The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162917 Message #3881410
Posted By: Mr Red
10-Oct-17 - 04:19 PM
Thread Name: What is Happening to our Folk Clubs
Subject: RE: What is Happening to our Folk Clubs
Sorry to denigrate singing from music/lyrics sheets. But....
It is a lot harder to project with your head looking down, simple fact of mechanics of the lower jaw determining the sound chamber and the resonance of the larynx. It is harder to enact, embellish, illustrate - prettify the music if your eyes are demanding the biggest portion of your brain.
It is not about fashion - not about arbitrary rules, it is about functionality, it is .......... lets be honest, artistry.
And on the subject of "musicians" who read from music - soloists don't. Period. True - they practice 8 hours every day (that Aston Vanilla** are not playing).
If you are up there on your own, you are a soloist.