“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it a rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”
I’ve just ‘signed off’ from “Legally Blonde”. Attended the official debrief functional night, meeting and catching up with members of the cast and crew. It’s never really goodbye though. We will see each other in future productions, and on social media. I gain a few more friends throughout each production. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay for the whole function, as I was required to attend the final rehearsal for another gig that will be in Brisbane.
Every show I do is a unique experience, and I learn new aspects to theatre and performance. Whether I’m onstage or backstage, even if I’m not directly involved with what’s going on, I learn a lot by simply watching and listening. I was the ‘Captain’ of the backstage singers this time round, so tried to lead by example,…ok, I had a bit of lunacy too (it’s what happens when 9 people get put into a box with a load of microphones). Each performance, backstage singers had a theme including ‘costume party’, ‘funky hat’ and ‘think pink’.
When we are not required for anything but to sing, we get a little stir crazy. We make our own fun, and hopefully perk up the tired onstagers too. I love my theatre and choral families. We take our roles in productions seriously, but have fun whilst doing it. The support we get from each other is awesome, and the connections we make in film, tv, music and theatre is mind-boggling. We’ve had a few of us make it in the entertainment industry, and sometimes they come back and share their experiences.
Queensland Pops Orchestra will be playing at Queensland Performing Arts Complex and the Empire theatre over the next fortnight. We’ll be singing well known songs from Britain. We had the conductor of the orchestra come and see us. Hopefully we’re up to the quality.
I had an audition for Opera Queensland “Project Rossini” (The Barber of Seville). Went in and sang a song entirely in Italian, answered a few questions and a few basic steps. We’ll be required to do a little movement onstage. Hopefully know the outcome in the next fortnight.
Have another audition tomorrow for ‘Annie’. Going for the character of ‘Grace Farrell’ assistant to Warbucks. Have to do a vocal, script and movement audition. Don’t know what to expect. Going to be fun though.
Managed to break it up a bit, I went to a concert as well. Josh Groban. I’ve been to every one of his concerts, every time he’s come to Australia (makes it 3 times).
I’m still hanging out on Smule. Made it to over 550 followers (Thank you to all the Smuleans out there). Been going through the Power Ballads lately, but anything ‘Phantom of the Opera’, with insanely high notes seems to be quite popular. Recorded Rachel Platten’s ‘Fight Song’, and got over 300 plays (with over 27 duets) in 24 hours. Think that’s the first time I’ve had one of my duets go that many plays in that amount of time. I recorded a solo version of it. Sometimes can be strange, I record Adele songs, and similar activity occurs. I’m not even an alto. 🙂
I’m still sending out samples of my singing to recording studios. No bites yet. Live and hope.
Needless to say, I keep myself very busy.
Until next time…
Sarah Talbot 
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