Continuous Learning to Improve

This year, I wanted to improve on my singing. This is the talent that God has given me (not to brag but I do love singing!)

So, I started enrolling in a music school.

For the first half of the year, I enrolled for voice lessons. I wanted to see if there is a chance for me to be a singer someday.

At first, I wasn’t that good.

I admit. I haave a long way to go before I can be good.

Fortunately, my teachers pushed me hard to learn and improve more.

As they say, “Practice makes perfect.”

I also tried to audition for the school’s elite group of singers. It was my very first time to audition for voice. I auditioned several times for PBB (Pinoy Bg Brother) but that’s a different story.

I was a mess after I sang my piece. But still, I continued to enroll and learn more on what are needed for me to improve vocally.

At the same time, I was also learning how to write songs. It was hard at first, though. But learning from the mentor and the classmates from the workshop, I felt that I can do it that I can also write songs.

So I began writing songs. I even submitted my first ever Visayan song in VisPop competition, a Visayan songwriting competition in the Cebu.

It’s a joy to write one. Even though, it didn’t win but the fact that my song was enlisted as of the entries which passed the first round makes me pleased already.

By the way, my very first composition was for Mama Mary’s birthday celebration last year. It won as one of the finalist. That’s why I ventured out on songwriting as well. At the same time, it’s fun writing one. I have a lot of ideas in my mind that I can convert them to possible songs. So watch out for more!

When I joined the Gig on the first half of the year, preferably called as a concert instead, I struggled with stage-fright and I wasn’t that confident back then.

But when the concert started, I never thought that it was so fun! It brought me back my confidence and at the same time, there wasn’t any bit of stage-fright I felt back then. It molded and transformed me when I’m on stage.

So, on the second half of the year, I continued my lessons on the voice. To improve more on my listening skills, I also enrolled for keyboard. It’s one of my dreams to play keyboard as well.

I felt my improvement both in singing and in playing an instrument.

Then I joined the concert again if there are any improvements on my vocals and playing the instrument.

And I did improve! I was now confident singing on stage. No more stage fright. And it was fun! 

Although, there are still rooms for improvement on my vocals but still having my presence on stage was fun! I was having fun!

For the last classes of this year, I enrolled once more. I can’t help but learn more and was thinking that there are still a lot of work for me to improve on vocally and playing the instruments.

This time, I auditioned for the second time. After I sang my piece, Tita Anna was on standing ovation! I never felt proud that I have improved a lot! I never thought that my genre would be more on ballad and soul. And also, it just confirmed that I have a possibility to become an emotional balladeer someday!

That was big!

What’s more is that I have made new songs – the new original compositions that need polishing with my collaborator. I can’t wait to have it be included in iTunes or Spotify someday.

Then, the last concert of the year has come. In this concert, I had a solo performance. I never in my life had sung solo in front of a crowd, except for band gigs.

When the concert started and my turn to sing has come, I felt a bit nervous. But when the song has started, I feel singing it out wholeheartedly.

Several applause were heard from my performance! I never thought I can connect to the crowd with my song!

It was a dream came true! My teachers and Tita Anna were so proud of my performance. One of my teacher said that I should audition for the elite group once more!

What a blessing!

As the year ends, I have improved a lot vocally! I also had improved a bit on playing the keyboard.

But these don’t stop me to continue learning. I will still continue to enroll in the music school, learn and improve.

I am so excited for the next year to come! I will continue to learn and improve and eventually be the artist I really wanted to be.

In this life, we shouldn’t stop learning. We can still learn on how to improve our talent, our work, our career, our relationships and even our spirituality.

There are so many things that we can do in life that we need to focus on what matters most. And once we find that focal point of learning, improve and improve and improve until we get what we really wanted in life.

Never stop learning as long as we live here on earth. And continue to believe that all you’re big dreams back in childhood will be fulfilled when you continued to pursue and learn from it.

Continue to learn so that you can continue to improve.