Sweet Life by Frank Ocean
Johan S.
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I have been singing since age 9 and have studied various genres ranging from Broadway musicals to popular music to Indian Carnatic Classical. I’ve also been singing in the Ragazzi Boys Chorus for 7 years, singing songs from around the world, like an Itneg folk song, and classics like Ave Maria. When I first started singing, I would try to imitate the original singer perfectly. But as I continued to study singing, I found my own voice to interpret songs from my heart. Instead of thinking with my head and focusing on technical perfection, I let each practice session takes me in a different direction. I love trying new versions of the same song before settling on the version for a performance. Like for this video, I recorded different interpretations and didn’t choose the best one technically, but the one where I connected most to the music.
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Creativity means not worrying about what others will think of my art. For singing, it means choosing the songs that resonate with my personality and experience and communicating a certain feeling and mood to others. Creativity means continuing past sticking points and not being afraid to change direction.
