Who said music is food for the soul? What a silly thing to say. Maybe it is food for the the people that are listening, but for the people that are creating the music it's a real calorie burner. Boy are my vocal chords getting a much needed work out. Two months ago, I was straining to hit my e's on the soprano line, and now they are breezing by and hardly noticed. I feel ready to start training for a vocal marathon. I find that I'm careful about what I eat right before practice. No sense in eating an ice cream cone or drinking a latte on our way since that'll just clog the throat and make flexibility virtually impossible. No, for me, it's mint tea minus the sugar and honey, nothing fried that day, lots of water and raw vegetables. Slowly but surely perhaps the vocal flexibility will come back.
I like this church because it doesn't mandate pop vocals in order to participate in musical activities. I never was much of a pop singer. My voice just doesn't match that kind of style. I perfer the classical oratorios and stuff like that. It's nice to know that there are still places out there that will let me enjoy the old fashioned stuff.
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