Solo Performance Reflection - How Far ill go by Auli'i Cravalho

What are you enjoying about music so far?
- I enjoy singing and of course, I can't get rid of the nervousness.
What did you perform and why?
- I sing How far ill go, I have a voice lesson which is miss recommend me singing that song cuz it fits my voice perfectly, at first I was nervous about this song cuz I've never sung a Disney song and its kind of not my thing but its ok to me I'm fine with this song.
What did you find challenging?
- the challenging part is where you perform in front of the audience and you have to make emotions
to tell the story about this song, its hard to feel the song and do the emotion thing cuz I'm not comfortable performing in front of the audience but I tried my best to make it through which is fine.
the last bit of the song, which is my voice was getting lower I didn't use my diaphragm I was afraid to sing the last bridge of the song cuz I have this coughing/sneezing issue which is I was not well, I might crack my voice.
What did you enjoy the most practicing this song?
- first of all, don't get me wrong I love the song when I started to sing this song I enjoyed it practicing my spare time.
What was your grade? Were you happy with it?
- my grade was Merit with Low Excellence, yes I'm happy with the grade it tells me to improve more singing and self-confidence.

Group Performance Blog

What are you finding challenging about this song?
- the song is new to me so it's challenging to memorize and sing it cuz this song is new to me, I don't really listen to new songs I only sing to old/classic songs.

What is your rehearsed goal for this work
 - I hope I would be able to memorize this song 

Music Group Performance

1.) Your song choice explains why you chose this song.

- our song choice will be 'Lost in Japan' we chose it cuz it has piano, bass, also

it has catchy music and the lyrics we all agree.

2.) Who you are working with and what is each person doing?

- I'm working with Alyana shes playing drum or shell be singing with us and with Tina shes singing

with me, Braxton is playing bass and Cameron is playing the piano.

3.) What is the song about and find out the original?

- lost in japan Shawn Mendes demonstrates his commitment to love by expressing his desire to visit them on the other side of the world. 

Shawn Mendes revealed in an interview with Billboard that he was listening to a lot of Justin Timberlake while creating "Lost in Japan." the song was also inspired by a dream:

"I had this dream that I was lost in this country and I woke up the next day and we had this cool piano part and the song was birthed."