Uniquely

Ok, get ready for an extremly conceited rant. I'm talking huge amounts of egotastic, judgemental bullshit. But it's what's on my mind, so here it comes.

Here's the dealio: I have many friends who like to sing. All of these friends really do have pretty voices, and they understand music theory and have decent intonation and can all sing very nicely. Almost all of these friends are looking to pursue careers on Broadway and such, which is a perfectly fine dream to have. However, it seems like it's only a realistic career choice for maybe 3 of my friends.

Here's where the whole ego thing comes in: I like to sing too... but I honestly don't want to pursue a career in showbiz. And If I do ever end up on Broadway or something, it'll be as a make up artist or lighting designer. The ironic bit is that out of all of my friends with nice, pretty singing voices, I know my voice is by far the most developed and dynamic. Yeah, I know when I put it like that it makes me sound incredibly big-headed.

But my voice just has that edge and strength and warmth in its tone to make it really unique. It's not that my friends' voices are bad, because that's not the case at all, and as I said earlier, they're all incredibly talented. But if I were to record all of them singing a song at once, not a single one of their voices would stand out. They all just sort of sound the same; a sweet, typical voice with a tiny bit of vibratto in a cute little chirpy soprano range.

I guess the extremely conceited point I'm getting to is that if you want your work to be noticed, it has to be unique and impactful. Dimensional talent stands out, because there is potential for greatness. 'Nice' talent is 'nice' and will never be anything more than 'nice'. I hate to be the primma-donna bitch and be all "my voice is better then yours" because I love my friends, and I really do think they can go far, just not necassarily in the feild of singing. Hell, I know I'm going to go far and it most definitely will NOT be as a singer.

I love to sing, just like I love to dance and draw and blog about my ridiculously boring life, but singers, dancers, artists, and bloggers are a-dime-a-dozen. There are bajillions of us, all craving a little recognition in some way or another. We continue to do what we do because, let's be straight up, we're good at it and we really enjoy it. But it takes someone truly unique and amazingly talented to actually have a successful career in the arts.

Blahhh. Yeah I feel like a superbitch now. Peace out...