feeding the needy Ego
So I went to see a band I’ve never seen before; I’ve wanted to for ages but didn’t get around to it ’til tonight…Sang a few with them…The Bandleader didn’t know me but we have a bunch of mutual friends…He was relieved (if not impressed) that I could sing…Two or three other guys got up as well…I’m hoping I’ll end up in a band with one of ’em…Having guest vocalists is something they do fairly regularly, but MY being one of ’em was mostly my idea…I was quite nervous yet relaxed at the same time…I guess I DIDN’T learn any lessons from Friday night…and I’m OK with that…Ears ringing WAY lots…still, I have no regrets–yet…
ADDENDUM–unusually for me, I sang something other than the Melody as written Saturday night…Harry (the lead singer) is a bit of an interpreter himself…kinda like Ray Charles (the ultimate interpreter perhaps)…it’s OK to sing the Melody each and every time ya sing a song–how else can a person harmonize with ya? But it’s OK to be an interpreter, like Ray Charles or Joe Cocker…but the latest FB firestorm that I started was over yet another bad rendition of the National Anthem…thank you Kelly Clarkson…one of my FB friends put HER rendition on youTube, SHE embellished, at the end (“gotta show off my vocal range”) There are a few (not many, but a few) patriotic songs one can sing if ya wanna disregard the written Melody…and of course, BILLIONS of songs in general one can sing if ya wanna show off yer “chops”…but is it too much to ask that a singer sing the NATIONAL ANTHEM without “embellishments” ? Apparently it IS too much to ask…