Back from my busy day. Got a message from my person at Disney, asking for a word change in my VO - so I'm happy I didn't turn in the cuts yesterday. Unfortunately, my person didn't know this word was a promo no-no at Disney - but she was viewing somebody else's promo for something, and the offending word was uttered and the powers that be said, "No, we don't ever use that word." The offending word that must be changed? "Fun."
Had a very productive day. The first day of the workshop was fun - I just spoke for an hour, which went by a lot slower than I thought it would, or I would have planned more to say. On Thursday, they have to come in with their song choices, which we'll discuss. Then the following Tuesday, our pianist will come and play them through their songs, and I'll critique and give notes. The pianist will also play their song to tape so they can rehearse and work with it. I'm also going to use the song I Remember on Thursday, to show how a lyric can be interpreted quite differently by four singers - Bernadette, Liz Callaway, that girl from Sound of Music who did the original Evening Primrose, and one other to be determined (suggestions welcome, but it should be different, interpretation-wise from the above). It's such an evocative lyric, with endless colors and ways to play the intention of the song which, in Evening Primrose, is very specific.
