, cucumbers and a kiva juice (not pictured, but Leonard will vouch for me!)


Restaurant: Times Square Deli in the Sub


Rating: 8. It was alright. Simple and good, but nothing special. And the pic looks worse than it is. I ate half already, so I didn't have much to work with! 

Voice Lesson 2

Time and date: Today at 12:30

Instructor: Matt Naegeli 

Minutes: An hour

Repertoire: I Cannot Hear The City 

Points Covered: We really hammered down the vowels. It's really hard to keep them up, but it feels so healthy and amazing. When the note is placed right, it just spins and lives so happily there! We talked a lot  about the muscle underneath the jaw and keeping that engaged. We went through the song, and marked the vowels and how they should be sung. I=ee and stuff like that

Notes: We had a more serious conversation and talked about a rasp, or thin air that happens when I talk and sing. Matt said e looked it up and was concerned for my vocal health. I had already scheduled an appointment with an ENT, and he said that was good because if it is something developing on my chords, that it's better to take care of it rather than keep singing. So I need to do some research and see if I should go on vocal rest from now till my appointment, or figure out if I'm being to dramatic and it's nothing. I'll schedule an appointment with my doctor tomorrow just to get things checked out, and the ENT appointment isn't till April. It just sucks because I haven't been singing the way I used to, and now it hurts. We'll see. I'm really worried. But like Brian Herrera said today, "Think if singing now is worth it, or if it is worth it for the future." Or something like that. Well, here we go...

 Almost forgot Yoga! # 5!

Today at 6:30 am

Difficulty Level: All. Hot Vinyasa

Studio/Instructor: Blissful Spirits with Rebecca

What I most Enjoyed: Doing yoga again! Stretching and feeling my body work and sweat!

What I found Challenging: Being dehydrated. I forgot my water, and was so thirsty!

Observations: I was a little more tired today, but I got through it!