{"id":220,"date":"2025-01-05T03:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T03:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-01-19T18:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T18:29:56","slug":"it-happened-once-it-really-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/it-happened-once-it-really-did\/","title":{"rendered":"It happened once. It really did."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" style=\"width:578px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1-1024x788.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1-768x591.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1-200x154.jpg 200w, http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1-779x600.jpg 779w, http:\/\/yougotthatwrite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carnegie-Hall-1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I sang at Carnegie Hall a few months back. Happened out of the blue. I was just supporting a friend, visiting a rehearsal. Next thing I know I&#8217;m ushered in with the tenors and I&#8217;m sharing a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s all in Korean, mind you. And I don&#8217;t speak a word. But still they welcomed me in like a brother and fully expected me to join them on stage in a week (with just one rehearsal left).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did it shake me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well no. I mean I can hold my own singing. But the language part?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well lucky for me on that next (final) rehearsal I happened to sit right in front of the strong solo tenor (who knew?). And I was clever enough to come armed with a micro recorder. That 1+1 equaled a very happy Drew. My tenor friend gave me all my notes, and I came home with a book. I had great study material. (And he turned out to be a cool guy, and we did become friends too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent the next few days marking up that book like a Christmas tree. I had multi-color highlighting everywhere. I was <em>not<\/em> getting lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way I approached it (and it worked brilliantly) was I just had to make the same general sound as everyone, and sing all the notes at the same time. I&#8217;m certainly accomplished enough for that. Certain sounds were trickier, like T&#8217;s. But I just backed off a bit if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know the guy in front of me was wondering what the <em>hell<\/em> I was saying, but I don&#8217;t think anyone out front could pick me out of a hundred other voices. I was quite at ease with my method. I believe I blended well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yeah, you blend.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the evening was as grand as you could imagine. I mean, <em>c&#8217;mon<\/em>\u2026Carnegie Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And little old Drew, invited last minute, had the best seat in the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top riser, center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if anyone would ask how to get to Carnegie Hall, I&#8217;d just have to tell them how I got there. E train from Continental and walk a few blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sang at Carnegie Hall a few months back. Happened out of the blue. I was just supporting a friend, visiting a rehearsal. Next thing I know I&#8217;m ushered in with the tenors and I&#8217;m sharing a book. Huh? It&#8217;s all in Korean, mind you. And I don&#8217;t speak a word. 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