from quartet to quintet

Passion for singing brought together Hoecst (a.ka. Beyonce), Erick, Janice M. and me to form a so-called quartet of lobby singers.

The master plan is to save up songs that we can sing for an audition at Marriott (according to a reliable source, the hotel is in need of lobby singers). Long term goal of the group is to move to Korea or Singapore and become regulars at The Hyatt Hotels (o diba? ambisyosa much?) And to top that, maybe sing at luxury cruises as well. (ambisyon kung ambisyon).

This is Hoecst's look in our soon-to-be-gigs.

After 4 weekends of practicing, the only song we've managed to complete so far is Seasons of Love from the musical The Rent. (What took long?)

Erick had to transcribe the notes first in a computer since Janice and I don't know how to interpret notes, dots and ties on the music sheet! This took one whole day of supposed practice time.

That's us listening to the piece. Look at how amazed I am with the PC that turned into a piano.

Then, we had to memorize each of our parts. Different strokes for different folks.

Janice concentrating on her notes outside the house where it's peaceful and quiet, looking like she's having a headache.

Hoecst feeling comfortable in the living room. Too comfortable he couldn't sit on the couch anymore.

We also had to wait for Jed (our new member) to catch up. He showed up for practice just last weekend and man, he is good! (and cute too, just too young).

Erick and Jed doing one on one coaching.

Erick and Jed still doing one on one coaching with me having a better view.

Finally, the now quintet, sang together in 4 different voices.