{"id":2231,"date":"2013-10-02T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2015-03-26T07:50:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T07:50:33","slug":"singing-in-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/singing-in-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing in front of a single person"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Angus<\/a>Sinead Leach’s first Paths to Songs blog<\/p>\n

Sitting on a bus rolling slowly through Angus, on one of the last days of summer, I was fairly scared of the prospect of what was to come. I had been in contact with Christine Kydd to arrange our first meeting, but the prospect of meeting a completely new person and then of singing in front of her was pretty daunting. \u00a0Thankfully Christine is lovely, and I quickly felt at ease.<\/p>\n

Although I should say that I still found the experience distinctly odd. Singing in front of a single person is somehow more intimidating than sitting in front of a whole room of people, and when I did sing I was at a loss at where in the room to fix my eyes. I suppose my point is that given that this is a method of learning that many singers have experienced throughout the years, I\u2019d expected it to feel natural and yet I felt more anxious than I normally do.<\/p>\n

I could blame this on the fact that I\u2019m far from a Music student. I instead study Arabic and International Relations, and have never had a singing lesson. However this is no excuse. I\u2019ve been singing traditional songs since I was a child. My sister and I would always make up harmonies over the washing up, and my current flatmates can surely agree that I can still often be found singing around the house.<\/p>\n

The afternoon really was very pleasant, asides from my initial anxiety. Cups of tea were had and then having explored Christine\u2019s record collection and borrowed a handful of CDs I headed back to St Andrews with plenty to be working on, and already excited for our next meeting.<\/p>\n

My homework for next week is to compile a list of all the songs I know without wordsheet, which is reminding me of all the songs I used to know properly, and now only half remember. It\u2019s a lesson to me to be more organised, and perhaps less lazy, and list writing seems a pretty good first step to that goal.<\/p>\n

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