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DailySing - 204 (8.23.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Friday, August 24, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
Free fall...! That's what tonight's session felt like

Once I had a theme, or recurring melodic pattern, it was off to the races. I spent all of my singing time playing with variations on the main theme, as well as ideas of a less traditional nature. 

Rhythm played a huge part in my creative process for this session. I used radically opposing rhythms to define different musical sections, as well as to change the mood and atmosphere of the ongoing jam.

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DailySing - 173 (7.22.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Monday, July 23, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
I feel joy and elation, coupled with some playful energy as a direct result of my earlier singing experience today.

The studies that measure brain health are pretty straightforward in their findings of a corrolation between singing and increased brain plasticity and function. Fascinating stuff.

 I did a good job starting with a theme and coming back to it successfully, time after time.

To listen to DailySing - 173, click here.

 

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DailySing - 151 (6.30.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Sunday, July 1, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
Another road trip for tonight's DailySing...

As varied as these different themes were, they felt like defaults that I always fall back on.

Playback was a little frustrating. At least now I know what to change n the furture.

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DailySing 145 - (6.24.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Monday, June 25, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
A funky little energy ball took over just as I opened my mouth tonight, and you can hear the result on the recording.

It was a field day for learning to keep the groove interesting and fun on the fly. 
I juxtaposed radically different rhythms together, divided by sections. The first split was into a slow jazz thang with swing, then I explored variations on a funky theme before coming back to the main melody. The next departure was into a tribal 6/8 PV groove, before dropping back into the 4/4 o...
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DailySing - 137 (6.16.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Sunday, June 17, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
Still high from our performance at the L.A. Mixed Roots Festival and I wondered what would come of tonight's DailySing. I was not dissapointed at the results. The main theme took a few seconds to firm up once it was established, but after that is a rather extensive study of what to do if you're going to sing a long improv all by yourself.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself, as all the ideas coming out of me seemed to flow effortlessly into one another. I found dfferent ways to depart from the main th...
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DailySing - 117 (5.27.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Monday, May 28, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
I enjoyed myself tonight. I started with a variation on a theme that keeps surfacing from my psyche. To put it to rest, it looks like I'm going to have to record it.

I did explored this melodic theme in more depth than I ever have before. By the time I was a third of the way through my DailySing, I had found variations on the variation I began with. I interspersed the original theme with what I had built so far, and played with different ways to solo.

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DailySing - 51 (3.22.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Friday, March 23, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
Now, instead of trying to find a theme and coming back to it, my brain wants to just go and explore with no rhyme or reason, just for the sheer joy of discovery and play.

I mean, why not give my brain free license? Something will come of this, It always does.Listening to the playback,  I can hear certain patterns and choices that I always make. Do I simply acknowledge them, or do I try to change them? No, I simply augment them for now. I'll observe what I do then look for alternatives to enric...
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DailySing - 48 (3.19.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
Fell asleep during tonight's DailySing, 3 times. I felt lke I was rambling in sections, while in others, the theme was well in hand.

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DailySing - 46 (3.17.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Sunday, March 18, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
I'm proud of myself tonight, and feeling better about my ability to keep a theme going. 
I can depart from the original idea, play around, then come back to the main melodic phrase, then explore some other aspect of this thing called improvisation, and again return to the same main melodic phrase. I often come back to a variation of the main theme because I get so lost in my exploration that I forget what the theme is exactly and can only express an approximation of it.

 Tonight, I struck anoth...

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DailySing - 28 (2.28.2012)

Posted by Emile Dyer on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, In : Daily Sing 
Tonight's DailySing was an exploration in the classic sense. I used the echo mic, and tried some made up language to get started, and kept my focus until the end where I lost it, several times. I stuck to a couple of themes, but ventured farther than my comfort zone would normally allow. And while this made for good musical ideas, it also left me deeply listening.
The ticking of the clock on the wall, the hum of the computer processors, the occasional car passing by outside, the muted music fr...
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If you can talk, you can sing


Emile Hassan Dyer 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.

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My DailySing practice is inspired by Will Hewett's Sing15 practice.

You can learn more about Sing15 at www.willhewett.com.

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