Limits & Laughter

So, on Wednesday I recorded a short vocal part at the end of a song that includes Dr. Peacemaker (deejay and emcee) and AKA KOROSHIYA, as well as two other performers. I figured that it's been almost a week since my voice came back, and I haven't really been coughing so I should be good to go... but while recording, I discovered that my vocal range isn't the same!! I can't get some of those high notes that I could before... so I guess my voice still has some warming up to do...

Also in the last couple of days I became unsatisfied with some new lyrics (and flow) that I put together for some new music tracks... but thankfully, last night I made some decent progress and things are getting back on track!

As far as the flow is concerned, I always want to pay attention to the little details early on. Often the recording stage is when some of those nuances can be figured out as well, but somehow I don't feel right about going into a recording session with only the basic idea of how it will work. Does that make sense? haha

On a completely different note... it looks like A-KICKS is being missed! (albeit with his former spelling... haha) I really love facebook sometimes. Sorry I stole your photos, Gim!

Music galore~!

So, it's been over a month now--1 month, 1 week and 5 days--since A-KICKS headed back to Japan from Toronto... but music production hasn't slowed down at all! He's been composing music on a daily basis, and already has some new tracks ready for vocals. It's definitely inspiring to collaborate with such a hardworking person, and he's definitely rubbed off on me lately; I finished song lyrics for a few of those new tracks, so now all that remains is the recording!

But I should mention: I got a summer cold a little over a week ago, and it made my voice disappear for a few days...! So I'm still warming up my singing voice again.

Hopefully this won't take too much longer, especially since there are music gigs to perform in! I had to miss out on singing at last night's (another performance/freestyle event at Grace O'Malley's in downtown t.o.), but I'm looking forward to the next one in two weeks~

Plus, these BBQ Jam events should be hella fun too (check them out if you're in the t.o. area!):

Beginnings

Welcome to Mochalicious! I go by the stage name O-Mocha and I'm an amateur singer-songwriter currently based in Toronto, and soon moving to Tokyo, Japan. This is going to be my space for sharing random musings, documenting recent happenings... and, most of all, for writing about my musical progression. I'll do my best to keep this up-to-date, and I hope you'll join me on my journey~ よろしくお願いします!

Until I make my first true contribution here, please feel free to migrate over to my Mochalicious MySpace music hub and listen to the music I have put together in the past few months alongside amazing singer/producer A-KICKS (♥!!) and emcees AKA KOROSHIYA and SWAY a.k.a. O-Jah Maru. Most of the tracks on my MySpace were completed this past May, but we've all been busy working on new music since then so there will definitely be new song additions over the course of the next few months. Keep your eyes peeled!