Sunday, December 9, 2007
Backup Vocalist
The service started. The band played. The chorus board was empty. No lyrics. I was stunned. I smiled. I suddenly realised that I didn't know how to move with the music when I was holding on the microphone. I turned to look at Herbal Tea. She swayed naturally from side to side with the music. I tried to imitate, but her movements were too
feminine. What was I thinking? Of course her movements were feminine. I tried clapping. The micophone seemed to picked up every sound I made with my hands. Thup, thup, thup. I put my hand in the air. I put my hand on my chest. I put my hand on my diaphragm. Ran out of movement. Repeat. I had a feeling that many eyes were looking at me from the front and from the back. I saw people running at the back of the hall, trying to correct the fault on the chorus board. Took ages. I sang 'destiny' during the song Destiny and 'rain down' for the song Rain Down. Nothing else. I realised Comestic Surgery was stunned too. I heard his voice. Then it disappeared. Then I heard his voice again. I did not know what happen to the other BVs as I did not dare to look at them. The lyrics appeared when we were singing the song You Are Faithful. Thank God. After the P & W, we went to the Artists' Room. Before I made a sound, the other BVs started screaming and complaining. It turned out that they were having problems too. Bigger ones. Comestic Surgery and More Than One J did not know the lyrics too. There was miscommunication between them and the band. Sword River knew the lyrics, but lost his voice all of a sudden. He said that this was the worst P & W experience he ever had. We sang better after the offering and at the end of the service, now the lyrics were on the chorus board. What a start for me. It will never get worse. I hope not.
Posted by Benjamin at 6:30 PM