More on music.
Feb. 4th, 2005 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spacebugI'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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Date: 2005-02-04 03:27 pm (UTC)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.