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Life and Art from FT Weekend
Edda James - A Capella Record
There are millions of people who listen to this and don't know any of the lyrics. That happens because, as I was saying earlier, our brains independently process these elements of a record. Notice that Edda sings the verse and then when the strings come in, those strings are almost swimming. Those strings are a syrupy and romantic and dripping with feeling. Her voice is delivering so much music. The melody, the sound, the timbre, there's so much of what music is in her vocal performance alone.
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