audiotthoughts on music

sooooooo, where was i? it might be best to just write away for now and then provide some links and info on the music i like to use in an extra-entry….

in a nutshell, what we had so far was – i work on precision every day for the length of one album, because this is a priority. then i’m working on the built-in eq with about 4-5 songs. that’s daily routine. by the way, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Endangered Species” album is good for this as well.

and then about 3-4 times a week, i spend time working on other stuff. sometimes it’s power, sometimes height, sometimes agility. i don’t call it speed because this could be easily misunderstood. it’s about singing fast changes in words, tones or rhythm. check out the song “Twisted” sung by Annie Ross (especially the recording Woody Allen used as title for his film “Deconstructing Harry”) to see what i mean by this.

but most of the time i’m working on my voice i just mess around. this might sound weird but messing around is one of the most important and efficient ways to learn or practice something. you just go and see where it leads you – i use jazz for that (what else?), whatever i can lay my hands on…

that’s pretty much it. this might not give you the magic insight you expected. and you’re right, it’s nothing special – just what i do on a regular basis to stay in shape. and let’s not forget, this is only the practice-part. the actual singing on gigs, rehearsals or recording sessions is the other half.

to conclude this series of posts i’ll do a list of albums and songs that i’m using, including the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’….