http://www.jimmyabraham.com Songwriter's Notebook Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.jimmyabraham.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-4 Jimmy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:42:07 +0000 http://jimmy.katefox.biz/?p=58#comment-4 Sure, but it could also be seen as the same process that gives some traditional ballads a kind of finished perfection. I think that the ballad process begins with performance and never really ends if the song continues to be performed. When we talk about folk music as distinct from other music, we're overlooking the thing that happens when a performer makes a change or when anyone singing a song gets he words a little "wrong" or leaves out a verse. Sure, but it could also be seen as the same process that gives some traditional ballads a kind of finished perfection. I think that the ballad process begins with performance and never really ends if the song continues to be performed. When we talk about folk music as distinct from other music, we’re overlooking the thing that happens when a performer makes a change or when anyone singing a song gets he words a little “wrong” or leaves out a verse.

]]> http://www.jimmyabraham.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-3 Jimmy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:37:55 +0000 http://jimmy.katefox.biz/?p=58#comment-3 I think a lot of people find this to be true, but you have to start with a good song to end up with a slightly better one. What you are describing could also be thought of as starting to perform a song before it's really finished.. I think a lot of people find this to be true, but you have to start with a good song to end up with a slightly better one. What you are describing could also be thought of as starting to perform a song before it’s really finished..

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