Comments on: Sounds Like … http://songtaneous.com/blog/sounds-like/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:45:29 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Practicing vs. Performing | Songtaneous http://songtaneous.com/blog/sounds-like/#comment-3885 Practicing vs. Performing | Songtaneous Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:31:31 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-3885 [...] But, a performance also needs to feel fresh and present, as though the music being made or the song being sung are being created as we watch. (My former voice instructor often told us to “sing a song as though it were the first and last time it would ever be sung.“) [...] [...] But, a performance also needs to feel fresh and present, as though the music being made or the song being sung are being created as we watch. (My former voice instructor often told us to “sing a song as though it were the first and last time it would ever be sung.“) [...]

]]> By: Sarah M. Greer http://songtaneous.com/blog/sounds-like/#comment-1223 Sarah M. Greer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:08:05 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-1223 (Welcome to my blog, Jacob!) Yeah, that Judi, she's pretty amazing. *smile* I like your point about recording. I know many a singer who freezes up at the though of being recorded for posterity. But that's the blessing of the moment, too. The possibility to capture a moment when you are completely present in a song. (Besides, unlike performance, you CAN sing the song again! *wink*) singingly, sg (Welcome to my blog, Jacob!)

Yeah, that Judi, she’s pretty amazing. *smile*

I like your point about recording. I know many a singer who freezes up at the though of being recorded for posterity. But that’s the blessing of the moment, too. The possibility to capture a moment when you are completely present in a song. (Besides, unlike performance, you CAN sing the song again! *wink*)

singingly,
sg

]]> By: Jacob Cremer http://songtaneous.com/blog/sounds-like/#comment-1222 Jacob Cremer Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:54:13 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-1222 "Sing it like it was the first AND last time you were singing the song" is amazing advice. When you are recording, in some ways, a song it IS the first and last time you are singing it. Take for instance, Whitney Houston's recording of "I Will Always Love You." One of its biggest strengths is its powerful emotion. A bajillion people have heard it a bajillion times each, and 99.9%+ of all times hearing it have been the original Whitney recording of it. -Jacob “Sing it like it was the first AND last time you were singing the song” is amazing advice. When you are recording, in some ways, a song it IS the first and last time you are singing it. Take for instance, Whitney Houston’s recording of “I Will Always Love You.” One of its biggest strengths is its powerful emotion. A bajillion people have heard it a bajillion times each, and 99.9%+ of all times hearing it have been the original Whitney recording of it.

-Jacob

]]> By: Songtaneous » Food for Thought (#11) http://songtaneous.com/blog/sounds-like/#comment-1221 Songtaneous » Food for Thought (#11) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:55:56 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-1221 [...] great quotes from Sonia Simone. “Define yourself. When you let other people do it, they just mess it [...] [...] great quotes from Sonia Simone. “Define yourself. When you let other people do it, they just mess it [...]

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