Miss Rachel, the Amazing Teacher

Last night, we had a dinner party at Julie's. Beautiful food, music and people. The most unsual thing for me about the evening was that Rachel started to correct me singing "Amazing Grace". I learnt so much in those few minutes from this amazingly talented 11-year-old.

Basically, my problems are huge. Constantly being out of tune is one thing. Positing is another. Not that I didn't know. It's from Rachel's fresh and young eye, they got singled out and became more clear than ever. Amazingly, I also became more hopeful than ever.

These two problems need to be treated differently. I haven't figured out how to treat the first. Then I got a very good hint from Rachel about what to do to improve the positioning. Simply put, my nose knows, according to Rachel. A proper singing voice won't get affected when you squeeze your nose and don't let the breath come in and out of there... This is so crucial. I still want to confirm with my paid teacher. In practice, I already know Miss Rachel has taken me a step forward in the right direction. Therefore, I went to the drug store right away and got myself a nose clip. The whole experience of leaning to sing is amazing.