'Unhappy'

Tuesday 7th May

After much thought, I have decided not to continue with my dance piece. I decided this because I thought that my dance didn't present a story, which is the whole point of this project.

I have decided to write a song, and perform it. This is much more of a challenge for me, as I have never written a song before, and I've never sung by myself alone. Unlike the dance, which I didn't find challenging, this song will present the challenge of writing a good song, and singing.
Here are the lyrics to my song:

Once I am awake,
I can't escape,
This feeling.
Once, I am awake,
I cannot shake, off,
This feeling.

From the moment I wake up,
To the moment that I sleep,
I know I'm unhappy,
So don't ever wake me please.

Everyday it seems like,
We go round in circles.
You ask why I look the way I do,
It's because of you.

Below is a link to my song.

From the moment I wake up,
To the moment that I sleep,
I know I'm unhappy,
So don't ever wake me please.

I guess it's time for me to change,
But I still feel the same,
It's so hard to explain,
Cos theres just so much pain.

From the moment I wake up,
To the moment that I sleep,
I know I'm unhappy,
So don't ever wake me please.

From the moment I wake up,
To the moment I fall asleep,
You know I'm unhappy,
So why won't you,
Just help me please?

 

 

The chords I'm using on the guitar are; G, C, E minor and D. These chords all work well together, and the Em brings down the mood of the song.

 

Since recording this version, I have changed a few details to my performance. I have changed the bridge section to:

 

I guess it's time to change, but I still feel the same,

Its so hard to explain this pain I'm feeling cos of you.

So I fake a smile, and I will go on,

Cos I got no choice but to live day by day.

From the moment I wake,
To the moment that I sleep.....

(Back into the normal chorus)
 

Monday 13th May:

On the 13th of May, as a class, we had to present our pieces. As much as I was prepared for my piece, I was still very nervous, and it didn't go as planned. So I've decided to enlist the help of Maria. I have taught her my song, and now she is going to be singing it. This will make my performance much better as there wont be a shaky voice singing the song.

I am now looking to be graded on the lyrics of my song, and how they tell the story of my Post Secret and how the lyrics and music and put together and how they are presented to the audience.

Tuesday 14th May:

During Rob/Katy's lesson today, after rehearsing, I performed with Maria infront of the class, I believe it went well, however I still think I need to work on switching between the C and G chords on the guitar.  I was told I should sing some part of my song. I'm still objecting this, as I feel it would ruin the song as I know I would be nervous as I don't usually sing infront of people, which means my voice would not be very good. I feel much more confident with Maria being onstage with me, and I'm very thankful that she's stepped in at the last minute.
 

The Final Performance:

During the rehearsals for our show today, I was told I had to sing with Maria. I was still very against this idea until the last minute. I'm not confident with singing, which made this task challenging for me. My song was put at the beginning of Act Two of our show, which made me nervous as I thought the audience would expect it to have something really good. I think my performance went well, and I was very grateful to Shannon for lending her guitar to me because I didn't want to use my one as it's a Spanish guitar which makes it harder to change chords because the fret board is bigger than a regular acoustic guitar. I'm very proud of myself for getting up onstage and singing in front of people, because at the beginning of the year there would have been no way that I would have ever of done that.