Thursday, July 8, 2010

The Vocalist

People drawn towards Vocals (singing) are normally leaders - they tend to bring all the other musical instruments together to make a composite whole.  


In Indian music, the singers take centre stage - and the concert revolves around him - and the vocalist therefore grabs most of the attention.  It is the role of the Vocalist to draw out the best talent from all his team players - whether it be the tabla player, the harmonium player or the cymbal player.


He normally sets the theme for the concert and provides the overall direction.


In organisations, Vocalists would be the senior managers/leaders e.g the CEO

1 comment:

manu said...

I am mused by your perspective and like your views.
Can 'Voice' be considered just like any other musical instrument ?.
And can vocal programmes be considered equal to santoor vaadhal or tabla vaadhal or violin vaadhal programmes, except that here there are no words. But not all vocal programmes give importance to words.
Just like all of them are actors and play different roles at different times. Players of musical instruments play different roles at different times and could their temperorary roles then be linked to their personalities. Interesting stuff.