SINGING WITH SEAN LOG: THURSDAY 13th MARCH 2014

SINGING THIS WEEK: THURSDAY 13th MARCH 2014

In today's lesson Sean continued doing one to ones with people who still need to work on their solos. Whilst he was doing that I went out to practice my song, it's not from a musical. The song I am singing is Lionel Richie 'Hello', even though it's not from a musical but it is a song that has a story/meaning behind it and something that you can act through. When I went through the sheet with a long list of musicals I listened to most of these songs and tried and not one suited me so I decided to go the risky way which was finding popular songs, this was allowed but as long as it is a song that has a meaning to it and that you can act through then it's fine.
The reason why I chose this song is because I feel that it's a song that would perfectly suited me and it was something that I was able to act through. Before even acting through the song I had to sort out my signing range and get Sean to change the key of this song since it was to high for me, at the moment I think I'm a tenor. After going through this song a couple of times with Sean, he told me that it sounded perfect. Now that my singing range was sorted out, I had to think about ways to action this, to do this I had to think about where am I?, who am I? and who am I talking to?, I watched the official music video of 'Hello'  and in the music video it features the story of Lionel Richie having a seemingly unrequited (Not returned or reciprocated) love for a blind art student until he realises that she shares the feeling as demonstrated by the discovery that she is sculpting a likeness of his head. There was quite a lot to think about when I had to act it out and It was quite difficult trying to action this out but at the same time I was thinking about the way how I perform a monologue is what I am going to in this but with singing. So what I did is that instead of just taking hints/ideas from the video I created a different character but similar to the character Lionel was portraying in the music video. Instead of the man in the video looking trying to interact with a blind woman, it's about a man who hear and sees visions of his late wife and the place this character is in is a mental health care home where he was put by his children who believe that their father is mentally ill and says he hears/sees visions of his late wife when actually she appears to him in a dream.







LYRICS

I've been alone with you inside my mind

And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a 
thousand times I sometimes see you pass outside my door 
Hello, is it me you're looking for?

I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your smile
You're all I've ever wanted,
and my arms are open wide
'Cause you know just what to say
And you know just what to do 
And I want to tell you so much, I love you

I long to see the sunlight in your hair
And tell you time and time again how much I care Sometimes
 I feel my heart will overflow Hello,
I've just got to let you know
'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely, or is someone loving you?

Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying, I love you

Hello, is it me you're looking for? '
Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely,
or is someone loving you?

Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying I love you