I decided to sing and dance in my audition, i new this would be a challenge as i had to learn lyrics and choreograph a dance in the short time provided, as the song was around 5 minutes i had to fill the time as well as i could. In the instrumental sections of the song is where i did dance sections, this obviously tired me out for the singing after so i had to make sure my breathing was good.
Velma Kelly was a famous performer in the 1920s. She had a sister called Veronica, whom she performed a double act with. Velma's husband, Charlie, travelled around with them. Velma Kelly was arrested for the murder of them both. She ends up in the Cook County Prison and more famous than before, until Roxie comes along and steals the limelight.
In my audition i will try to portray her character. She is very seductive throughout the film especially when she is dancing, i will try to bring this across in my dance audition by thinking about the dance moves i use and also thinking about facial expression.
C'mon babe
Why don't we paint the town?
And all that jazz
C'mon babe
Why don't we paint the town?
And all that jazz
I'm gonna rouge my knees
And roll my stockings down
And all that jazz
I feel that my main areas of weakness when singing are:
Breathing;
I forget to breathe when singing, or don't take breaths at the right time then struggle with notes in the song. To improve on my breath control i will be doing more exercises focusing on this so that my breathing is correct when singing.
Pronunciation;
I need to make sure i pronounce all my words correctly when singing as i tend to miss letters off the end of words. Again i will do certain exercises to help me to improve on this and make sure that i am finish off and pronouncing all of the words i sing correctly.
Dynamics;
When singing i tend to not use dynamics much and keep all the words sounding very similar. I need to add more dynamics into my singing so that it gives more depth to the song. I will find some exercises that will help me with this and also record my voice so that i can hear it back, i can then see what i need to work on.
As these are my areas of weakness in singing, i will look at different exercises and singing techniques that will help me to imrpove on these areas. i will then create my own vocal warm that will include these areas and it will hopefully help me to imrpove.