I spent quite a bit of time last night re-reading through Oren Brown's Discover Your Voice, and focused particularly on the areas that referenced primal sound, release before vocalizing, and breathing.
I did the exercises for release and breathing, and spent about 20 minutes just finding release in my body. I spent another 10 minutes lightly warming up and focusing on released onsets. I slowly transitioned into my music, attempting to replicate the results I was getting in my first couple minutes. For the first 15 minutes of practice, things were going pretty well, and I was really taking things slowly. My voice wasn't getting tired or fatigued, especially since I was focusing really hard on eliciting pitch and taking time to really think before I sang a note.
Even so, after those 15 minutes, my voice again started to get that weird "tired" sound to it, as if I've been speaking for too long. Slightly fuzzy, and I can't quite access my low as well again. Pretty frustrating to end up in the same place, even though I started out so well. I'm pretty excited for my lesson this weekend so I can discuss with Cindy what isn't going so well. Because I've been trying a lot of things and experimenting, but I can't seem to quite pinpoint what isn't working.
Even though my voice ended up in a place that I would have preferred not to be in, it was much easier accessing my higher register today than yesterday and the day before. So that gives me some hope that perhaps I'm getting closer to figuring things out.
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