Day 15 in the Studio

Today was a tough day! I had to come to grips with the fact that song number four Good Times! was just too high for me to sing. When the guys were creating the song they asked me is this key ok? I said oh yeah, it's perfect, only to find that the more I practiced it the more I realized that I sounded mousy. This is not the way I wanted my vocal to sound, so I knew that although the song was ready for me to put a lead vocal on it, I needed to tell the guys before we went any further. This put my third week summary to the test, I know I say that the guys are super encouraging, patient, and considerate, so the question was were they gonna be mad at me. I told Sam well I guess they'll want to kill me or fire me! So needless to say I went in with a heavy heart and knew I had to walk the walk of shame. I even wondered if I should tell them off the camera. But oh well I decided that I just had to bite the bullet and do it.

I had posted a comment on Twitter "Nervous to go into the studio, have to tell the guys something important. I hope they won't be mad" so John being the dedicated tweep that he is had read it by the time I arrived. So no sooner did I say hello, hug, hug, kiss, kiss I set up my Ipad and Sammy looked over and read my comment and asked "what's this all about" this was it ,I had to tell them the truth..."well, I've been practicing Good Times and I think it's too high". I searched their faces for any sign of anger, or frustration, but they simply said okay what key feels comfortable? John got on the keyboard and started playing the song, I sang along "oh yeah, that's good" so first the keyboard changes were made, then Sammy laid down the base, wow we're good to go. I started practicing to the new version when I got to the chorus uh-ho still seems a little high. I can't believe I did it again! The guys looked at me as I practiced and said it's still too high isn't it? Uh yeah, John got on the keyboard and started playing the song...sound familiar? Keyboard changes were made, Sammy re-laid down the bass, and yes we're good to go..again. You see the Iklectix are great, not one look, one complaint, business as usual. I was the one who felt bad, like a naughty child who got caught doing something wrong. Well that won't happen again (I hope) I finally did add a scratch lead vocal, Sammy burned me a cd so I could practice and get used to the new key. We'll see what Tuesday brings. Thanks for reading and please feel free to post a comment, I'd love to know what you think.

<3 Lizzi