[Dixielandjazz] remembering the lyrics

[Mike]

   We probably are I'm not sure. Knowing lyrics is good for 
helping you phrase as well as keeping that melody in your head 
like a singer would sing it. That's just what works for me. You 
might have something else that you do thst works for you. I am 
just express what I do and how I learned. Part of that I imagine 
is because I used to sing with a church choir many years ago. I 
probably carried that mindset over to the trombone.

   Another part is that I listen to a lot of vocalists sing show 
tunes and it's interesting to see their approach and execution 
of the tunes they sing.

Mike


Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis wrote:
> There is knowing the lyrics and KNOWING the lyrics.  I generally know 
> the lyrics for a lot of tunes but knowing them well enough to  put a 
> mike up to my face and not miss a lick is totally a different matter.  
> Doing something dumb like going dyslexic or putting in the wrong line 
> happens to very good singers sometimes.
> 
> I advocate a "method" acting style for singers in that they become the 
> words or picture themselves as something when singing.  A few years ago 
> I did the music from Cats and I pictured a cat slinking around for my 
> solos.  After several concerts the other musicians were calling me 
> "Felix".  Words of course help with this a lot and often set a mood.
> 
> I suspect we have been talking about two different levels of  "knowing" 
> the words.