Texture - bluesy pop box OLIVIA IS BACK... AND MAN IS SHE BACK!!!!! Today we worked on the first song we ever did in voice lessons: "Valerie". It was so fun to be able to approach the song with new ears, new vocal cords, and a whole new chest of tricks!! Today we focused on our style - and creating a punchy sound (that would sound rhythmic and cool with the quickness of our song), while maintaining the bluesy nature of the song (not wanting our words to be staccato - but to have space between them, stay in the pocket, and flow seamlessly into one another with a lazy - cool pronunciation). We first worked on widening our words. We mapped out our song phonetically, making sure that Olivia could feel, visualize, and see the correct and most effective placement for this song! We then added air to our words to thing them out a little bit to give it a bluesy ease. Finally - we worked on scats and stylized the CRAP out of the song!! I'm so excited for us to work on it even further!!! Today was AWESOME!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK OLIVIA!!!!!