Stizzoso, mio stizzoso- Pergolesi

Hello Sweets!

As a music major (vocalist), I understand the struggles one may face when trying to learn music inside and outside of vocals lessons. I also understand the challenge of trying to interpret what your vocal professor is trying to tell you. Though your professor(s) may offer phenomenal advice, it is not always easy to relate to their vocal technique or it may not be easy to translate what is being suggested for you to do. From experience, I have often benefitted from vocal advice from my peers. Sometimes they could suggest the same techniques that my professor suggests but because my peers were able to either explain it from a student’s prospective or explain it in simpler terms, I was able to understand it. Here, I would like to document what I have learned, what I am learning, my struggles, my epiphanies, and whatever else that might come to mind by providing videos and text in hopes that this may help you somewhere in your musical journey.

LET’S BEGIN!

 

Check out the live performance here: Here!

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Agnus Dei- Bizet

Hello Sweets!

As a music major (vocalist), I understand the struggles one may face when trying to learn music inside and outside of vocals lessons. I also understand the challenge of trying to interpret what your vocal professor is trying to tell you. Though your professor(s) may offer phenomenal advice, it is not always easy to relate to their vocal technique or it may not be easy to translate what is being suggested for you to do. From experience, I have often benefitted from vocal advice from my peers. Sometimes they could suggest the same techniques that my professor suggests but because my peers were able to either explain it from a student’s prospective or explain it in simpler terms, I was able to understand it. Here, I would like to document what I have learned, what I am learning, my struggles, my epiphanies, and whatever else that might come to mind by providing videos and text in hopes that this may help you somewhere in your musical journey.

LET’S BEGIN!

Check out the live performance here:
https://youtu.be/4xT4iyto0lY

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Study Abroad in South Korea!

Ello, Sweets!

I have been granted the wonderful opportunity to study abroad at Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea! A lot has happened to me since my first posts here on VirtualRoyality and I will make sure to fill you in about my journey thus far soon, but for now, I would like to share this information with you.
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The Truth In between The Lines

The Truth In Between The Lines
By: Shalandra Royal
Love can be crazy. Love is not easy. Love can be fun and accompanied by heart work. Love can chew you up and spit you out and you can be a very different person in the end. Love takes what control you thought you had and replaces it with strength you may have never dreamed of obtain. Even with all the work you put into love, there is always a great chance you will be hurt, disappointed, and scared. Love can be tricky but find what works for you. You never know…
Love is a learning process that many of us will struggle with truly grasping. Do not give up! Love is something worth fighting for, even if no one seems to understand it. 

Lead me along the shores of your dreams,
Along the path that is unseen,
So that in you I become clean.
Lead me deeper through your consciousness,
Along the sub I do not know,
Into the depth most dare not go.
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What Will Love Do?

What Will Love Do? 

Digging through some old poems and found this one! Hope you like it! 

By: Shalandra Royal

Love always seems to strike me,

Then quickly runs away!

What can this addiction possibly be?

This fraction of great passion is what we may see,

And it wont simply obey.

When will love listen to my open heart’s plea?

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Can You Hear Me? (The Change)

Can You Hear Me? (The Change)
A poem I intended to be a song. I wrote this about a year ago. 

By: Shalandra Royal

Your strongest Darkness, destroyed my heart’s light.

Sealed shut, locked away while all the flames ignite.

In no time I am denied,

The place in your heart I wish to reside!

Can you hear me?

Can you feel me?

Within this last Dance

Weighing my chances….

 

 

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The Weight on my Shoulders…

There seems to be a very heavy weight on my shoulders. A few moments ago, I opened two letters. Both letters did not deliver the desired good news I was hoping to receive, but before I get into those letters, let me explain a bit of my situation. This entry will expose you to my personal world. Everything thing I will mention is real and exposes me in a very vulnerable way so please do not take this reading likely. Here, I open myself to you…

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