Songtaneous Song #11
Today’s song was inspired by Liz Pauly’s very cool arrangement of “How Can I Keep From Singing?” (which I sang with the MCTC Choir Wednesday night).
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Songtaneous Song #10
Our voices are different every day.
Recording my voice every day for this project is allowing me to notice the more subtle changes in my voice from day to day. Less flexible in the morning. More responsive when I’m rested. Clearer and more in tune when I let my ear lead and my voice follow.
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In this day of videos and CDs, it is easy to think of our voices mechanically, able to reproduce the same sounds in the same way on any given day. And, it is easy to be hard on ourselves when something we could do yesterday just doesn’t work today.
We must remember that the vocal instrument is housed in an organic (and attractive!) traveling case and that changes to our bodies influence our voices. Our tiny larynges (the plural of larynx — who knew?) are affected by so many things –- from illness and emotional state to hydration, hormones and fatigue – that the capacity of our voices changes minutely (and sometimes not so minutely *smile*) from day to day.
These changes can be positive, too. I wish each of you the perfect joy of a good singing day — when singing is simple and what the ear wishes, the voice produces effortlessly, naturally and gracefully. *smile*
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Spontaneous Song #9
I sang today’s song while watching myself in the mirror.
The process felt (more than) a little vulnerable and I’m not sure I stayed very focused on creating music. I was too busy watching how the different sounds made my face move and seeing what sounds came out when I moved my face differently.
By the way … all the percussive sounds were made with my voice, lips, teeth and tongue (even though it doesn’t sound like it. *smile*). More music tomorrow.
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