New Jersey Stage Issue 48 | Page 141

INSIDE MUSIC by Rosemary Conte SHARE BUTTON I Can’t Remember The Lyrics! I’ve always had difficulty mem- orizing song lyrics. There are many reasons why singers might have that problem. It might be fear. And the fear of forgetting lyrics becomes a mental loop; the more anxious and fearful one becomes, the greater grows the fear and anxiety. Like attracts like. NJ STAGE - ISSUE 48 It wasn’t until I became a grand- mother that I found out why I couldn’t remember song lyrics, and poems…and phone num- bers…and dates. I have a learning difference, sometimes referred to as a learn- ing disability. It’s a neurologi- cal thing -- a novel wiring of my brain that creates problems INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 141