tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218245155700209375.post3664729580247373725..comments2023-06-28T12:04:47.725-04:00Comments on Avocational Singer: Friday Cyberspace Recital - Nina - and Learning to Make a Style SheetAvocational Singerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322495001387001602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218245155700209375.post-6242695141886559992010-02-09T06:42:51.491-05:002010-02-09T06:42:51.491-05:00My 17yo son keeps insisting that if I can't ex...My 17yo son keeps insisting that if I can't explain it in words, I don't fully understand something yet.<br /><br />Then, just last night, in a book <a rel="nofollow"><i>Notes on Cooking: A Short Guide to an Essential Craft</i></a> by L.B. Costello and R. Reich, the authors listed a bunch of adjectives that describe food and said "Food is never really finished until you talk about it."<br /><br />In a way, that's a theme song for my life. I don't feel like I have full knowledge of something or have fully experienced something until I can talk/write about it. Guess that's why I want to blog about my singing.Avocational Singerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322495001387001602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218245155700209375.post-45119212488833413712010-02-09T02:30:45.968-05:002010-02-09T02:30:45.968-05:00Guess what?!? I am reading Song as well! I got i...Guess what?!? I am reading Song as well! I got it for Christmas but just started reading it in bits and pieces. I'm actually skipping around in the rep section right now.<br /><br />I totally get what you're saying about the vocabulary and language of style. Any listener can appreciate and enjoy a piece of music. But for those of us who must go deeper and analyze it, take it apart, and compare it to other music, we need a vocabulary for doing that.<br /><br />Of course, there are also those performers who gain instinctive mastery of a style without necessarily having a complete vocabulary for describing it!Blue Yonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16408107759035102944noreply@blogger.com