I’d Get Lost With You

“Lovely” Used As A Wedding Song!

Newly Weds Dancing To My Song Lovely!

Just had the sweetest post on my wall on Facebook!  Here’s what it said:

“Hey hun just saw your website. very cool keep up the great work! did you see the photos i tagged you in?? i just tagged you in our first dance photos and stated that you are the artist of the song we used for our first dance. that way people would have a link to hear it if they like. Again thank you soooo much for that. It is a beautiful song and was perfect for our first dance as husband and wife.. pretty magical ♥”  – Cynthia Marie Cecil

Sound Cloud

Just wanted to say that Sound Cloud is a really excellent way to showcase your songs.

Celestial Food, and Complimentary Toilet Paper

I’m sitting in a meeting right now with a bunch of Xerox Copier resale business owners up at the Zermot Spa and Resort. It’s one of the few, if not the only 5 star hotel in Utah. It’s up near Heber city, and is very nice. I especially like the “Uniforms” of all the employees here. I’m not quite sure what the owners of the hotel were thinking when they were getting costume consulting, and the president looked at the catalog of uniforms, and said, “We’ve gotta have THOSE”! I think whoever made that final decision should be fired, and banned from the hospitality industry. After using their valet service, I was expecting the valet to exuberantly yodel for me after receiving his tip. Well, he didn’t, I didn’t even get a simple “Riiiiiiiiicolllaaaaaaaaaa” and then a sound of a really long horn on a mountaintop. I felt cheated.

However, the service here has been fantastic, aside from the fact that they wanted to charge me $15 to connect my computer to their wireless network… Yeah, $15… Are you seriously kidding me? When I had to take an urgent trip to the bathroom, I was worried how much they would charge me to wipe my butt… I only had a $10 and I didn’t want to break it. I hate change. Luckily, however, the sanitary tissue was complimentary. Which is good, because I’ve already made two urgent trips to the loo. I feel like I should call it that with all these mountain elves from Iceland running about.

So, instead of spending $15 on an internet connection I hacked the network with my uber haxor skillz, and I connected via VPN to our Digital Gateway internet connection. I Roxor your Boxorz, I know.

I have to give an honorable mention to the house Cook. The food was absolutely delicious… When they asked if I wanted Chicken, Salmon, and sensually delicious beef, I simply said, “Yes.” And I proceeded to eat my weight in some of the most delicious food I’ve had in a very long time. Then, I proceeded to consume a most celestially delicious piece of Chocolate cake plastered in 2 inches of decadent Whipped Cream… On a side note, you could plaster an old boot in whipped cream, and I would probably think it was pretty good.

Anyway, the food was SO good, and so plentiful, of course, I ate far too much of it. I am pretty good at telling my stomach to shut up and digest when it’s screaming, “Error Error”. Have you ever been SO full that you get out of breath by doing something like, raising your arm, or adjusting in your seat? Yeah, I know I’m pathetic… The food was just so good though! This played a key role in forcing me to use a public bathroom more than once in a day. I generally try as hard as I can to avoid public bathrooms as much as possible. If I can cut down my visits to the public loo to 1 or 2 every 5 years, then I am happy. But I digress, back to being full; I really do think that if someone saw me from the side, they would think to themselves, “Well that’s odd; that man looks like a pregnant woman.” Well, contrary to popular belief, I don’t in fact have ovaries or a uterus, so, I am unable to be large with child. I just ate too much, you judgmental person I am using in my story… yeah, that’s what I would say to them, I would tell them what’s up, and probably hurt their feelings, on purpose!

Give Thanks That You Can Walk – [Rant By New Author]

Hey guys, my name is Tanner Phillips, and I’m super excited to be able to contribute to Audrianna’s blog.  I think she’s the next young sensation to come out of Utah, and I’m excited to play a small part in at least helping her to spice up her blog a little bit.

If you want to know more about me, you should be able to see my profile on this site.  If not, hit me up in the comments and I can post my facebook link or something for your viewing pleasure.

To give a small warning before I begin my rant on parking lots, I wasn’t given much direction as far as what to write, and what type of content I should include.  So I figured, I’d just have a little fun with this at first.  I’ll also post some stuff that’s related to the music industry and everything, but my style of writing is more geared towards turning normal everyday activities into a story that people would like to read about.  So, if you guys have any ideas on what you’d like me to write about, rant about, review, or just shed some of my uberly powerful wisdom on, please leave your recommendations in the comments section!  I’d seriously love to write about what you guys want to hear about, so the best track I can take is the one you guys can give me!

Anyway, let me start my first post ever to this blog with a Rant:

Give Thanks That you Can Walk

Today as I rolled along in the UVU parking lot looking for a spot to park, I realized something. People will do virtually anything to get a parking spot that is 4 spaces closer than 3 empty parking spots a little further down the row. I find it interesting… No, let me rephrase, I find it pathetic that our society is so lazy that they are willing to cut someone off while giving them the finger at the same time, dent someone’s door, and almost kill an innocent pedestrian to pull into a space that is literally only a few hundred feet closer than a much more accessible space farther from their destination.

Furthermore, the time it takes these people to drive around frantically looking for someone to leave is far longer than if they’d just drive to the back of the parking lot to choose from a wide array of spaces. All shapes and sizes included. My favorite though, is when you get the “Stalker” space predator. The ones that lie in wait for you to come outside into the parking lot so they can slowly creep behind you as you walk to your car, all the while they’re trying to figure out where your car is by watching your movements, and studying walking patterns, so they can plan their next move. I’ve always wanted to act really nervous while they’re following me, looking over my shoulder with a frantic look, walking somewhat erratically, and then, break into a full sprint, dropping my back pack, kicking off my shoes, tearing off my shirt and pants and running for dear life… “Why would you take off all your clothes?” you may be wondering, well, why NOT is the real question!

The best prank for a stalker driver is when you walk really slowly, making sure to kind walk back and forth across the parking lot so they have no earthly idea where you’re planning on going. Then they have to follow you all the way to your car, only to have you open your door, to get something like a stick of gum, this leaves them frustrated and fuming usually. I always get a good chuckle out of it though. Sure, I could tell them I’m not leaving, but then what fun would that be for me?

Here’s my take. I have always been one to say, “Give thanks that you can walk.” I almost prefer getting a space that is farther away. Not only is my car or my motorcycle less likely to get t-boned by the kamikaze parking space driver, but frankly, I need the exercise. I think we should all be a little more grateful that we have legs to walk. Especially give thanks when your legs are as muscular and chiseled as mine!

Salt Lake City Shoot

A cool shoot location near Ensign Peak north of Salt Lake City, Utah.  It was windy and cut my leg but it was a very pretty location with a view of the entire Salt Lake Valley.   I look forward to another trip up there.

If you know of any other cool shoot locations, I would love to hear about them.  You can also provide links to some of your photos.

Your Vocal Health

All aspiring vocal artists need to consider the quality, health and longevity of their voices and Anjanette Mickelsen, the cool chick in the picture, is someone that can help you with that. Possessing the highest level of training (Level 5), in the world renown, Seth Riggs-developed, Speech Level Singing technique(s), used by countless celebrities, Anjanette makes the learning experience fun and tailors her lessons based upon the vocalist’s needs.

Simply put, SLS is a very effective set of techniques that allows an artist to sing within their optimum registers with great tone and pitch at speech level. This allows the artist to maintain vocal health, ensures long vocal life and to learn they have  more dynamic and broader, more robust capabilities in their vocal repertoire.

A recent and notable example of SLS in use, is that of David Archuletta; a young, American Idol hopeful, that overcame a paralyzed vocal chord using the techniques given to him by an SLS teacher. David went on to become the runner-up for the season’s contest and developed his own recording artist career.

If I could give any advice to you, if you are wanting to start a career in singing, get a voice teacher! Remember, find a program that teaches you in a healthy way. The only one I’ve found that does this in a 100% correct and healthy way is Speech Level Singing.

If you’re looking for a wonderful teacher that can teach you both in person and using teleconferencing over the web at very reasonable rates, considering the quality of the training, Anjanette is my recommendation. She’s my teacher and has done wonders for my voice. I am more confident and have discovered huge depth I didn’t realize was there. Do yourself a favor and give her a call…

Anjanette Mickelsen
801-571-0508
anjanette.mickelsen@mac.com