I noted that attempting to learn how to sing socially has improved my recall of lyrics. This was unexpected, but welcome result. I’ve had yet another revelation of the side-effects of learning to sing. I’ve inadvertently started to listen closer to the lyrics.
I was playing Taylor Swift’s “Out of the Woods”, I might have mentioned that Max Martin is a goddam hero of mine. This song was released as a single, but to me, it sounds a lot like album filler with that old Millenium whoop. It isn’t particularly noteworthy and I just let it murmur on in the background when I’m driving. The strange realisation was that I picked up a subtle nuance when I think I might not otherwise have done having not started all this singing shenanigans – it would have washed over me without my ever knowing nor caring.
It’s that bit which goes “are we in the clear yet, in the clear yet, good” – go listen, I won’t labour the details, but I figure that I’m amazed that I noticed something – actually, I don’t have a word for this kind of experience yet, something like a micro-epiphany or whatever. Needless to say, I’m gobsmacked by how learning one skill permeates into other capabilities without me knowing.
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