Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Audition song for someone who can't sing?
emilyseinfeld
Swing Joined: 12/12/16
#1Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 12/12/16 at 8:22am
And yes, I'm serious. It's not like a can't sing at all, it's just that I never trained. I want to join a musical theatre class in a local school, but you have to audition to get in and I have no idea of what to sing, the only thing i've ever done (besides singing in the shower) was two days at school choir before it got cancelled. I'm a female, 19, and a mezzo. Do you have any suggestions for me, please?
Updated On: 12/12/16 at 08:22 AM
#2Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 12/13/16 at 2:47pm
Well...what musicals do you like or what popular music do you listen to? Due to the fact that you are not a natural singer, it is important to choose something you are REALLY familiar. Let me know I might be able to help.
SimpleJoys
emilyseinfeld
Swing Joined: 12/12/16
#3Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 11:55am
I like a bunch, but to name a few I'd say Hamilton, Wicked, The Lion King, Waitress, The Color Purple, The Last Five Years, Newsies, The Sound Of Music, Les Miz, as for popular music, i believe it's safe to say that i listen to a bit of everything.
#4Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 2:42pm
Ok, some suggestions I have for you are..."Superboy and the Invisible Girl" from "Next to Normal" is a good song to show emotion. If you can carry the emotion, you might get away without having a strong singing voice. Work on using your chest voice for the higher notes and show the frustration of the song.
Also, from "Waitress" "She Used to Be Mine" might allow you to speak/talk your through the song. But again, you can't get away from NOT singing in a musical setting, so you will have to work on belting the end of the song.
Let me know what you think.
SimpleJoys
emilyseinfeld
Swing Joined: 12/12/16
#5Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 6:14pm
Thank you so much! I'll try and practice both of them and see which one feels better.
Esther Blodgett
Understudy Joined: 7/15/15
#6Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 12/22/16 at 10:39am
The role of Anna in The King and I was written for a woman who did not have a great range. The range of her songs as originally written is 5-6 notes. Get the original 1951 recording. Later versions all seem to have Anna as a soaring soprano which she isn't.
Lauren Bacall (granted nearly a baritone) did two musicals, Applause and Woman of the Year. Listen to those songs of hers.
Ruth in Wonderful Town was written for Roz Russell, also basically a baritone, and are really syncopated rather that sung.
EdEval
Featured Actor Joined: 11/30/16
#7Audition song for someone who can't sing?
Posted: 1/7/17 at 9:46pm
"If You Feel Like Singing Sing" done by Judy Garland in Summerstock.
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