Karaoke Queen

Funny, but it is so much easier to sing Queen songs to karaoke tracks when I am 1) not looking at the prompter, and 2) when I trust myself about what to sing and when. It is not really all that different from finding when to come in after a long piano intro in choir, but the music is much more complicated and I had not really expected that I knew the percussion and base lines as well as I apparently do, at least as they related to the voice. Probably it is a good thing I did not have YouTube to find karaoke tracks on until recently because the experience of singing 'with' Queen is quite addictive. The more I let my mind settle into the music, the easier it is to feel the spaces where the lead vocals fit in, so even if I get lazy and forget the words, I still find myself humming the tune where it belongs. And while I obviously still really enjoy their music as is, it really is a lazy way of getting music to just listen to other people's recordings. I find singing with Queen more satisfying some days because I can't be lazy about the music that makes up the soundtrack of my life. I usually have music on when I wake up, and there is music when I am at work, though not of my choosing, and at home the music resumes as soon as I am on my computer. Some nights I do leave things silent, but I know what silence sounds like already, and if I don't need it I would rather hear something else. After all Life is shorter than one might think, and there is so littel time to really enjoy all that is around to be enjoyed.
Now I want to find me a band and do this stuff for real, write songs, perform them in a band on stage in front of a live audience, etc. I may never be able to play electric mandolin on stage or be a proper percussionist with my hands as they are, but I can sing, at least.