Questionnaire Responses: Question 3

Do you feel you have your own distinct musical voice? If so, how would you describe it?

Not yet, however I think I'm finding my own distinct musical voice. Its beginning to shape itself and grow. It will take years to create it, but the end product will be mine.

Everything I do is intimate and understated. I have never been very good at expressing anger or any such negative emotion, but if I did, it wouldn't be in an obvious, outward way. Sometimes being quiet or silent can speak volumes.

No, I like to make my voice blend when I sing in a group. Unless it's a really tasty part of the chord

My musical voice is distinct because my knowledge is unique. Every musician, no matter how similar, no matter where or how they learned their skill, has a distinct musical voice because their way of approaching music is different, and with that, their performance is separate from every other.

No I don't. But I feel that music gives me a voice. That might only make sense to me. c'est la vie.

If by voice you mean what goes on in the school, then no. I didn't even know... [edited] until that meeting about the budget.

Yes: honest and resonant. I can't lie when I sing.

In my musical voice I attempt to combine the best of things. I enjoy the creative aspects and aspire to make something completely new and my own.

My musical voice changes with every note I sing. Philosophies and theories, as much as I value them, are only useful insofar as they can be applied to experiential listening or performing. With every moment, a person has experienced something different from the moment before, and their conclusions about something will be different. Therefore, my musical voice - my particular style - is not consistent in my eyes.

It's hard to say yes. My own distinct voice isn't what I bring into my lessons. Music should be free, the way it was when we were babies. Now it's, "Stand straight, feet apart, head up, raise your cheek bones, open your mouth, smile on the inside, rounder vowels, breathe, oh and what does this piece mean?" ..... Can't we just sing what we feel, when we feel like it?

I defintely feel like I have my own distinct musical voice. It is vibrant and multi-faceted, it's confusing and hard to understand, it's joyful and filled with a thousand sorrows: it's the universe, it is a speck... it's mine.

I feel like I am discovering my own musical voice. It is my own, and it is distinct, but I don't know how to describe it yet. Its a lot like me though. As I discover myself I am able to discover more about my musical voice, and as I discover my musical voice I am able to discover more about myself.

Unique. I know what I want and I do my damndest to acheive it - regardless of whether my studio teacher, or anyone else for that matter likes it.

I have a distinct musical voice. It is usually shy, and doesn't like people to listen, unless it is sure they will not strike it down. Once my music feels safe, it feels free. It loves to run and skip, to dance and spin, to tumble and trip, to laugh. My musical voice loves to let go, to be outside, to be somewhere that echoes, to make someone smile.

I can't say that I'm some innovational, undiscovered new voice in the music world. However I feel that everyone's musical voice is their own, and distinct. It's not the melody you write, it's the emotion behind it. It's how you went about relating what you were feeling and put it into music, and I really don't think you can tell me that any two people felt the same thing at the same time, and composed the same thing.

i would like to think so.

Now that I am finished university, yes I do. I would describe my musicality as uniquely me, and if you don't like it, don't listen.

I think I have a distinct voice, but that it is contained and takes some looking to locate.

My musical voice may be unique, but only until someone hears that and takes it on themselves. Now I'm just a part of the fabric.

Yes, I believe my talent in music is to play passionately and intimately.

no; my voice is mimetic. i may think i want my own voice, but i love other people's voices too much. besides, can something be created out of nothing?

My musical voice comes straight from my heart. I dont have a hard time searching for it, it speaks louder then my words. When I play, i am truely showing who i am, a window to my soul.

My musical voice changes every single day. It is a combination of the voices of my colleagues, my teachers, and (sometimes) my own. And I like it like that.

My musical voice is distinct within the music faculty, but not in general. My tastes run to only certain pockets of art music and the majority of my listening falls to opera and musical theatre. I love when music truly tells a story. Because of this, I also play best when I'm telling a story with it. I like to think my music is full of emotion.

I wouldn't say I do as far as sound alone goes, but I think my musical voice and style are reflected in the projects that I choose to take on and how I approach them, compared to other people

I think that everyone hs their own musical voice, my own i would call a soft voice, for i tend to gravitate towards the prettier music, although I also enjoy the grit, but my musicl voice is on the softer side... like a summer bird.

My musical voice is unconscious, i do not consciously shape it or create it. Often it is shaped according to the desires of those around me, such as my studio teacher. I do feel that my music making is different than that of those around me, but I do not know why or how. I cannot describe it, as unlike personality traits, there are no easy words to characterize or label the qualities of my music. if i were to try, i could say that it is perhaps hesitant and unsteady at times, shallow and surface-ey. but it can also be full of clarity and insight, and deep understanding of the musical text.