Alia's AM4 Practice Plan by Alia

farahalia1510 — 2024-11-15 06:47:44 UTC

Aims

farahalia1510 — 2024-11-15 06:50:33 UTC

1. Breath control and support

2. Airy head voice

3. Emotional expression while singing

4. Vibrato control

5. Articulation

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:35:00 UTC

Today was the first day I started my practice plan. I started by searching "skills for a vocalist to improve" on ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, and even asked it to suggest me some vocal exercises that I should try to improve each skills. For today, I trained my pitch accuracy by gliding smoothly from high to low pitch to improve control.

Breath control

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:37:26 UTC

On this day, i decided to train my breath control and support. I did this by breathing deeply and expanding the diaphragm. I held my breath for 4 counts, and exhale slowly over 8 counts. Then, I hummed on a single note as long as possible to control breath release.

Band practice

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:38:00 UTC

Today, my AM4 band rehearsed the full rearranged version of 纵 (zong) by YINY, a senior of ours. We made sure to clean up the messy parts a few times before showing it to our lecturer Ms Stephanie next Monday.

Zong band practice

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:38:24 UTC

Chest voice train

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:40:35 UTC

Today I decided to try a vocal exercises to train my chest voice, with support from my diaphragm. I did this by singing the words "ma me mi mo mu" on a single note, and I go up a semitone everytime.

Sessioning for AM1

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:41:16 UTC

In the following week I will be joining an AM1 class as a sessionist, so I prepared myself by going through the song "Plastic Love" by Mariya Takeuchi a few times, checking my vocal tone and making sure my japanese pronunciation is clear.

"Don't wanna break up again" by Ariana Grande

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:42:14 UTC

For my upcoming rearrangement assignment, I will be recording my vocals for the song "Don't wanna break up again" by Ariana Grande. So I practiced my vocals and made sure I used the correct vocal techniques to ensure the recording goes smoothly.

Vocal run and riffs

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:43:56 UTC

I did a vocal run and riffs exercise on this day. I followed a Spotify track where there was a piano accompaniment, and i sang a vocal run of "Ha"s up the scale. I decided to also sing "defying gravity" as another exercise.

Our first try

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:45:41 UTC

Practice !

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 16:46:20 UTC

Chest voice

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:16:38 UTC

I did a vocal exercise with the phrase "mi eh ah", which I was required to use mostly chest voice, with a bit of a head voice mix, up and back down the scale.

"Ave Maria" exercise

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:17:47 UTC

There is an exercise where I need to sing the phrase "Ave Maria". With this phrase, I am training to use a head and chest mix, and adding a vibrato at the end of each phrase.

Recording day

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:18:58 UTC

Today was finally the day to record "don't wanna break up". by Ariana Grande. I once practiced the last chorus, which is the climax of the song, before I started recording.

Practicing Sinaran

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:19:40 UTC

I received a request to help record vocals to the song "Sinaran" by Sheila Majid, for a junior's assignment. They needed it to be a semitone lower than the original, so I practiced the vocal tone, pronunciation and pitch accuracy before I start recording the day after.

Recording day

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:19:51 UTC

Practice time !

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:20:34 UTC

Practice video

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-25 17:20:50 UTC

Phrygian mode vocal exercise

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 06:52:37 UTC

I found a Youtube video where we can learn the scales of different modes. Today I chose the phrygian mode. This helps a lot when it comes composing melodies, so I can avoid creating typical generic melodies, and start creating unique melodies.

Defying Gravity

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 06:59:25 UTC

Practice video

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 07:01:40 UTC

"don't wanna break up again"

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 07:02:12 UTC

Assessment video

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 07:05:51 UTC

On the 23rd of December, we finally had our assessment ! We chose 4 different songs to perform and everyone did their best. All the practices paid off, and this video serves as the proof of my growth and everyone's hard work.

Bluefins 🐟

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 07:07:34 UTC

My AM4 band

AM1 Assessment day !

farahalia1510 — 2024-12-26 07:11:12 UTC

Today is finally the day of AM1's assessment day that I have had the chance to session in. After our weekly band and solo practices, our hard work paid off, and we sounded so much tighter as a band.