It’s so easy to get wrapped up in tempo and pitch when performing a piece, especially when it’s an original song that you’re still trying to work out parts of the melody. But even if you manage to land all your lyrics on the beat and hit the right notes, I find that a recording can still sound lifeless or weak.
I try to address this by “acting”, by being the character that would be telling the story or singing that song, by channeling their emotions into the performance.
I heard a cover band once play Enter Sandman by Metallica. They nailed it, note for note, but even though the vocalist was in time and in key, they didn’t sound the slightest bit angry. This made the performance feel… somewhat unsatisfactory. I feel it needs to be sung with red hot fury and blind hatred in the words. Their performance has stuck with me, and it’s resulted in me making a conscious effort to embody some kind of character for each song.
Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:
@flexghost@mizblueprint also on my list. The Blue Nile, Holdsworth’s “Blues for Tony”, Big Blue Ball, Cocteau Twins “Blue Bell Knoll”, Chris Isaaks “Forever Blue”. So many choices.
@flexghost this is one genre that completely passed me by, all that incessant REO Speedforeigner twaddle proved too much. Daryl Hall had some hair, so ‘Sacred Songs’ and a glass of 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg blend.
I kind of miss when Bond movies were completely ridiculous. There would be some woman named Iva Wetpussy, and she'd not wear bottoms the whole movie with no explanation. But we need to make this more inclusive, so there also needs to be a man named Colin Allbutts that wears chaps the whole time, and an Ace named Ima Notinterested, who actually gets all the work done.
** IT’S HERE! FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC THREAD ON #MastodonMusic **
Tonight’s theme is:
☁️🪩 PARTY TIME, EXCELLENT!🍸🤍
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🎵 Post songs you’d play if you were throwing a party along with what you’re drinking 🎶
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A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name
She's got it
Yeah, baby she's got it
I’m your Venus
I'm your fire, at your desire
April is #NationalPoetryMonth. I love many poems but "Kaddish" by #AllenGinsberg is one of my very favorites. So many incredible lines, like this one: "There, rest. No more suffering for you. I know where you’ve gone, it’s good."
@CindyWeinstein I am very partial to Adrian Mitchell’s poetry. This was the first of his poems that I heard him read in person.
BEATTIE IS THREE
At the top of the stairs
I ask for her hand. O.K.
She gives it to me.
How her fist fits my palm,
A bunch of consolation.
We take our time
Down the steep carpetway
As I wish silently
That the stairs were endless.