How is YOUR audition book organized?
How is YOUR audition book organized?
#0How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/14/06 at 4:03pm
Hey y'all.
I'm revamping my audition book in time for high school, and I was wondering...how is YOUR audition book organized? What 'bases' do you cover in terms of song types? How many songs do you have? Any information you'd be willing to share would be lovely!
Thans
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#1re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/14/06 at 4:21pm
I have 8 genres- the list is
classic ballad, uptempo
contempory ballad, uptempo
rock/pop ballad, uptempo
grand songs
comedy songs
I have about 2-3 numbers in each one, so I have about 20 songs in my audition book. I find this helps me sing the proper style they are looking for.
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#2re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/14/06 at 5:51pm
I have it divided first by Classical and Musical Theatre.
In Classical, it is organized by time period
In Musical Theatre, it is first organized by Classical genre then Contemporary genre. Then in that it is between Up-tempo and Ballad.
If I have audition I will decide what I am going to sing and then move it to the front and in its own tab, so there is no confusion for the accompanist as to what I am singing.
#3re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/14/06 at 7:21pmI have everything digitally organized. (I buy most of my music, from musicnotes.com. And pair it with karaoke or backing tracks to practice with, or use if no accompanist is provided.) I do it by style. Golden Age, Rock, Pop, Jazz. Misc. (POTO,Evita,Spamolot, LITP, and YAGMCB are in there.)
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#4re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/14/06 at 8:13pmAbout 95% of my music was my grandma's. They're fairly old and I don't want to put a hole puncher through them so they're in hole punched folders labeled either musical theater, classical, or pop. The other 5% is my own, usually purchased from musicnotes.com. There's also scans from song books.
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#5re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:34am
Dramatic Monologues
Comedic Monologues
Dramatic/Ballad Songs
Comedic/Uptempo Songs
Resumes
Easy enough.
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#6re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 3:38amJust the old-fashioned alphabetical style. For me, it's much faster to find songs this way than to have them organized by style. I love the A-Z tabs sold at Office Depot ... so easy :)
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"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" -- The Beatles
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Celebrate Earth Day, every day" -- John Denver
"Don't let them mold your mind, they want to control mankind, seems like their only intention is to exploit the earth; and you trust in their deceit, your mind causes your defeat, and so you become an invention to distort this earth; propoganda and lies, is a plague in our lives, how much more victimized, before we realize (hey) ... they'll make it attractive, to get man destracted, corrupting your (soul), polluting your (soul), destroying (your soul, mind control) ... ooh grand master, let the people go, you put them in total confusion, to downs-troy their soul; for they practise what you preach, so they're always in your reach, hi-tech slavery in these days, its mind control" -- Stephen Marley
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#7re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 9:46amI also do the alphabetic thing. I find it is much easier.
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#8re: How is YOUR audition book organized?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 3:03pmMy songs are a mess. I don't have them grouped into anything, but my monologues are organized into Comedic, Dramatic, Classic and I have a star next to the ones that are best for me.
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