Diction
There are always new lessons to be learned despite how long a person has been performing. For me, diction is a new good habit I want to form. I suppose I have this fear of getting in the habit of over-pronouncing, but if I am getting a note on it, I think I just need to go for it and improve from then on. I don’t have a loud voice that carries. My voice is dependent on mic. It comes across loud on the high notes, but when I am going for a softer style it IS harder to hear. Back to diction. So, obviously, this was a note I received last night and I had no idea that I was hard to understand. When I get a note like this, I want to beat myself up. It is upsetting for me to not be perfect. I know that may sound a lame statement, but why would I not want to be good at what I do. Plus, when I am not doing well at something, it leaves an opening for other people to make fun of me. Perfect example, I was working at Hershey this past summer. Before I started getting this great vocal training, I was told by the voice captain that I was pronouncing again improperly. I could not figure it out. The place where I had to send it felt scary to me. I must acknowledge that I was very vocally unhealthy at the time, but it does not change the fact how much I wanted to be perfect. Next thing I know, I happen to be checking out a “friends” profile and a mutual friend (all met at the same gig) posted a comment that made fun of my improper pronunciation. Great way to make me feel like crap, right? I know I was not meant to know about the rude “making fun of me” stuff, but it is impossible to be ignorant in the business. I can play ignorant to keep the peace, but it still stabs. Now sharing all this makes it even more clear to me how much more important it will be for me to improve on my diction. I don’t want people to find more ways to laugh at me.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:49 pm
I want to find more ways to give you hugs.
