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d_trektone_wI'm looking forward to getting Tori Amos' new album, American Doll Posse. Releases today.
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cacie's CD, Dialtones. I really like the way her voice was recorded. It doesn't seem like all that long ago she sang "Mommy, Can I Have a Spaceship" to/for me.
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Bf2007 really likes American Idol. It was fun watching him anddebmats talk about it over dinner last week. How many more months before it's over?
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During my stress-out the last few weeks, I made a note to myself to go back and readtelynor and peteralway posts about learning and playing the mountain dulcimer. Back when I was with Lewis, we went spent a weekend in Mendocino, up the coast from San Francisco. At a music store, Lark in the Morning (that now has a shop in SF), I ended up buying a dulcimer. Without any actual instruction I learned to play Cyndi Lauper's song, "Fearless," after watching/rewatching her videotaped performance on the RuPaul show. Bought a couple of books, but never got around to learning. I don't like traveling with my guitar these days and, especially after the guitar-killing event I don't plan on borrowing someone else's. Hey, additional incentive to learn a new instrument!
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First off, I don't consider myself an instrumentalist. I do like to sing and while in recent years I haven't felt like singing a lot, I'm starting to want to again. I'll probably do a separate post about my desire to join a chorus. This bit is about choosing an instrument to accompany myself/oneself.
When I've bought guitars in the past, one of the things I've done is sing and play before I make the purchase. Mostly, I want to make sure the blend sounds/feels right inside my head. However, I also believe, somewhat semi-arrogantly I suppose, when I'm singing on a regular basis I can make tonal/timbre adjustments to voices and instruments around me. Of course, it probably sounds different to listeners. And with the myriad modifications that can be made when amplification occurs ...
My questions to you singers who accompany yourselves:
How much do you care, if at all, how your voice sounds with the instrument(s) you choose?
What do you do to make sure voice/instrument fit together?
How do you make peace with what you hear inside your head (voice/instrument) with what you hear in recorded playback or comments from others? Is this significantly different from recognizing/liking your recorded voice?
Lately, I've been listening to
cacie's CD, Dialtones. I really like the way her voice was recorded. It doesn't seem like all that long ago she sang "Mommy, Can I Have a Spaceship" to/for me.---
Bf2007 really likes American Idol. It was fun watching him and
debmats talk about it over dinner last week. How many more months before it's over?---
During my stress-out the last few weeks, I made a note to myself to go back and read
telynor and peteralway posts about learning and playing the mountain dulcimer. Back when I was with Lewis, we went spent a weekend in Mendocino, up the coast from San Francisco. At a music store, Lark in the Morning (that now has a shop in SF), I ended up buying a dulcimer. Without any actual instruction I learned to play Cyndi Lauper's song, "Fearless," after watching/rewatching her videotaped performance on the RuPaul show. Bought a couple of books, but never got around to learning. I don't like traveling with my guitar these days and, especially after the guitar-killing event I don't plan on borrowing someone else's. Hey, additional incentive to learn a new instrument!---
First off, I don't consider myself an instrumentalist. I do like to sing and while in recent years I haven't felt like singing a lot, I'm starting to want to again. I'll probably do a separate post about my desire to join a chorus. This bit is about choosing an instrument to accompany myself/oneself.
When I've bought guitars in the past, one of the things I've done is sing and play before I make the purchase. Mostly, I want to make sure the blend sounds/feels right inside my head. However, I also believe, somewhat semi-arrogantly I suppose, when I'm singing on a regular basis I can make tonal/timbre adjustments to voices and instruments around me. Of course, it probably sounds different to listeners. And with the myriad modifications that can be made when amplification occurs ...
My questions to you singers who accompany yourselves:
How much do you care, if at all, how your voice sounds with the instrument(s) you choose?
What do you do to make sure voice/instrument fit together?
How do you make peace with what you hear inside your head (voice/instrument) with what you hear in recorded playback or comments from others? Is this significantly different from recognizing/liking your recorded voice?
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Date: 2007-05-08 03:26 pm (UTC)