Shiver

Shiver was a vocal performance that I did with Aaron. The song is written and performed by Lucy Rose and Aaron and I performed an acoustic version. I initially started working with Michael on a different song but I found that I was lacking confidence with the song and was struggling with the partnership.
 
It was suggested that I speak to Aaron about possibly performing together and this resulted in us choosing to perform "Shiver".
 
I find that I have less confidence in my singing compared to my dancing so I used the rehearsals of this song as a way of becoming more confident in my vocal ability.
 
Once I had learnt the song Aaron and I began to experiment with the way of performing the song, such as the delivery of the verses, an example included changing the pace of lyrical phrases. As I got more confident with the song I was able to play about with the song to make it different to the original.

My target for "Shiver" was to push myself out of my comfort zone vocally and I achieved this by changing the delivery of the bridge of the song. This change allowed me to change key and belt out the final line of the bridge and then hold the note, from peer feedback I found that people felt the key change was effective.

 

By the time we reached the shows Aaron and I had discussed how we wished to perform the song so that I wasn't left standing awkwardly whilst he played the guitar. We decided to perform it so that throughout the song we would look at one another when the other wasn't looking but I'm trying to get his attention.