it's like heroin!

STAIRS CLIMBED-- approx 870


so today was a day for me to just look at my surroundings. the first item of business was i needed to buy a new wallett. now those that are in the now remember that i uhhhhh lost my wallett the last time i was in the big apple and since then i was just shoving stuff in my pockets, but i think i need to put some kind of order in my life! (i keep hoping that order is a good thing but instead my life is all about chaos) i decided to get a new york library card. i thought it was going to be difficult to attain a library card but i went in, gave my address here in nyc and TAA DAAAA! i have a library card. so i decided to start checking right away. the great thing about the library is that it is right next to the BIG HOUSE so i can just chill there if i have to.

so as i was going to look for a bank of america i bumped into a good friend of mine from sarasota and he invited me to lunch but also in the process i made contact with an old student and friend who now lives in the city. he invited me over to hang out...or so i thought.... after hanging with my friend from sarasota i bumped into a friend i went to school with in michigan and then another singer friend that was an apprentice with me in kansas city.

so i ended up going to visit my former student and low and behold when i get there is a pianist ready to go. trutch be told he did tell me that he was having a coaching. so i just told myself to sit back and drink my awful starbucks coffee. so i climbed the 5 floors and chillaxed until his other singer friends showed up and then next thing you know i am giving voice lessons... i fought as hard as i could but its my heroin... i needed my voice lesson teaching fix... i have a problem.

it was good to see him and tomorrow i think i have a rehearsal but i dont know. i think it is time for me to join a gym and i should practice...

what is practicing???

STEPS

if someone were to ask me to describe NYC in one word the word that would come to my mind is "STEPS!" why such a word? because it seems like that is what takes up most of your day....up and down. i venture to say and i am not making this up, i have done about 1000 steps. it was like football and rugby ALL OVER AGAIN. needless to say that my poor knees cant take it, but i think i have a new game. starting tomorrow i am going to keep count on how many steps i go through in a day.

so today was my first day at the job! it started with me looking for the YYYYYYMMMMCCCCAAA! sorry couldnt help myself but that is where i went. i decided to try and keep the same routine that i always do. and of course it started with me going down a lot of steps to just go through the front door! i just kept telling myself all through my workout that this is just another gig. while i was walking to the gym i got a call from the BIG HOUSE (i decided i am going to call it the BIG HOUSE) and they added something to the schedule. they said i didnt have to be there since it was short notice but i decided that i would eventhough i had an engagement during the beginning of the rehearsal.

so i felt like i was going on a date becuase i could not for the life decide what to wear but considering i had an auditin i decided to wear somewhere in middle. i am not good at playing dress up. i am actually a fashion nightmare, but i do ocassion find moments of inspiration. anywho... i get to the place and they give me this huge packet and give me own personal id and send me on my way to my coaching. needless to say i was a little lost. the backstage is a serious of smaller sections and some dont connect to others. i felt like a lost kid in a walmart. luckily i bumped into an acquaintance and begged for help. he was cool and sent me right to where i needed to go.

the coach was really great! and was patient. let me tell ya..i was sweating bullets but he said my czech overall was ayt but there were some issues with the editions..mainly MY edition since there some wrong words and notes...DUH! i wanted to impress so badly but hopefully i at least came across a decent guy. so after an hour of that i went to an audition BUT i wont talk about that for the moment...more on that later! after the audition i caught the tail end of a staging rehearsal...all i am going to say is INTENSE. i got to meet the guy that i am covering and he seems real cool. in fact everybody was so nice and helpful... thumbs up!

went to the final dress of aida! wow! i lurved it... it is such a spectacle of a show. i am wondering if i am ready to tackle something so big.

lets see how tomorrow goes

Day 1

so i decided that it would be kind of cool to just keep a little blog about my experience here in the Big Apple... actually, why is it called the Big Apple? it just dawned on me that i have no clue. i am not going to lie and say that i dont miss kansas. i think it is like a safety blanket. i really dont understand why this gig is any different that others?

-- maybe because its like i am singing at the big house... for many this a dream come true

-- maybe because i am living here for longer than the usual 3 weeks that one comes for audition season

-- maybe because i actually graduated and this like the beginning of the next chapter in my life

waking up today and realizing that i am no longer in the land of lawrence hit me pretty hard.... BUT something awful happened! i figured i should listen to some music on my ipod.... AND....my ipod was NOWHERE to be found... methinks i left it in the super shuttle on the way to my friends place... sigh... soooooooooooo much music lost and now i have to start all over. i also talked or rather left a message to the roomate of the girl that i am subleasing the place from in oct. i promised her i was not crazy....FOOL HAHAHA

so i decided to meet up with Kerry Gottschall for a late lunch. it was fun trying to find the restaurant and moew fun to just hang out. i told kerry what happened with the ipod we basically discovered that i should just let her go! my ipods name was "MAY" as in it cost me my rent for the month of may. i did put in a lost and found report but i shall not hold my breath.

after our little get together i decided it was time for me to get a new ipod... so we went to the mac store and bought a new 160 gig and mic ipod. what should a name it?

we parted ways and i snuck into NOLA studios to try and warm up. sorta did then hopped on the 1train and went to manhattan school of music for a coaching. it dawned on me that i have not really sung in a while. i have taught a lot but as far as my own singing i havent really concentrated on that. it went ok... i am out of practice.

i am now chilling at my buds place. i have my first rehearsal and an audition...but i will fill ya in.

i hope this was not too boring.