13 January 2012:
I went for the audition of Dragon Voice, and did not make it to the next round.
To be honest, I am <5% sad. But I do regret some things I did not do ...The audition was held at the tearoom. There were three judges: Mr D. T, Ms J. M, and Mr D. T. The scene was totally like American Idol, except of course there wasn't an elaborate set-up and all that.
The process was actually rather fast: you go in, Mr T asks you for your name and song title, and you can begin. So I started singing this song:
It's a new song by 孫燕姿: 明天的記憶 (2011) in her album 世說心語. The song's very addictive, which is a reason why I chose this song.
But I realised after the audition that this song actually wasn't that good to be used ... I'm not saying that her song is no good, but I don't think I performed that well with this song. Sure there were some parts which involved some techniques, but this genre wasn't that suitable for me.
In retrospect (LOL chim much), I probably should have done something that I have done for 3+ years: 天黑黑 by 孫燕姿 (c'mon, if you're expecting some other singer ...) I'm so much more familiar with that song and there's a part where it could show my "prowess". (I really don't know how else to describe it.)
Oh well, it's no point regretting for all that. On the plus side, I was told that I have a lot of potential. I'm not saying this just to brag about anything, but it sure is good receiving encouragement even though I didn't make it to the next round. (I sure hope that isn't a standard line said to everyone, hahah.)
Mr T also said that my tone and pitch was there, which made me happy too, cos at least I get these two elements. But I was told that I was trying to be "too perfect" and shouldn't have done that.
It was the same from 3 years ago when I went to PESA: the feedback given to me was that I focused too much on pronuncing the words accurately, until I neglected other aspects of public speaking. It's a little uncanny that 3 years on I am given the same feedback; of course, it also shows that I should really work on this too.
... Did I make this post become so sombre? I hope not~ Anyway, like what S said, it's the process, not the result. So that's what I'm gonna set out to do: not gonna shy away from singing but continue to hone it further ... Which was roughly what Mr T told me to do as well. :)
TTFN.