Nightwish is publically looking for a new singer

[AngelOfMusic]

I'm afraid you're all setting up too-high expectations and may be sorely dissappointed.  :P


But!  I started working on the music today.  Ave Maria, Wishin You Were Somehow Here Again and Colors of the Wind are the songs I've settled on.  Just doing those three songs gave my voice a work out.  I was ready for a nap when I was done!  :shock:

[AngelOfMusic]

I'll be stepping into the recording studio on the 22nd of this month.  Frankly, I'm really, really nervous.  What if I suck and the recording studio guy is all "Wow, you were HORRIBLE."  or what if I mess up constantly?  Or worse, what if NW finds a new singer before I get things recorded and sent off???  

Yes, I'm panicking just a little.  Though the announcement hasn't even been out a full month yet, so I'm sure they won't announce a new singer within the next two or three weeks.  Right?   :shock:

[Prab]

Right Angel, don't panic, they won't be announcing the new singer until they heard your record
Seriously, I don't think there'll be an anouncement within the next two or three months!
Tuomas is still writing stuff for the new record, so why hurry with finding a new singer, right?
So there is enough time for you to work out your songs properly!

I'm sure you'll give your best and you'll be proud of the result

[AngelOfMusic]

ARGH, I had to reschedule my recording session to the 29th because my Pianist won't be in on the 22nd!!!  Am I stressing?  Yes.  ALOT.

[Odin]

Oh, I am looking forward to hearing you sing, Angel! And indeed: Don't panic. Take your towel and stay tuned.

[AngelOfMusic]

I record tomorrow.  Excuse me for a minute...





AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!




Okay, I feel better now.  I had a really excellent practice tonight!  The higher notes were less of a workout tonight, so I'm hoping tomorrow my voice is just as good, if not better than it was today!

I'm nervous...*rocks back and forth*

[Odin]

Sounds good. :D

Looking forward to hearing you sing...  :P

[The Metal RN]

Break a leg angel!!!!

[AngelOfMusic]

Well, here it is: www.myspace.com/joandesireejohnson

I'm not happy with how it turned out.  I sound like crap.  I sang excellently last night when I was just practicing, but once I got to the studio I tensed up.  I sound like a scared, squeaky mouse. :(

[Odin]

The songs are a little slow perhaps, hm? Have you been in recording situations before? Probably some practise would reduce the tenseness problems...

[AngelOfMusic]

That's possible.

All I know is I have a fscking 2.5 octave range and seven years of vocal training, and all that I managed to achieve in three hours of recording was to sound like a scared school girl singing her first solo in front of the entire school.  *grumble*

[AngelOfMusic]

I added the 30-second clip of Sleeping Sun that I did before I recorded in a studio.  You can hear the difference between when I'm relaxed (at home) and how tense I was the first time I ever recorded in a studio.