In the silence between whisper and shout

As of late, it seems like every time I find a song I want to work on, my voice teacher doesn't know it, and so we end up doing something I know, but don't enjoy as much. I sometimes practice the song on my own by singing along to a karaoke version on YouTube, but it isn't the same. Take today's lesson, for example. I wanted to do "The Long And Winding Road" by the Beatles. She didn't know it. We did Taylor Swift's "Clean" instead. I actually like that song a lot, but it's not one I would have chosen to sing. I was pretty disappointed. I have a great teacher, but it seems like she and I are on separate musical wavelengths most of the time.

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