Music is potentially a transformational process for all involved. I believe music is humanity’s common language, and yet music comes from a place from within ourselves that is not verbal. Fascinating!
My music comes to me naturally. It does take a lot of time and effort, but it comes out freely at its own pace. I do believe it is a natural born talent at play here, partly because my mother had natural talent and could play the piano by ear when she was young.
I have had one of those lives where I sang at church, family camping, rides in the car; but I was also more formerly involved in my church choir, by choice, and sang for all the occasions including weddings and funerals. I was in sing and dance groups, concert choir, and the school plays. It was a small school, so participation was more inclusive so take that into consideration. Of course, I listened to rock n roll music at a young age because it was the popular music at the time and I am so grateful. I know rock n roll can save the world. I was lucky enough to have a cool oldest sister. Everyone knows that the older kids know the cool stuff. She taught me how to dance to the best music of the day, Motown. She then left the Stereo and some records, including the album by Simon and Garfunkel. They told me of the truths of the world and where to find the words of the gospels and how to listen to silence. My next door neighbor’s older sister had a collection of Beatles singles. We all got together and played these records. These records were already considered a valuable collection. My luck is that they lived next door. and came over to play.
I enjoy a wide range of music and what we love finds its way into the mix. My first cluster of songs are creations of the interaction with an acoustic instrument, my baritone ukulele, without plugging into an amplifier. This came to be by way of starting out with the raw instrument, and just letting me learn as if I knew nothing. I wanted to create pleasing sounds what ever it may be. I also played familiar tunes I have sung for years. This was fun and helped my learning. My song style emerged from that process and is what I call Cascadian Style Folk Music of the 3rd Millennium.
This learning free style led me to see how the patterns of music come from the movement needed to produce the vibrating strings. Now I understand how this physical movement helps determine the rhythm and pattens in songs. This experiential learning bit was a golden nugget.
Loving to learn helps us grow. Finding the brilliance helps us glow.
Best Wishes,
Robin Christle