Crashing a Gig in a Small Supper Club
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Crashing a Gig in a Small Supper Club

By now the piano player hates the trumpeter. The stage has become a hostile environment. Soon it will be time to wake up the bass player. I just want to get off the stage. It's my turn again. We are just about to wrap up my song and people start screaming.

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Decisions Suck: One Step Toward My Dreams and Back Again
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Decisions Suck: One Step Toward My Dreams and Back Again

I always planned on being a singer and as it turns out I am a pretty successful jazz singer in the city. But at 18, I had decided to be an opera singer. In my search for a teacher, ballsy me, courageous me, determined me, sent a letter to Beverly Sills, one of the greatest coloratura soprano’s in the world, asking her for a voice teacher recommendation.

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