OMG!!!!!!
I had so much fun with tonight's DailySing! I sang through a kids toy called an Echo Mic. I got one for myself and one for my daughter India earlier today. She loves it, and I apologize profusely to my wife Billie for the sounds my daughter insists on sharing, but it's a stellar addition of my arsenal of unique sound toys. It's basically a Lion's Roar but the size of a thick-ish mic, with a curved bowl in the top of the mic to create an echo effect, and a spring in the base to amplify the sound waves generated. It's a cool design, and also makes me sound like I'm in an echo chamber. I dug it so much that not only did I go over by a minute + in my 15 mn sing, but I also recorded 2 addendums because the ideas would not stop coming! I'm pretty jazzed!!! If it wasn't so late, I'd facebook about these 3 bad boys... I'll do it tomorrow.
Also... the big news is that I stayed focused THE WHOLE TIME!!!! I finally achieved that balance... at least this once. I didn't leave my body for indescribable musical landscapes, and I knew where I was musically, the entire 16 minutes that I was singing and creating. Now, we'll see if I can recreate it the next time.
To Listen to DailySing - 26 (with addendums I & II), click here.
I believe that singing is our birthright, and that it is good for our brains, bodies, and spirit. Singing releases oxytocin in the brain, and many studies have shown a correlation of oxytocin with human bonding, increases in trust, feelings of calmness and security, as well as reductions in anxiety. In other words, SINGING IS GOOD FOR YOU!
I get high making up music on the spot. I get high(er) when I can do it with several people at once. There's nothing like riding the crest of a creative wave, linked harmonically and rhythmically, supporting, leading, following, creating, coaxing, cajoling, p-l-a-y-i-n-g... THAT'S MY BLISS!
Singing for 15 minutes a day means trusting yourself. It means clearing your mind, opening up and discovering what sounds can come out through you, if you allow it.
To listen to each of my daily sings, click on the "songs" link on the left in the grey field above the most recent post or on the link at the end of each post.
