My Husband’s Song

I wrote, produced, and sang this song for my Husband on our wedding day.

Can I tell you a secret?

I hate my vocal in the first verse

. Can I tell you another secret?

I’m obsessed with the second verse and beyond. Especially the bridge.

This vocal that I love and hate is frozen in time, because I released it on the internet so our wedding date would be on my Spotify Artist account.

Guys, I am a voice teacher, because I know lots of things about the voice and how to help you sing. It doesn’t mean that I am a singing God.

And I love that. I love how human this vocal makes me. I love that I hate the vocal in the first verse, because every time I listen to it, it’s an opportunity for me to separate my feelings about my voice as a whole from my feelings about a performance.

I gave this recording my all. I waded through my insecurities and my self-doubt (as one does when they are making art), and I declared the song finished for the one I love. I discovered later that I wished the first verse vocal was different.

I was honestly SO tired and burning the candle from both ends that by the time I sent it to be mixed. I made my choices and had to live with them.

If you are in voice lessons, you have learned or will learn that singing and art is about making choices. Y’all come into voice lessons to give yourself more options to make more choices with.

Breathy is not wrong if it serves the song!

Neither are cracks or wobbles or “tense” sounding singing, if it serves the art.

There is fragility and vulnerability in my voice in the bridge, and I LOVE it so much. It’s quirky. Give it a listen if you have time.

Now don’t get me wrong, we don’t want to be constantly pushing the limits of our voice for the sake of art. There is a difference between letting it be a messy from time to time and straight up pushing the boundaries of your voice every time you sing. It’s always a spectrum, so just be wise!

Love to you all & Be Brave!

xoxo,

Taylor