The human voice as an instrument tells us so much. The diversity of sound comes to our ears and we respond to it.
The call of a walk off home run. Jim Donovan calling a Chubb run for a touchdown. The sound creates all that emotion.
The first time I heard Nat King Cole sing. Even as a kid I thought wow. How can someone sound so good? His voice was so smooth and perfect.
Then later in life I heard Billie Holiday. It made my skin react. Her voice penetrated. I could hear sadness, pain, and sometimes joy. She had this way to sing inside the music and still grab you like the words had claws.
In songs I have always liked the singer's voices that fit the music and lyrics. Leon Redbone comes to mind. Tom Waits as well.
Narrators like Peter Coyote and the voices used by Ken Burns in film documentaries. The voice of storytellers. How a good storyteller can captivate an audience.
Sound is something intersting to do with the air.
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