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From:  Vicki Bryant <MezzoNotte@e...>
Vicki Bryant <MezzoNotte@e...>
Date:  Sat Jun 2, 2001  5:24 am
Subject:  Re[4]: [vocalist] How we get "in the zone"


Friday, June 01, 2001, 9:48:53 PM, Ernie Valenzuela wrote:

EV> While waiting in the wings to go on - have you ever experienced
EV> the maddening combination of anxiety, exasperation & exhilaration
EV> as you think to yourself:
EV> WHAT AM I SINGING!!! WHAT ARE THE WORDS!!
EV> And all resolves itself as you find your mark, feel the heat of the
EV> lights & open your mouth!! No feeling like it.

Even stranger is when I'm in the middle of a piece, and I have no idea
what the next phrase is until I actually start to phonate. (Thank
goodness for automatic pilot).

Vicki Bryant mailto:MezzoNotte@e...
Naperville, IL


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