Audis Round Two!

Third time singing in Ark. My lst time singing with a live band, e feeling was so different, kinda impromtu, as e music that i had practised with was different from what e keyboardist and guiterist were playing.

As usual, i ended up practising in the deserted stairway A. haha, crazy girl. Singing even when theres people in e stairway, shrugs* i care too much about my audi to take note of e stares from people. This guy was like smiling at me as he walked past, shrugs*

Yuhua joined me after sometime. And we were both giggling cos, we were listening to own own audi songs and singing at e same time. The air was filled with a jumble of notes that were once melodious lol. And yuhua chang bu xia qu le cos shes confused haha.

I must say that i sound perfectly fine at the staircase..i realli do sound normal. At 7:15, we walked back to Ark. I must say that, i'm getting less nervous, on my third try, but still have that dry mouth. Tried swallowing, but that moisture i got out of it disappeared in like seconds? mouth went dry again. sheesh. Guess its a symptom of my nervousness.

There were 13 contestents in audition round 2. So i should think that there were about 30 contestants from round 1. Anyway, saw some familiar faces that were competing beside us last week. Theres this Ella lookalike, realli very Ella-ish!!! Hairstyle, eyes, nose, mygod, think e lookalike rate is like 80% of Ella. Her voice is sweet though, she sung jeff's song ai ru chao shui, and did great. okok, i shall start from e beginning. Hmm before e actual singing, we actualli went up to do some key matching, keyboardist played some chords and we were supposed to find our pitch. I got a D at lst, but thought it was rather high for me, and i'm scared that i might not be able to sing that high later if i'm still gonna be nervous, so i requested for a lower pitch. He gave me a C#, phews, much better.

The lst guy was rather unlucky, e poor guy, guinea pig u know, everyone was like mentally taking note of what they should avoid after seeing this impromtu interview this guy went thru given by the lead singer cum keyboardist. And the accompaniment was so shui ji ying bian, have to do some fast thinking on ur feet. Chorus and verse, hard to catch sometimes.

Theres this girl who sang Xu Jie Er's wo ke yi ren shou, and did realli good! i could feel goosebumps, am touched by her rendition, she sorta revealed that its her story when asked why did she choose the song. Bubbly, golden hair girl, denim miniskirt, petite, she bounced up e stage, was so amused, i thought i saw e guitarist rolled his eyes lol.

Alot of outstanding vocalists, and i can swear that all of e people i see audi-ing has higher standards than alot of singers. Its realli inborn, their voices, esp e guy who sang lin jun jie's song, when he sang that lst note, everyone was like mesmerized and nodding their heads in agreement, silently recognizing his talent, hmm he was old, too bad..guess hes not tt passionate about singing as most of e other contestants, he did state that he did not neccessary need this job just that it would be nice cos he loves to sing. Bummer, think tt remark would go against him...wata aloof guy.

All powerful voices, almost..realli high standards, e lead singer said: All of u guys in round two can sing well, its e interviewing and how fast u react to situations in areas of singing with e live band and conversation-making that i'm testing you on. Whoa.

Okay, shadn go on le, yuhua was number 6, i was 8. Yuhua got up and sung her usual, Shes realli frightless le, and she did well as usual. My turn comes, and clutching e lyric sheet in my hand, i walked bravely up to e front. E cute guitarist smiled at me!! hee, he realli looks like Scott, me and yuhua were always saying.

And e interview thingy went okay i think, he asked me" why did i choose this song?" and i went, hmm i like e feel that e song brings, e feeling of being in love..and i stumbled over some words , ha, too nervous so i'm abit tongue-tied. He nodded kindly and for some reason i always seem to get this question..i dunno y?? Yuhua's is something about her occupation, haha she got asked on e spot about the interior design of Ark!! faintz.

Okay, e song starts, without thinking, i plunged straight into e song, and e keyboardist was like saying, "Wait, its e intro part." Faintz, so argh!!! The guitarist was so kind, he guided me " okay, here goes, 1,2,3 go!" leading me into e song, e intro and e verse accompaniment was so alike! faintz. malu!

I think my voice broke over e lst phrase...again..i nvr fails to FAIL me. Ignoring it, i sung e whole song, but its like i'm being possessed again, compared to e lst time when i was squeaking at an barely audible volume , i was louder this time, onli by a little. I still cannot be MYSELF on stage. Something is holding me back, mentally. sighz. I was nothing near e usual voice of mine. Instead i sung soft and "sexy" yuhua claims.i think i sound like a cat! Faintz, i dun wantttttttttttt. Cant help it. Barely satisfied with wat i gave on stage, i walked back.

SOmeone say ba2 he2 by Kit Chan, shes realli good, i suddenly realised that in Singapore, theres realli alot of talented singers around, despite it having such a tiny popluation. we are no lack of singing talents. Everyone tt i hear audi-ing are realli experts, nothing to say, too perfect. Guess e boss would have a hard time choosing.

Ate an ice-cream cone at mac, chat and went home, still replaying tt scene in my mind over and over again. I'm realli very touched tt we managed to get this far into round two. Gan dong. hee. No hopes of getting thru tts for sure, in my case. Think yuhua has a good chance, we shall c.