The Song-of-the-week project has certainly made the weeks go by more quickly than normal. It seems like only a few weeks ago that I was feeling panicked about having 36 more weeks to fill up with songs. Now, I'm thinking, "where did the weeks go?" I can't believe I've only got 26 weeks left. I'm going to have to start prioritizing songs for working up because I won't get through them all by year's end.
From the feedback I've gotten, it would seem that I'm slowly begining to capture more emotion in my performances. I'm just impatient now - I want to be a master of emotional playing RIGHT NOW, darn it! As I've been continually experimenting on new right-hand techniques, I seem to be playing with better control. The dynamic ebb and flow seems more evident, and the music feels more interesting to me than it did at the beginning. It's all encouraging, yet strangely discouraging at the same time. Now, darn it! I guess since there appears to be no 'magic pill' for developing emotion or feeling in the performance, I'll have to settle on trying to acheive better mechanical mastery for now - and trust that the 'feeling' will come down the road.
Here are June's songs:
Week # 22: This World Is Not My Home, American Spiritual in Public Domain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ8xRgXRB0
Week # 23: Oh Come Angel Band, Jefferson Hascall, William B. Bradbury, 1862
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcjvBmJbaU8
Week # 24: Wayfaring Stranger, American Spiritual - author unknown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVPhJ9-jcvo
Week # 25: Wade In The Water, American Negro Spiritual - author unknown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1n5T6_el9A
Half done and ..... 'In the good ol Summer time'.... here we come, baby!
