No fear, no surprise, no hesitation, no doubt...
(Originally posted on 20 October 2012)
It is time to update a bit here and flow into a new vein I suppose. I say this because I can't really call this an audition tour anymore as I am actually 98% finished with my auditions. I have two more in November and not really sure if anything else is going to pop up... this is not a bad thing, I'm in a good place, and not worrying about anything, but that is neither here nor there.
Therefore, seeing as this "tour" has taken on a different form for me, I'm going to use this post as a wrap up until I am finished and can give some financial summations and final travel advice to those of you heading over here.
I suppose in summation the most important thing I could say right now is something I read on the train today as I was coming back to Berlin:
1 - "No Fear, No Surprise, No Hesitation, No Doubt"
2 - "Aim to be the very best at everything you do - not second best"
(from The Rules of Life by Richard Templar)
This is an amazing book... I'm re-reading it after six years - and that is all I'm going to say about that!
I've done a lot in the last almost month. I've been back and forth from Berlin to Vienna, Munich, Karlsruhe, etc. and all seems to be lining up. I feel good about how I'm singing, not without a little snafu here and there, but something I've accepted is that this is life... reality, real LIVE music and audition. We aren't perfect, we aren't robots, but we sure as heck can recover when a note doesn't pop out the right way... laugh about it and move on.
Being in a foreign country, whether you have been here a hundred times or it's your first time away from home, is always a bit intimidating. You have to go with the flow of the culture, embrace your mistakes in language and remember what the correct way of saying something is... We learn best from the mistakes we make (Thanks Aria Ready!).
Learn to read your Rail Maps and to be flexible. It is almost inevitable that you will have to change a route sometime or another... trains get delayed and then you have to figure out what to do, or ask... don't be afraid to ask, people will help if you just ask... they don't if you don't ask! Interesting how that works, eh?
Believe in yourself and know that what you put into the Universe is what you are going to get back from the Universe. If you allow yourself to feed the Universe with a healthy dose of positive mana, then I guarentee this will come streaming back to you in whatever way you need it to! I'm not kidding!!
But above all... enjoy this journey you are going to take. This is a once in a lifetime deal folks! You go and make the best out of it and live for every experience that comes your way. There are going to be people at the auditions that are freaked out and crazy, try to remain in your own space and your own coolness... don't let the insecurity of others rub off on you... it is his/her/their issue, not yours and you will feel so much better if you allow it to just bounce off your personal bubble - that doesn't mean don't be nice to people and be a indignant towards people, just be present in every moment and be prepared to have your invisible shield up. This is a job folks, you want the gig, so go get it... don't let others influence you negatively - of course if they are radiating positive energy, then you know what to do!
If I can say one last thing about doing a tour, it would be that this is your personal journey. This is discovering you as a singer and believing you will get what you seek out. Then the world will be your oyster. If you don't believe it, you have some work to do.
Until next time (the last installment of this blog) - stay well, and keep those dreams high! Enjoy the journey and feel free to contact me if you wish!
The Allgäu where my friend Jen is from… isn’t it so beautiful?!