Vocals & Polarity

I have been a talented musician for quite some time. I could always play many instruments. I love sound. I often described it as being like magic because it is something that you can create but cannot see or touch. I recent years I have spent a lot of energy working on my voice. This seemed a little trickier to me than playing piano, guitar, drums, or pretty much any instrument. Although I could sing pretty well, I didn't consider myself as masterful because the things I could sing weren't as intricate as the things I could play. This bothered me. So I worked.

And worked

And worked

Anyways, I often look at things in terms of opposites. Like light and dark, hard and soft, crude and subtle. Just recently I have been considering the factors that differentiate between speaking and listening. These are both part of communication. Although I am good at both i think I am more inclined to listen. I am very good listener and have very sensitive ears. How these two parts of communication differ is that speaking is active and listening is passive. With speaking the sound is going out (external) with listening the sound is going in (internal).

I have discovered that a good singer must do both simultaneously. Speaking and listening at the same time. Here the performer must pay attention to sound both entering and exiting their head. This is very different from normal conversation where you do these alternately. You speak, wait and listen while the other person speaks, then you speak again. In music you must be constantly listening to what the other performers are 'saying' while you are saying your piece for a real cohesive song.