The world is better when...

[jacey]

Earlier I walked down to the post box and I have to say that it is officially bloody nithering out there. I'm not surprised that  la_marquise_de_ is  wearing fashionable sausage-shaped layers.

I managed to catch up with some real work today and re-wrote one of the deleted scenes from yesterday's frollox-up, so I'm getting there.

And then this afternoon I got yanked out of the office and up into the studio to do a backing vocal for Ben Walker who is recording a new CD with Best Beloved. It's almost two years since I've raised a tonsil in anger and I have to say I really enjoyed myself. I put down three different vocal lines, the tune twice in two different octaves, and a harmony part that I worked out on the spot.

The world always feels better when you sing.

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do envy people who can do extempore harmonies! I can only sing in harmony if I laborious learn a part that someone else has written.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Ah but... it was my job for twenty years. Sing me a line and I'm much more likely to sing you a harmony than repeat the line. If you want to know what we sounded like, take a listen at www.artisan-harmony.com. There's a link to 'Breathing Space' and even a link to watch a full hour long concert at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC (okay, you don't have to watch the full hour... but they record your concerts there for posterity just as is, no editing or patching.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Excellent on the writing -- but such a pain to have to do it all again.
I do envy your singing talent: if I could, I would, but alas, all I can do is carry a tune.