Tag: singing

I’m so excited-we had our choir awards banquet on Friday and I got a letter! I can get a letterman’s jacket for choir (I didn’t even know that was possible)! I’m so happy *squee* I’ve really struggled with mental illness and it’s so rewarding. My parents are buying the jacket for me (holy shit it’s so expensive). But I’m also feeling like it’s not valid? idk, I’ve always felt that letterman’s jackets were for sports, i guess. (ps you’ve helped out immensely, esp the lullaby after my nightmares)

I had to look up what a letterman’s jacket was! Congratulations, Nonnie, that is SO wonderful, I am so proud for you!

Hell, singing is a sport. We use our bodies as instruments, our WHOLE bodies. Often in ways that require minute and intense adjustment… and then we have to MAINTAIN that over rehearsals and lessons and concerts. Like… The development of your low abdominal breathing (SPLAT!), the carriage of ribcage and the intercostal muscles, dropping the pelvic floor, sustaining tone over the phrase, forward posture on the balls of the feet – which must of course be maintained for long periods, tilt for cripes’ sake, lifting the soft palate, using a consistent head tone, spin and twang, eradicating tongue and jaw tension, maintaining healthy production away from the throat in both pianissimo and fortissimo sections – I can go on and on – the sheer physical effort that goes into singing makes it a very sportlike endeavour. 

Worth mentioning too is that aspect of many societies that devalues the Arts and upholds Sports. My own country – Australia – does the same (holy shit does it ever, it is infuriating). You are as worthy of that jacket as anyone sporty. Your efforts may be in a different field (pun intended) but they are just as impactful and important. 

You deserve that jacket, friend. You’ve worked damn hard.

(I am so glad to hear that the lullaby has helped you. I hope you have beautiful sweet dreams, Nonnie.)

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culumacilinte:

culumacilinte:

Because today was a day for singing. And I love this song, especially this version of this song.

Rebagelling for the evening crowd, because… for serious, I rock this song, pls appreciate me?

HOLY SHIT CULLY ❤

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Light on the Horizon

from Sansukh, Chapter 45

The sheet music for download is here!

The lyrics are here! 

(I have also reproduced them below, for you to follow along)

Included but possibly not audible in this song!

– five months of work omg
– lots and lots of swearing
– over three hundred separate recordings, both vocal and violin
– lots of learning how to do stuff in Audacity
– the spring lorikeets returning in the garden outside my house

I hope you enjoy it!!

LYRICS

Though my heart may be heavy,
Though I wander afar,
I will come to the morning
Over sea and under star.

Where you go there will I follow,
For you are my guiding star.
I will never fear tomorrow.
There is comfort where you are.

Though the starlight is fading (I am lost in the dark),
Though the night gathers fast (take my hand).
There’s a new world awaiting (with you here by my side)
Lay your burden down at last (at last).

There’s a light on the horizon,
There’s a voice that calls my name,
There’s a place that I belong,
There’s an ever-burning flame.

Far from hope and from home (far from all that I knew),
Full of sorrow and fear (meleth nîn),
You are never alone (ghivashelê I’m near, I am near)
I will always be here (I am here).

Out of dark to the day’s rising,
Death itself will I defy,
For the road goes ever on,
To your arms will I fly.

I was worn, I was weary (annon ûr, nîn angin),
With suspicion and shame (Âzyungel),
Now I stand in the sunlight (now I stand in the light)
And my heart it calls your name (and my heart calls your name).

And the road takes me onward,
Takes me far from my door.
Never now will I falter,
Since you taught me how to soar.

I will wait for you forever,
I will be here when you call,
And if ever you should stumble,
I will catch you if you fall.

There’s a light on the horizon,
There’s a ship upon the sea,
Now the world is so much wider,
For you wander it with me.

And the sun shines out the clearer,
Golden glory in the blue!
There’s a light on the horizon,
And it’s guiding me to you.

…

So I’m facing my second loss of an immediate family member in a year, this time my mother. And I just- I don’t know if I can do it. I don’t mean to put anything on you, because God knows how much you’ve already done for me and the other fans, but. If, like, if you don’t have a million other things to do and you feel inclined, could you record yourself singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” my mom used to sing it to me when I was little, and now I’m faced with her never being able to do so again

I am so so sorry. My every good thought is with you and your loved ones. I hope you’re together as often as you can be. I hope time is kind. I hope people are kind. I wish you and your family all the strength and support in the world. 

Here you are. 

I’ve never listened to any of the songs of Sansûkh because i have, like, horrific second-hand embarrassment when it comes to singing being done by anyone who’s not like, “officially appointed” to do it (i.e. “amateur recordings” vs. Britney Spears or whatever). But hhghsjdghskdj that was a mistake bc i’m re-reading the fic rn and so I gave in and listened to the famed Iron Hills song at the appropriate place and godDAMN IT’S SO GOOD. I CRIED. I’M STILL CRYING. HOW DID YOU DO THAT, HOW

omg aaaaah thank you so so much!!! I am THRILLED you like it! I hope you enjoy the new song in the next chapter as much – it’s easily the most complicated and ‘professional’ one I’ve ever done.

(I am a performer, a singing teacher and a musician, that… may be part of the ‘how’ 😉 my recording and eq skills are pretty amateurish tho!)

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yubiwamonogatari:

determamfidd:

The Forge Sits Silent (from Azhâr)

I wrote a song for harp and voice, for Chapter 12 of @yubiwamonogatari‘s brilliant fic Azhâr! 

It was a joy to compose for you, dear. Your words are gorgeous. 

Lyrics by @yubiwamonogatari, composed and performed by me.

Sheet music pdfs for download:

The Forge Sits Silent (G minor – High Voice)
The Forge Sits Silent (E minor – Alto/Baritone)

Dets wrote and performed a GORGEOUS piece of music to fit the words of a very special song in the newest chapter of Azhâr! Thank you so much for this amazing piece of art!!!

*blushes* It was my absolute pleasure, thank you Yubi! I am still just so glad you like it!!

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determamfidd:

The Forge Sits Silent (from Azhâr)

I wrote a song for harp and voice, for Chapter 12 of @yubiwamonogatari‘s brilliant fic Azhâr! 

It was a joy to compose for you, dear. Your words are gorgeous. 

Lyrics by @yubiwamonogatari, composed and performed by me.

Sheet music pdfs for download:

The Forge Sits Silent (G minor – High Voice)
The Forge Sits Silent (E minor – Alto/Baritone)

Adding a download link for the .mp3 here! 

Thank you to those who requested it, I am so very very glad you like it! 🙂