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More on music.
I'm not so good with lyrics.
After never getting leads in musicals in high school or getting solos in choir as a kid, I'm coming to grips with the fact that when I put my mind to it and I'm not super scared to do it, that I can actually sing pretty well. That's a tricky one to overcome. But I also have just as difficult s time getting over the "having something to sing" part as the fear that is having your voice out there. I find the buffer of a physical instrument very comforting on stage- there's something extra naked about singing. So, my vocal stuff is often just textural- because I'm a musician and not a vocalist, I tend to dislike that words in songs most often become the focal point, especially to people who listen to words more than music. Which, I think, is most people.
But I woke up with the beginnings of lyrics in my head this morning.
We'll see what happens with that.
I have more to say, I think, but I need to find my shoes. And a hair tie. And go to work.
After never getting leads in musicals in high school or getting solos in choir as a kid, I'm coming to grips with the fact that when I put my mind to it and I'm not super scared to do it, that I can actually sing pretty well. That's a tricky one to overcome. But I also have just as difficult s time getting over the "having something to sing" part as the fear that is having your voice out there. I find the buffer of a physical instrument very comforting on stage- there's something extra naked about singing. So, my vocal stuff is often just textural- because I'm a musician and not a vocalist, I tend to dislike that words in songs most often become the focal point, especially to people who listen to words more than music. Which, I think, is most people.
But I woke up with the beginnings of lyrics in my head this morning.
We'll see what happens with that.
I have more to say, I think, but I need to find my shoes. And a hair tie. And go to work.
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Lyrics are* hard. I've never in my life written one that I didn't immediately think sounded beyond stupid. This is probably because I grew up listening to heavy metal and, if you should ever actually read the lyrics to those songs, you'll realize just how awful they all are (with few exceptions).
And it also bugs me that most people will judge a song based solely on its lyrical content.
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Yeah. It's a lot of why I started using journal entries (mine or other people's) for words instead. I have a lot of those. But then it has the danger of songs becoming so personal that I have a difficult time sharing them with people. Getting over getting the music out, getting over getting my voice out *and* getting over sharing these words that I only ever really intended to say to myself- that's a nice triple whammy of places for doubt to keep you down. I generally usually feel better once they're out in the world, but it can be really hard to make myself get them there.