More on music.

[spacebug]

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.

Comments

[autodidactic.livejournal.com]

Don't mind me, but when you were younger (like when we first met) I found your verbal pattern to be one of a person who was a little scared of what was coming out of her mouth... like you were afraid of seeming too smart and either a.) getting flamed for it or b.) being shunned as some sort of poindexter. These are rather big assumptions, I know, so please take with as much salt as necessary.

I've always suspected that you've got a great voice, though. You know, from the couple of times I've heard you sing... albeit so quietly I wasn't sure I was just hearing things again.

Anyway. Bon courage. I can't imagine you sucking at all.

Love,
A.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

Heh, you might be right. I'd like to think I'm getting better, but who doesn't spend their teens (or after, for that matter) mostly worrying too much about what other people think? And at the time, those people were older and I figured that meant they were smarter than me. Which maybe they were sometimes, but maybe not as often as I gave them credit. :) I guess I try to err on the side of never underestimating anyone. I should start applying that to myself more, perhaps.