“A band has a certain responsibility to work songs for years and stick to rules more. A solo artist can just do whatever they want, and also present themselves as somebody who's just singing about their life.” WantYearsArtistCertainSongResponsibilityBandSingingSticksSolo Author:Christopher Owens
“Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.” WritingYearsWellsPlayFourStageBandSingingWho I AmFortunateGet BackFour YearsSoloGigsPulseGrooveGood Bands Author:Arthur Godfrey
“I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.” YearsUsedChurchFiveSingingFive YearsExposedSoloFive Year Olds Book:I am the blues: the Willie Dixon story Source: I am the blues: the Willie Dixon story
“Church was the thing for me. The fellowship and the message that was given and singing in the choir and singing the solos and really listening to the words that you were singing and seeing how it affected people was huge for me.” PeopleGivenChurchSeeingHugeListeningMessagesSingingAffectedSoloFellowshipChoir Author:DeLisha Milton-Jones
“When I started singing as a freshman, I didn't sing for anybody - my parents or my friends. By the time I was a senior, the teacher asked me if I wanted to audition for a solo at my graduation. I was really nervous but I got it.” IfsWantedParentTeacherSingingMy FriendsNervousSoloSeniorAuditionsFreshman Author:Toby Lightman
“I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.” MadeVoiceRecordsComfortableSingingWho I AmSoloLearning Experience Author:Roddy Woomble
“The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work." We only have ten days rehearsal. The music is no joke. My solo singing is not that hard. But the stuff I have as part of the choir or as a "Dead Guest" in the second-half... I'm singing some really incredible chorus stuff that I haven't done in a long time. It's extremely difficult.” LongHardDoneStuffDifficultHalfHavensDirectorsTenMusic IsLong TimeSingingJokesIncrediblesGuestsSoloRehearsalChorusChoir Author:Max von Essen
“The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage.” SoundSingingAlbumsLike MeSoloFluidTransactionsBad Business Author:Kevin Drew
“In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.” PracticeCollegeSingingPianoRestaurantsWeekendSoloGigsCoordinatesBest PracticesPiano Playing Author:Norah Jones
“I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church. My first solo was "Jesus Loves Me."” FirstsAgeJesusChurchGreaterSingingHolinessTexasGrandfatherSoloMy GrandfatherJesus LoveJesus Loves Me Author:Quindon Tarver
“A cap of good acid costs $5, and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony, with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums.” FiveHolyCostSingingUniversalDollarsGhostSoloSymphonyAcidCapsHoly Ghost Author:Hunter S. Thompson