My Life as a Bird

I have a voiceover audition this week. I submitted a simple sample recording I made on my phone and it was well received. I had not heard anything for a while but received the specs for submitting and I do not know how much I can say about it. I got notice this evening (Saturday) and it is due in 72 hours. I need to learn the song, with every nuance of the original artist's unique voice, I DO get it, but I need to nail every little variant in the original recording and get into a studio stat! Thankfully it will be sent "raw" so the back end should be easy for the sound engineer to capture and send asap. I will update this post over the next few days. When I have done the recording, I need to change gears and check my status with the flying prospects and see if anything needs to be done. I am being vague, but things are ramping up in that department too, and I will try to share as I think I can.

No songwriting or piano practice this week this week, and outside of some delightful social (social media) interactions with prospective "birds," nothing new to report in the flying dept. This week My 86 year old father had surgery. The risk was low, but when you are 86, the risks are never low for surgery. He came through like a champ and was downright amazing in his comedic abilities within an hour of coming out of anesthesia. he is doing really very well. We are hoping that this surgery was also successful to get rid of spending which has been hindering his mobility, diet, and social life. This was my main focus this whole week. It is amazing though, how the things you most need can be granted when it seems like you have laid aside your aspirations. This week was perhaps the most effective is months dare I say years, is lifting so heavy stuff form my heart. Some of the conversations this week, though mainly focused on the care of my parents, contained some asides which...

Something is happening. Sitting at the piano this week I realized that I have already experienced some of what I am reaching for right now. I have had no trouble finding chords and key signature for a while, similarly, my creativity is returning too. Lyrics, so many lyrics falling this week, and all relating to the concept which has been on my mind. Those things have felt like a resurgence. Something new for me is playing the chord progressions in rhythmic patterns. My mentor played me a progression over the phone and told me to play it. I charged it up to fit the song I was working on, but something unlocked. He said to only play one note with my left hand, from the unarpeggiated triad which I am playing in my right - which is the opposite of how I have approached writing before. He says that is key...pardon the pun. He also says Poco a Poco which means little by little. He says that a lot. On Friday, though I cannot name the time signature, I created a different rhythmic patter...

Again I spent many days looking into and solidifying my digital presence and dealing with a sick dog, and a sick daughter, so much...This week my mentor challenged me and within 2 hours I wrote a song. Next day, was spent trying to figure out how to send it, oh and driving to get a specific clearance....and this morning I was granted an open door....more to say on that later. Invited to friend's house. Sleep....i have earned my sleep...

Well, well, well...No post for a week Seems non-committal. The weekend was spent preparing for a special birthday on Sunday, it went well. Monday started out as each one having a re-set, doing what re-set them, until one of the dogs was not acting right...the rest of the day was spent in anxious observation. Then into Tuesday, I was not sure if our help was working, but the birthday girls persisted in the treatment, and he was fine by afternoon. Both Kids had first days of work, Husband got devastating news at his work, and I was chauffeuring three pilots of a field trip I had put together in Western, PA. Tuesday itself seemed like a week, it was good, but the next 2 days were spent with intermittent need for sleep, or running out to appointments I am trying to keep up wth. One appt was to the vets with the dogs and scheduled appt, and all was very well....what a relief, we'd thought we could be losing the one fellow...but he was all wags and wiggles Wednesday. Each day, I kn...