strategy-practical development by Shakira Griffinmusic

practical development

shakiragriffin2 — 2025-04-05 19:49:34 UTC

For my main area I have chosen to look into depth with the idea of a solo artist. Here I have put in a video showing my skills.https://waterbear.instructuremedia.com/embed/5849959a-db6d-4771-89a3-b08768ae43f4

In this I noticed that my transition from the verses to the chorus wasn't really that smooth as it goes from mix voice into a lighter headier voice. So to combat this I went how and practiced vocal warmups such as humming,slides and owl noises which help the transition from mix to head voice. Additionally,I also focus on my breath control as this helped me to steady my airflow and support me for when I went to head voice making it easier for me to achieve.

shakiragriffin2 — 2025-04-06 08:32:10 UTC

Unlike in the other video,my transition from the verses to the chorus was a lot smoother. However ,in this one I noticed that my storytelling/emotions were lacking within the song,this was also due to me looking at my phone as I was worried about forgetting the lyrics. So to help improve this I went and looked at the lyrics and what they mean to have a better understanding of them and how the writer intended for them to be perceived so that next time I perform it I can better tell the story that was designed for the song.

shakiragriffin2 — 2025-04-06 08:40:32 UTC

In this video I noticed that my story telling was a lot better. However,I noticed that my stage presence lacked a bit,so to fix this I decided to prepare what I was going to do and how I was going to look to give me more confidence on stage. As well as this,I also looked into different techniques to help and one of them was having good body language as this can go a long way on stage and how someone perceives you. So with this knowledge I worked on planning ahead of what I was going to wear and how I was going to act on stage in order to built up my confidence and stage presence.https://waterbear.instructuremedia.com/embed/97675045-2f55-4529-8b3d-355ce5f7dd43

shakiragriffin2 — 2025-04-06 08:48:30 UTC

Finally,in this video is where I felt that all of those things that I talked about previously fell into place as I had been practicing this song for months so confident and comfortable when singing it and it helped to up my stage presence. On the storytelling side of things,it helped that it was a song that I had written so that I knew exactly what it was about and could portray the story that I wanted people to know. For the transitions,it was a lot easier as I had written the melody for this and did it with a range that I was comfortable with but still stable between mix and head voice making it sound stronger and more present when singing.https://waterbear.instructuremedia.com/embed/bbd6f518-909c-4b79-94b4-b0109c1a85f9