GREAT post Tom! Loved it, connected with it. I remember my little, tiny, brilliant, 75-year-old voice teacher waving her fist in the air (which was out of character for her other-wise more elegant than life nature) and saying with passion “Convince me!” I’m not sure if I ever did.

This is an aspect of music that I feel as though I am locked in a box and have a very difficult time breaking out of! It’s like we have been raised to supress the passion and fervor that wells up within us and in doing so we miss a lot and an audience misses even more! It is easy to recognize but difficult to change. (But maybe there is hope, a man asked me once if I’m Penecostal…..eh, not sure how the Penecostal Mennonite thing would work but……)

I love all your posts Tom be the shallow, deep, cotton candy or steak, UNLESS they have to do with equipment of any kind wherewith I simply yawn, and move on quickly.

Ag

Or maybe our good boy Tom is growing up.

Keep working on him, Jewel!

At Ebenezer I have been wondering why our little chorus could not get into the spiritual “Little Lamb” at first and I told them to loosen up and sway a little and to “feel” the music, not just sing it! (Now I am not the director, and the emotion I usually inspire while singing comes from the listners trying to figure out how to get to the door without drawing any attention!) Anyway, you have helped me understand why this lack of musicality exists in our singing. May God’s Spirit enliven us as we sing. Maybe I’ll just shout out in church Sunday if I am blessed by a song! Hallelujah!

I wish (and many others wish too) that I could afford and find a good singing coach like you did. I have a lot of people around me that can sing, and know music and music theory, but no one that can or wants to help me learn to use my meager ability. (Probably couldn’t stand overcoming the vast need for talent on my part.)The awful thing is, I want to sing. (Sorry Paul.) I guess there is always heaven, at least then my voice will be perfect! {:^)

All of you that can glorify God with your voice are blessed indeed. Anyone that can play an instrument to the glory of God is blessed. Do it with all the unction and emotional interpretation you can give to it. Me, I’ll keep on making a joyful noise unto the Lord. Amen, Hallelujah!