Brissiemaz singing ‘Summertime’

If you want to skip my interminable yakking and go straight to Brissiemaz singing ‘Summertime’, scroll down to the end of the post beneath my gorgeous red rose.  I’m shamelessly including a couple of flowers from the Chelsea Flower Show…. who needs an excuse to put such wonderful flowers on display!

At the Chelsea Flower Show

Earlier this year I awoke to find that I had apparently lost my voice. It had never happened before and being a singer who still performs in public it came as quite a shock. It happened so suddenly! Being my usual cool, calm and collected self I decided that panicking was the best option and raced off to the doctor to see if my vocal cords could be spared. While I was in the car I was berating myself for not having made a proper recording before this….how stupid to leave it till it was too late!

I was almost in tears by the time I sat down in the waiting room but had calmed down a bit by the time I finally saw the doctor who didn’t have a clue what was going on and gave me  a letter to see a specialist…….the ear, nose and throat guy……but of course there was no appointment available till a few months down the track.  So….what to do?

Next day I woke up with my voice intact.  Maybe it was just a glitch. Who knows? I’m OK today, I think to myself, so no need to panic……….but I’m at an age where my singing voice could go awol at any time.   Again…..what to do?

So I decided on a positive approach and went on the net to find a recording studio that suited my needs and was not too far from home and immediately booked a few days of recording sessions. Then I resolved to get the CD’s done BEFORE I saw the specialist in case he said that under no circumstances should I be singing .

OK…..I know…….sand……burying my head in it. Guilty as charged.

Months of hard work later I have finished the recording and am about to see the specialist after having a few tests.  My voice held up well, I had no pain or discomfort despite doing lots of singing so I’m hoping I’ll get a clean bill of health from him.

Anyways….I do go on, don’t I…..I’m intending to add a song to this post so I need to keep quiet and get on with it.

It’s a modern version of ‘Summertime’ from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin.

Hope you enjoy it……assuming I get things right and you can play it. I’ll also be putting it on You Tube later with a video so, if all else fails, you can hear it there.

Rose at Chelsea Flower Show

Brissiemaz singing ‘Summertime’…….better late than never!                                               To listen – click on the arrow (that’s for my age group!)

I want to enter this in A Word a Week Challenge – Music.                                                         Here’s a link to a wonderful post on the subject by A Word in Your Ear

Heartfelt thanks to BJ from Staraudio with whom I spent many deafening hours in the recording studio.

The wav format wouldn’t upload so I had to go with mp3 and I think the sound is not as warm…….the backing sounds a little thin?  Will keep trying to upload wav.