Had a bit of a bad night last night at rehearsal....I'm never very involved in the Thursday night sessions, as Judas doesn't sing anything with the chorus. I'm only really there to provide cues. So, I started to switch off a little....not very professional I know, but inevitable. I try to join in with some songs, but I'm stuck between doing too much and straining my voice and not doing anything and feeling like a spare part.
Anyway, we started to do "This Jesus Must Die" and Keith said, so I thought, that we only had one priest. Ah, thinks I, I'd better sing Ciaphas in for him coz the chorus need his note to come in. Off I went, sang my best Ciaphas..."Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here..."....got some funny looks, but I thought this was just from people wondering who was singing. Unfortunately it was actually because Kevin, who plays Ciaphas, was actually here. He was sitting 4 seats away, wondering who else was singing his part! I just died. I couldn't sing anything else for the rest of the night. I just wanted to up and leave. At the break, I went and apologied most profusely. Luckily he's a nice guy and didn't seem too mad. Not a good experience tho.
Anyway, I then sat in near silence for the rest of rehearsal, as I was so mortified about my blunder, I just couldn't bring myself to join in. And anyway, there was nothing else for me to do. Or so I thought. Keith decided that I could sing through "Damned for all time", not my best song...and I did a fairly poor performance of it. Damned indeed.
Not a good night. Although I was distracted by my Ciaphas cock-up, I just can't seem to produce the goods on a Thursday night. For some reason my voice just goes totally off the boil. I'm fine at home, and I'm OK on a Monday night, but it just seems that Thursdays don't really work for me. Strange...Perhaps it's because we sit down. Maybe I should stand when it comes to my bits. But then I might feel a bit odd. But should that matter?
I think I'll talk to Keith on Monday, see what he thinks. At least we're getting on to act 2 next week, which should be better for me.
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