An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer,
musician, dancer or other performer. It involves the performer displaying their
talent through a previously-memorized and rehearsed solo piece: for example, a
monologue for actors or a song for a singer.
One works for 3 months....learning gruesome repertoire that has to be repeated over and over again for 100s of hours. It all boils down to that 5 minutes in a real audition. Finally, you get "Thankyou very much" and wait for a letter, that says, "The standard of participants this year has been incredibly high, we regret to inform you that....". You know what comes next of course.
Is it worth it?
I hope my reply says something nicer...
On a side note, there has been a clearance sale of cds at a local cd shop. CDs are quickly dying away, thanks to illegal downloading, the lack of enthusiasm for non commercial items, and Ipods. Fortunately for me, skipping through the classical section (Wow Howard, bravo), i found a cd that was priced SGD1.95. Being extremely curious, i checked it out and realised it was music from my primary school days. Live concert performances of Taiwanese pop sensations 陈绮贞, 张震岳, 顺子...And then another cd, music of Remy Shand, that i used to always listen to, in a friend's car, again at bargain price....Remy Shand dissapeared from the pop music scene after a sensational record in 2002, no one knows what he is doing or where he is now. Hopefully, we see a comeback in the near future.
