July 15, 2008
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Plugging Away
Today I had a session with an acting coach and one with my vocal coach. Both around callbacks for Higgins. You might ask; "How can you do that John and still work?" Well, I'm glad you asked. As a Forensic Psychologist in my day job, I sometimes have to go to Court and testify. (Yes that is also acting.) When I have a Court date I need to take off the entire day because I never know when I'll get out. Today was quick and so I quickly arranged to be an actor the rest of the day. I could definitely adjust to spending more time working on acting and singing and less time on...working.
So, my acting coach is my older brother Dan. Now Dan has been teaching and directing for almost 40 years. This is the first time I asked him for help. Those of you who have older brothers might recognize the extremely complex nature of the brother relationship. Anyway, this was actually a very good experience. Dan was very helpful and was able to point out several areas in which I might consider changes in delivery and did not once say; "You suck! You are such a douche bag as an actor!" I appreciate this.
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^_^ I can appreciate the intricacies of going to family for help. I occasionally tap my oldest brother for help with computers and his wife keeps offering voice lessons to me (she's in opera).
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