[Superman]

In a former life I was a musician. Today, I listen to music somewhat rarely and there are a couple of reasons for that. One is that music is not background for me. I LISTEN to it. And if it is really good, it moves me in powerful ways. So again, it is not background for me and I'm usually busy so I can't have the distraction. But another reason I don't listen to it much these days is because not that many singers impress me. Actually, I listen almost exclusively to the rhythm section in music anyway, but the singing is unavoidable. If a singer can control and change the DYNAMICS of a note, then great. But sadly, what most of them are doing is changing the PITCH. It hurts my ears. Again, if a singer can hit a note on the button, and hold that, then I'm impressed. If they can hit it on the button and control the dymanics while staying right in the center of the note, then I am even more impressed. When they start waivering the PITCH of the note, I turn the music off. To me, that is a cheap trick.