* As if I didn’t have enough stress and activity in my life, I signed up for a singing class at my acting studio. Voice is always a challenge for women in the community… starting with speaking voice. I made it to a comfy point with that, but I wasn’t satisfied and decided to kick it up a notch.

* I do not have a good singing voice right now. Not only is my range small and my tone weak, but I worry in general what is going to come out of my mouth when I start making sounds I’ve never tried before in front of a bunch of strangers who don’t know anything about me. But I have always wanted to be able to express myself with my voice, and also as an actress it will help me work on things like shouting, screaming, gasping and all the other sounds I’ll need when I land my dream role as the adult “Samara” in The Ring III. 

* Scary scary… but I thrive on terror. I guess. I must, considering some of the things I do, ha ha. I have no desire to do American Idol-style vocal gymnastics or depose Britney Spears, but I would love to be able to express some of the things I feel in song.

* The class went well, and although I ended up singing in the key of “G” rather than “C” with most of the other girls, there was one other girl who sang in “G” as well, and I was able to do all the exercises along with the other girls just fine. There are two guys in the class, and they had their own little exercises to do. It felt good and I surprised myself by being able to tread water alongside the other girls, although I was definitely one of the weaker singers. But they’ve had their whole lives to sing and play with their voices. I plan on catching up as fast as I can. wink

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