as recently posted on my twitter, i am a music snob. not so much that i suck to be around, but enough that whatever music i'm listening to needs to be either good or done well for me to enjoy it.
crappy music doesn't do it for me. crappy vocals don't do it for me. which is why karaoke can be a blessing or a curse. :D
that being said: i am a harmony freak. i am picky with it. it has to be done well if it is going to be done at all.
i have been told that is finding harmony in music is not an easy thing to do. really? maybe its just the way i was brought up with music or that throughout high school and college i mainly sang alto or second soprano. i love dissonance. i like the fullness of the chords. it comes to me easily. i hear a song, and can find at least one line of harmony to go with the melody. i've been doing it for 7 years now. i'm trying to teach harmony (when i can be there!) but i'm realizing that it doesn't come naturally to others. which is strange to me. i almost dont understand that!
is it like me not being able to understand math (which is my nemisis)? is my saying to someone "how can you not find the harmony line that begins on the 3rd?" like someone saying to me "how can you not derive poisson's equation?"
i have tried that equation much. i still can't do it.
maybe it is the same.
and for your enjoyment (or my mommy pride) here is lily!
