The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with stupid lyrics - like most of the popular songs are today in the English language that I hear - then it would be much more of a turnoff then if it would allow me to interpret it from the expressive capabilities of the vocalizing or of the sound itself, which allows me to create my own meaning for it, which elevates it into a higher piece of work for me.
The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with… - Alan Bishop
The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with…
- Alan Bishop
Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, a… - Alan Bishop
Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, a…
Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who becom… - Alan Bishop
Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who becom…
I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after. - Alan Bishop
I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after.
There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up. - Alan Bishop
There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up.
Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone. - Alan Bishop
Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.
My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities! I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/ch… - Alan Bishop
My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities! I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/ch…
I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings. I love what I do so I find ways to keep… - Alan Bishop
I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings. I love what I do so I find ways to keep…
I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and ge… - Alan Bishop
I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and ge…
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