#on singing

[thestargazerlily]

A PULSE. A BEAT. A SONG. LISTEN TO THE UNIVERSE SING.

@sketiana / @ getsoundrx on insta / What Holds Our Universe Together?, Lehigh University / Red Desert (1964) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni / This Bus Stop Was a Coral Reef, Once by Megan Arkenberg / Voyager Golden Record / @argumate / Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot Like a B Flat by The New York Times

[pityroad]

— On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong

[catmint1]

When we sing, we can do anything—change the world, bring peace, be our best selves at last. When we sing, our hearts can lift and fly, over the troubled waters and over the years.

—Judy Collins, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music

[catmint1]

Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After all the training, technique, use of breath, and placement of sound, it boils down to an emotional response to music and lyrics---and the way they touch one's heart and soul.

—Dame Julie Andrews, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

[mothprincess]

is it bizarre that i daydream about being a performer these days when i have been repulsed by attention for a very long time? perhaps i was not really repulsed by it but afraid of it to an unhealthy extent, which i transformed into anger and sadness. but as i feel more in touch with my body - no migraines, little brain fog, no longer feel 'underwater,' no panic attacks - i like to dance and sing. now i'm singing chappell roan's red wine supernova but those high notes are challenging af. i hold my posture differently and experiment to find ways to access them. i didn't realize how essential drinking tea was until i drank it coincidentally before singing. my dry af throat needs it but the whole 'being in touch with your body' thing is new to me, istg. like... singing, dancing, engaging with abstract concepts, charming people, and wearing pretty costumes sounds right up my alley. it sounds like some fantasy shit. i also like anything that gives me dopamine. give me gaming but in real life, lol.

[musings-from-earth]

Leontyne Price, Kennedy Center Honors Legends interview (source)

"My voice... my voice is me--what can I say? My voice is what I think life is. My voice is beauty, my voice is America, my voice is my blackness, my voice is love, my voice is...is uh, my voice is...is God."

[mothprincess]

i know im learning a japanese song already but now i’m looking at yukika’s neon like 👁️👄👁️