Hey everyone, I wanted to share with you today some things that I have been listening to lately. So much has changed since I first put this blog up and my mind is brimming with new ideas for the new site one of which includes a periodic mixtape of music I am listening during a given period. But we are not there yet.
I have been on a LP buying fringe lately and have really only been listening to music in that format. It is one of the best choices I have made in a long time in regards to listening to music.
I recently went looking to purchase the core Joni records on LP and have been pretty successful. The core for me are Court and Spark,Hijera,Hissing of Summer lawns and Daun Juans Reckless Daughter. I will eventually pick For the Roses and Blue and even Miles of Ailses but these first ones are the core for me.
I managed to find them over the course of a few weeks and the tune for me at the moment is refuge of the roads which is the last track of side 2 on Hijera. I love the unorthodox harmony organization of this song and the bass parts of Jaco are so inventive.
I also picked up Marvin Gaye Here My Dear... I am not going to go into a critique of this album because music critic is not a position I want to add to my CV but I want to share that this record is making me crazy right now. I would suggest that you listen to the album in one sitting in it's entirety and then perhaps a few more times and then start living with one or two songs for a period. That's all I will say about it.
And....... this is all I have to say for now... No long compositions on the matter. A shift for me I know but I am trying some new things.. Until next time.....
Andrew
Sites and Singing
It's has been some time since I have written. My last post was a sort of update and plan to get this blog moved over to another platform and instead we ended up building a new website for another artist which was a very interesting and rewarding experience. You can check out the site and the artist her name is Amy Black and she makes a country/blues hybrid style of southern music that she calls americana. http://www.amyblack.com
I have been brimming with lot's of musical thoughts and am eager to share them with anyone willing to listen in regards to what I have been working on. So what have I been thinking about and working on? The short list is comprised of composition and vocal improvement. Singing is in my opinion is the most difficult of all of the performance arts. Mainly because it is very subjective while incorporating a demanding kind of technique in order to shape you vocal sound the way you envision it. Lastly, it is difficult because it is an extremely personal way to communicate to another person and you as the communicator cannot know exactly how the listener is interpreting what you are trying to communicate with you vocal performance. I suppose that is the subjectivity issue. For example, is Bob Dylan a good singer? He does not have an angelic glossy pop stars sound or much traditional technique either but does that mean he is bad singer? It depends on what listener you ask. It also depends on what the listener perceives to justify a good vocal performance or not.
So as you can see singing is a tricky subject. Personally I am not interested in sounding in a certain standard way actually I despise that more than anything in a "singer" when their voice has no clear character because they are trying to sing like some pop star. What I hear a lot these days are tons of Beyonce and John Legend rip-offs. No fun..
What I am interested in personally is learning how to insure that I make the best attempt possible to convey what I really mean in a vocal performance and that stems from a balance of clear intent and technique.
So I figured it is taking to long to get this new site up so I would just get back to writing here. I will let you know when I have finished building the new one.
That's all for now.
Peace,
Andrew
I have been brimming with lot's of musical thoughts and am eager to share them with anyone willing to listen in regards to what I have been working on. So what have I been thinking about and working on? The short list is comprised of composition and vocal improvement. Singing is in my opinion is the most difficult of all of the performance arts. Mainly because it is very subjective while incorporating a demanding kind of technique in order to shape you vocal sound the way you envision it. Lastly, it is difficult because it is an extremely personal way to communicate to another person and you as the communicator cannot know exactly how the listener is interpreting what you are trying to communicate with you vocal performance. I suppose that is the subjectivity issue. For example, is Bob Dylan a good singer? He does not have an angelic glossy pop stars sound or much traditional technique either but does that mean he is bad singer? It depends on what listener you ask. It also depends on what the listener perceives to justify a good vocal performance or not.
So as you can see singing is a tricky subject. Personally I am not interested in sounding in a certain standard way actually I despise that more than anything in a "singer" when their voice has no clear character because they are trying to sing like some pop star. What I hear a lot these days are tons of Beyonce and John Legend rip-offs. No fun..
What I am interested in personally is learning how to insure that I make the best attempt possible to convey what I really mean in a vocal performance and that stems from a balance of clear intent and technique.
So I figured it is taking to long to get this new site up so I would just get back to writing here. I will let you know when I have finished building the new one.
That's all for now.
Peace,
Andrew
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