joni
04/03/2003 01:53 a.m.
i'm listening to the song "river" by joni mitchell. if i could sing or play the piano i think i'd like to perform this song in front of people. do you think people would pay for that? to see a girl who can't sing or play the piano singing and playing the piano? and it'd just be the one song over and over. or maybe just once. i could do "a case of you" too maybe. it's just joni and a guitar. i can't play the guitar either. i tried once. that being said, i took piano lessons for four years and i still can't play the damn thing. so maybe that should tell me something. but various people have told me i have an ok voice. maybe i could just go acapella? did i spell that right? so i don't really relate to the story behind "river," but i do relate to the sentiment "i wish i had a river i could skate away on." now "a case of you"... that's different. i can really relate to that one. and probably not in the way you're thinking. unless your name is koye. and maybe simeon if you're feeling really egotistical. :) wow. i don't think i have the vocal range of joni mitchell. she seems to be in higher register than i am. i'd move everything down an octave and admit to my status as alto. i'm clinging on to second soprano for dear life. i've done it all though. in 7th grade karla and i would sing along with the basses and we could totally pull it off. then i was a soprano for a while. i don't think i've ever officially been an alto. maybe 8th grade? but most recently i was a second soprano and i really enjoyed that. it was about what my voice was made for. i miss singing a lot. i mean, i still sing occasionally when the room is empty and i'm in the mood. but i miss sitting around with other people and discussing how "this guy" could've arranged "this piece" better and how those altos over there should just be quiet and let us show them how it's done. and getting up there and going for it. it was the only really courageous thing i've done. besides improvising my 2nd grade piano recital piece. i like that story. it makes me sound more musical than i really am. i have an odd relationship with music. it's like an appendage i've always had and couldn't imagine living without. that being said, i can't even play a musical instrument. i don't think i have enough patience. singing is a different story. it comes more naturally. i'm not saying i couldn't use training - i probably could. but it's easier than sitting with a guitar with this foreign language (tabs!) in front of you. but anyway. i meant this to be about joni mitchell. i got off track. but yes, me, my voice, "river," "a case of you," and your 50 cents. it's a date. or a concert. whichever.
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I am listening to "help me" by joni mitchell