So many kinds of "singer" out there - and I am not talking about genre.
How do we define a "natural" singer vs an "organic" singer vs a "musical" singer?
Again, I hate boxes and labels so this is always difficult for to make generalizations so let me just begin to shape ideas...
I believe truly and honestly that singing by a physical definition is an athletic activity. Some singer simply have the physical athleticism to do this. Some do not.
Just as there are "natural" athletes and "learned" athletes there are singers in the same vein. They both must have the physicality. The "natural" athlete also has easier access to that physicality, whereas the "learned" athlete has the physicality but may have issues they need to develop or overcome in order to access that physicality.
So it could be said for singers. Some have the physicality and nothing in the way to access it. This, to me, is the natural singer. However, this does mean that the natural singer KNOWS what they are doing. They just simply do it. Until they cannot.
The "learned" singer must discover how to access their physicality. These are the singers that might have physical issues, tensions, imbalances etc that through ongoing technical behavior can access the athleticism they can develop.
The "organic" singer seems to find what they can do within the limit of the talent, or the excess of their talent and discover the voice and the place that voice is best suited.
The "musical" singer could be an organic singer, or a natural singer, or not as natural physically singer - but has incredible color and ability to exude musicality and style in their singing while overcoming some physical issues in technique.
Before anybody gets their panties in a wad, I am oversimplifying.
Even the most "natural" voice still has to develop it. A "natural" voice doesn't mean it is musical. A musical voice isn't necessary a natural physicality.
What a natural voice can do without training earlier on in development can be astounding.
What a musical voice can achieve can be moving and remarkable.
Some singers have exceptional physical gifts; some have exceptional musical gifts; some have exceptional interpretive gifts; Few have all three in equal measure.
Regardless - you as the singer - need to figure out what you have and how you DEVELOP IT.
Even if you are a "natural" singer - it means nothing if you can't access what the music demands of your instrument. The music, the craft demands you hone and develop.
If you are a "natural" athlete you have to decide what you are going to develop with that physicality and what sport best exemplifies it.
If you are a musical singer, you must find a physicality that you can rely on in order to access that musicality fully through your developed and rebalanced athleticism.
Regardless of the "voice" - it is up to you to HONE THAT CRAFT: physically, athletically, musically, dramatically, spiritually, organically.
This is just the beginning - so let's explore this in the following days and weeks ahead!
We can want but if we cannot DO it is fruitless. We must recognize, and simply be honest enough to develop what we have, and who we are. Even the most "natural" of us will not be able to sustain without knowledge and development and clarity of how we do what we do.
So let's delve in shall we?
Let's find YOUR voice and make it uniquely YOURS.
How do we define a "natural" singer vs an "organic" singer vs a "musical" singer?
Again, I hate boxes and labels so this is always difficult for to make generalizations so let me just begin to shape ideas...
I believe truly and honestly that singing by a physical definition is an athletic activity. Some singer simply have the physical athleticism to do this. Some do not.
Just as there are "natural" athletes and "learned" athletes there are singers in the same vein. They both must have the physicality. The "natural" athlete also has easier access to that physicality, whereas the "learned" athlete has the physicality but may have issues they need to develop or overcome in order to access that physicality.
So it could be said for singers. Some have the physicality and nothing in the way to access it. This, to me, is the natural singer. However, this does mean that the natural singer KNOWS what they are doing. They just simply do it. Until they cannot.
The "learned" singer must discover how to access their physicality. These are the singers that might have physical issues, tensions, imbalances etc that through ongoing technical behavior can access the athleticism they can develop.
The "organic" singer seems to find what they can do within the limit of the talent, or the excess of their talent and discover the voice and the place that voice is best suited.
The "musical" singer could be an organic singer, or a natural singer, or not as natural physically singer - but has incredible color and ability to exude musicality and style in their singing while overcoming some physical issues in technique.
Before anybody gets their panties in a wad, I am oversimplifying.
Even the most "natural" voice still has to develop it. A "natural" voice doesn't mean it is musical. A musical voice isn't necessary a natural physicality.
What a natural voice can do without training earlier on in development can be astounding.
What a musical voice can achieve can be moving and remarkable.
Some singers have exceptional physical gifts; some have exceptional musical gifts; some have exceptional interpretive gifts; Few have all three in equal measure.
Regardless - you as the singer - need to figure out what you have and how you DEVELOP IT.
Even if you are a "natural" singer - it means nothing if you can't access what the music demands of your instrument. The music, the craft demands you hone and develop.
If you are a "natural" athlete you have to decide what you are going to develop with that physicality and what sport best exemplifies it.
If you are a musical singer, you must find a physicality that you can rely on in order to access that musicality fully through your developed and rebalanced athleticism.
Regardless of the "voice" - it is up to you to HONE THAT CRAFT: physically, athletically, musically, dramatically, spiritually, organically.
This is just the beginning - so let's explore this in the following days and weeks ahead!
We can want but if we cannot DO it is fruitless. We must recognize, and simply be honest enough to develop what we have, and who we are. Even the most "natural" of us will not be able to sustain without knowledge and development and clarity of how we do what we do.
So let's delve in shall we?
Let's find YOUR voice and make it uniquely YOURS.
