Had a funny at church tonight
This may be only my sense of humor. I was working with the kids to sing and reminding them of correct singing posture. One of the girls asked if she had to sit up correctly. She wanted to slouch back to her chair.
I asked her, "Do you think you can get your best sound that way?"
She answered me, "I get my best voice like this." [Continued slouching.]
Me: "Obviously, you've never heard your best voice."
I know the mechanics of good singing, and it's not going to happen with a lazy body. I wasn't saying it to be rude to her. She's just a child, after all. It was just one of those things that came out rather quickly because I wanted to get her to do the right thing.
Unrelated, but I called the phone company this morning. I've been a customer for 2 years, and finally thing I have a good deal. The problem started last night when I realized after looking at my bill that the $18 reduction I thought I'd done was not there. The net difference from the price I had been paying was maybe a dollar. I called, and once I finally got to a guy who could help me, he redid my plans saving me enough to make my money stretch. Now, I will be paying 2/3 of what I had been paying for the last 2 years. Thank you, dude whose name I didn't hear.
The thing about the guy who helped me was that he "sounded black." I talk to many people on the phone and it always surprises me when I find people who "sound black." It's not a vocabulary thing so much because often they are professionals calling me for professional reasons. I recognize that some people sound a certain way, but I don't know how to quantify it. It's like I can't describe "blackness", but I recognize it when I hear it. That's kind of weird.
Do any of you have takes on this phenomenon?
I asked her, "Do you think you can get your best sound that way?"
She answered me, "I get my best voice like this." [Continued slouching.]
Me: "Obviously, you've never heard your best voice."
I know the mechanics of good singing, and it's not going to happen with a lazy body. I wasn't saying it to be rude to her. She's just a child, after all. It was just one of those things that came out rather quickly because I wanted to get her to do the right thing.
Unrelated, but I called the phone company this morning. I've been a customer for 2 years, and finally thing I have a good deal. The problem started last night when I realized after looking at my bill that the $18 reduction I thought I'd done was not there. The net difference from the price I had been paying was maybe a dollar. I called, and once I finally got to a guy who could help me, he redid my plans saving me enough to make my money stretch. Now, I will be paying 2/3 of what I had been paying for the last 2 years. Thank you, dude whose name I didn't hear.
The thing about the guy who helped me was that he "sounded black." I talk to many people on the phone and it always surprises me when I find people who "sound black." It's not a vocabulary thing so much because often they are professionals calling me for professional reasons. I recognize that some people sound a certain way, but I don't know how to quantify it. It's like I can't describe "blackness", but I recognize it when I hear it. That's kind of weird.
Do any of you have takes on this phenomenon?