Assignment 1 Howdy- Jessica Nelson

Hi, my name is Jessica Nelson; but most likely you already knew that. Now for what you don't know. I have been involved in some type of performance arts (dancing, singing, or acting) since I was 5 or 6 years old. I suppose I started singing first but my first lessons were for dance. I was your stereotypical 5 year old girl, tutu, glitter and all. But at age 6 I moved to Lexington, Kentucky and was blinded by the bright spotlight of the Lexington Children's Theater. I gave up dance and took drama instead. I lasted all of 2 performances there. Although throughout life I have found times to pull theater off the back burner, it usually stays there untouched. What has really stuck with me is singing, and now, aside from girl scouts and school it has taken over. I did the chorus thing but I prefer not to be so cookie cutter (my cookie cutters stay busy with my baking addiction). Now, at 16, I like the haunting voices, the ones that convey meaning in not only what they sing but how they sing it (if you need an example the link below leads to a playlist of songs I am currently adoring).I am geeked out by whatever song I am listening to and transforming into my own, I do YouTube covers and rarely stay interested in an artist past a song or 2 (with some exceptions, like the Script and One Republic who I went to see this summer). I love to pull ideas from covers done on vocal competition shows, but I watch them alone because I am the female version of Simon in this situation and I have a tendency to shout my criticism at whatever deer-in-the-headlights contestant is currently making my ears bleed (although if I like the artist it comes out in a contradictory tone of encouragement), which is quite funny because in everyday life I seem like more of a Paula. I am as hard on myself as I am on them, which slows down the process of putting out covers quite a lot, but my goal for this year is to post at least 1 cover a month on my YouTube channel, while maintaining my record of scoring 4 or higher on AP tests (if only memorizing grammar rules came as easily as memorizing song lyrics).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5rLAzUMQKRzfUkSBhr4izGG94f5_KIWs