It's Done!

My audition video is in the can! WHOO!

I spent about 2 hours last night with my editor pouring over the footage we shot and finally settling on the best take - which happened to be the last one.

We threw in a few shots of my piano player to make it a little more interesting to watch. And voila, c'est magnifique!

Okay, I don't know how magnificent it really is, as I spent most of the time with my fingers in my eyes trying to gouge them out. I am *not* good at watching myself on the screen, especially when I'm singing. Watching each take, I could tell what was going through my mind. I mentioned to my editor that I could see where my brain would check out because I was so nervous. I asked him if he could tell and he assured me I look and sound awesome.

As we were locking in the final edit, my friend came over to take a look. She gave me two big thumbs up. She said she got chills after the first few bars of the song.

With that blessing, we locked it down and burned it to DVD. On my way home I stopped in at another friend's place and showed her my creation. She gave me two big thumbs up and said the same thing - she got chills listening to my singing.

I have to trust these people aren't lying to me. There has always been a teeny little spot in my brain that thinks everyone has been lying to me my whole life about my talent. I keep telling it to shut up but it can get pretty loud sometimes.

So now I just have to wait for the audition process to be posted on the official Glee website. I'm totally guessing at what it is they are looking for. I based my audition video on the casting videos they posted of the current cast. All of them went into a room with a piano player and belted out a show tune. So that's exactly what I did. I just made it look a little prettier than a handy cam recording.

Once the green light is lit, I'll post my video here. I'm hoping all of you will support me in my quest to land what I think would be the greatest job ever.

I'm still praying I didn't totally suck.