Diaphragm Singing: Harder Than It Looks

So, today I some helpful tips for signing that are very essential. I have never taken voice lessons but today I looked at instruction videos that were very helpful. I still find it hard to only breathe with the diaphragm but practice is essential. So as the days go by the key factor that I am going to have to always remember is to breathe. 

Creativity Week

So, since my dreams of going camping for Creativity Week where shattered. I have decided to work on my Senior Project. OK, this is not to say that I would rather be doing anything other than my project but camping is also one of my most priced and relaxing times I ever experience.

I will basically be working on formulating the scientific study that I will be conducting sometime in March or April. I will have to run it through the experts (panel members Dr.Ott and Dr. Acosta) and get it approved. Once the the proposal for my study is approved I will have to undertake the hardest part: getting an approval by the headmasters at the school's where I plan to have the study. As I have mentioned before,  the study is going to be a comparative qualitative study in which I access when feelings of inadequacy arose first in girls of different racial and economic backgrounds. I will also rely a lot on the information and research I did previously this year. I also have to sent out consent forms for the girls that might participate in the study.

I will also be practicing my singing and will fullfill my promise! I know I have promised in earlier post to actually post my practices but I still haven't... Well, this week I will do it! I ask you all to keep track of my blog and to please give feedback! Constructive critism. This means that you tell me specifically what I am doing right and wrong and how specifically improve. That is the only way I will grow.

For all of you who haven't kept up with my blog I would like to say that I am posting videos of my progress because I am basically chosing to self-teach myself because I could'nt find a voice teacher at an econoomic price. This is fine either way because that is not going to stop me from advancing in the search for my voice and love of singing!

Christmas Event Performance: "This Christmas" sang by Tamar and Chassidy

This was the first performance I ever did in front of a large audience... I would like everyone to please provide constructive criticism. Take into account I have never taken any voice lessons. I would just like to become better that is the part of growth. I also will be posting videos of me signing as a practice.

Last Semester ...

Well so far, Jan Ott, Susan Davis,  Dr. Amy Acosta, Jen Pickering, and Mrs. Spires have agreed to part of my panel of judges. They are going to be the people who are going to determine and grade the successes of my senior project. I am really excited to start this new year and  hopefully finish strong. 

I would like to thank Chassidy Smith for encouraging me to sing at the Christmas Event held at the Chinquapin Preparatory School gym. I have to say that I was terrified to go up in front of everyone. We only practiced a little bit but it went well. I believe that the next step that will help me keep on advancing in the journey to find confidence is to receive constructive criticism. I wish to improve and that only means that I have to accept criticism. So,  I would like to invite anyone who heard me sing at the Christmas Event to give me any suggestions. I also will start to record myself more when I sing so I can track my progress. 


This last few months before my presentation are going to be by far the toughest. The goal I have is to conduct a qualitative comparative research of high school and middle school girls at the Chinquapin Preparatory School and a private school in the Houston area. This study will try discover the way girls feel at this ages: whether they feel shy or with low self esteem by counting the recurring words. This research will be very interesting because the girls of these two particular schools differ economically and ethnically. With this being said, I have to actually write consent letters and talk to the director of the school in the Houston area to get the school consent. I think that Dr. Acosta might help me conduct this study.

My second goal is to actually sing by myself in a "small concert"  hosted by me or at the senior graduation.  For now, the plan I have is to actually practice singing while recording it simultaneously. I will try to each week post a video online and allow people to give me constructive criticism.  Since I could not find a voice teacher I decided to go on this route. 

Soul Singing "The beginning"

I first started singing at church when I was around six or seven years old. Part of the culture of Christians is to bring an offering of love and of word -- singing is part of that offering. I passed in front of the congregation infinity of times to sing traditional hymns. I invited my father and sister to sing almost all the time. My father was one of those servants of God who praised God every single Saturday. I followed his footsteps until I turned ten. 
I don't really know why singing is something that appeals to me so much and why exactly I'm deciding to sing over anything else. I don't really know if I can't really sing. I can that, I sang but singing is not just having a good voice. What if, I don't have a good voice?  Am I just dreaming? Am I prepared to fail miserably? What would be a failure? How would I handle it? Why am I so afraid to fail? Singing is about projecting a feeling. Sadness. Happiness. Passion. How can you convey all of that?