{"id":2693,"date":"2013-10-28T21:04:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T05:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2013-12-07T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T21:19:58","slug":"a-special-kind-of-people-at-sea-10202013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"A Special Kind of People \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [10\/20\/2013]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"specialpeople\"<\/a>Seriously, why do you DO this to yourself?<\/i><\/p>\n

People ask me that all the time about performing. Because I always follow the same track with performances; I\u2019ve done so since I first set one tiny tap-shoe clad foot on stage when I was a toddler. Despite the fact that I\u2019ve been training since before I can remember, and performing nearly since I could walk, I\u2019m the most nervous person on the face of the earth when it comes to actually having to put my money where my mouth is. I was discussing this over saki with Amras and Alasse (who is also braving doing a solo in the season-end talent show), and Alasse looked at me and asked why on earth I do this to we do this to ourselves and as I take a breath to respond, it\u2019s Amras who cuts me off and answers for me<\/p>\n

Because once you get up there you\u2019re fine\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

Exactly. Once I get up there I just plug into the audience and I\u2019m good to go\u2026but the lead up? It\u2019s like walking into an audition WHY do I DO this to myself!? Oh yeah, that\u2019s why\u2026I forgot.<\/i><\/p>\n

At the moment, we have no idea what the talent show will involve. It seems to have somehow ended up in Amras\u2019 lap, though no one is quite sure how as it was supposed to be the cruise director and the DJ\u2019s baby. We\u2019ve only had a few sign-ups, including Alasse and myself, so we\u2019re not even sure how long it\u2019s going to run, but our CD remains determined to put it together.<\/p>\n

We do know it will be non-competitive, which something that effects me neither direction as I wouldn\u2019t be allowed to compete anyway. What they don\u2019t know is if Alasse and I are even going to be able to participate, they\u2019re holding us on standby, which has Alasse feeling better and me keyed up to 11 (do I have the part or not just TELL me)\u2026but I at least did get to do a run through, which is good, because the key change at the end of the chart I\u2019m using is a bear and I didn\u2019t want to try and get up there actually in front of people and do it cold. Especially since I already loused it up once in the run through.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard for me to find my zone when I\u2019m singing in a small room in front of people I know exceptionally well. Give me an audience of 800 strangers any day. Singing in front of Amras when he\u2019s in actual \u2018band leader\u2019 mode? Terrifying\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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