Aza's best selling point is that she has a wonderful voice. It's fabled throughout the opening that she was born singing. Today, many people enjoy music; listening, playing, writing, and dancing. Even if you don't think you like music, everyone listens to it at some point or another. I know I don't really listen to much (much less write or play it!), but I do have quite a sundry on my iPod for when I can't have a book in my hand.
So, why do people sing? For Aza, I think a lot of it has to do with the way she looks; it's a connection to people when they don't otherwise look past her her image. For many people, singing is an emotional relief. During the days of slavery, slaves would make up songs about their lives and hardships --set to happier tones so that their foremen and owners wouldn't listening too closely to what they were singing about.
Today, people sing for similiar reasons. There are lots of shows revolving around people who are good (and bad) at singing, including American Idol, The Voice, and Glee. Over the years, lots of shows have also done "musical" episodes including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scrubs, Xena, That 70's Show, and Grey's Anatomy. Even some of your favorite cartoons have done musical episodes, like The Simpsons, Futurama, Kim Possible, and who could forget the epic Batman: The Brave and the Bold with the Music Meister (voiced by Neil Patrick Harris)?
What kind of music do you like to listen to? Do you have a favorite song or artist?
I'll share one of my favorite new stars with you, Darren Criss from Glee! Darren started playing music when he was young and went to school in Ann Arbor, Michigan for an acting degree. In his senior year of college, he and his friends wrote, produced, and performed "A Very Potter Musical", which some of you may have seen on YouTube. He also wrote all of the music (and starred) in the sequal, "A Very Potter Sequal", both of these (and StarKid's new musical, Starship) can be found on YouTube and have been extremely successful. Darren auditioned for the first season of Glee, but wasn't offered a role until the second season, playing Blaine, the star of a rival glee club.
Here's a video of Darren from his pre-Glee fame, singing one of my favorite Disney songs (he does a lot of those!):
Share some of your own favorite songs, or one you've written yourself!
Samma
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