Yesterday, I wrapped on Chihuahua: The Movie and the Sound Mixer gave me his business card, lo and behold the sound guy works in music. :) He has a studio and writes music and is "always in the need of singers". Could this be a sign?
Later on we're discussing music and one of the producers comes over and asks me to sing. My heart stops. OH GAH!!! I open my mouth and belt out Aretha praying all the way that I don't crack. Everyone on set stops whatever they're doing and listens. *sigh* When I finish they roar and I'm pretty ecstatic. I exit to well wishes and hugs.
Later on I sign out in the office and both of the producers are having a discussion. Greg, the producer who asked me to sing, has two movie ideas in mind, one circling around a singer. *wink* I won't give too much info because I'm not sure what I'm allowed to say and what I'm not and I really don't want to jinx myself. But long story short, I inspired him to want to make a movie about a singer. I did extra work on one of his last projects and he remembered my amazing attitude from that.... :-D What a way to wrap a movie?
Today I started shooting The Untitled Gospel Project. The director is also the writer, star actress, producer, casting director, editor, and is composing the soundtrack. ROTFLMAO! Now it sounds bad and terribly unprofessional, but its not. We're filming in a nice location with a pretty great crew. Everything is going ahead of schedule and the script is good. The woman is multitasking her ass off and it works for her. We wrap my scene of the day and sit and talk. She asks me to sing the title track for the soundtrack!!! SERIOUSLY?!!! All of this in two days and that's not even all that has happened, but just the major things.
When God moves he moves. I really don't know why I continue to doubt. I went through this before and he showed me I was on the right path. It's like I praise him for the miracles and forget or something distracts, and I'm right back to doubting. Then he has to go and prove himself again. It's an endless cycle. Well I'm done doubting! God didn't make me to sound like Beyonce. Or Aretha. Or Tatiana McConnico. lol. I'm Shoniqua Shandai. A Queen. Beautiful, funny, well-dressed lol, intelligent, a phenomenal actress, and a bad ass singer. Greatness comes in individuality and I'm embracing my Queendom!
