I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.
I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox for me to say or to preach.
I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.
I've always had fun with music, but I prefer to listen to it rather than sing.
The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.
I like to play with words and the sounds of words - that's extremely important to me.
I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.
Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.
I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.
I find that, maybe because I'm also a singer, I hear music in characters all the time, even if they don't sing. I hear what affects me in my heart.
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