Ugh – if I had to sing to play violin, well, I wouldn’t be playing violin

But it is a good way to aim toward the sound you want.  We spend so much time focusing on getting our left hand fingers right, then the bow, etc., that we’ll forget to ask ourselves, “Okay, how is it supposed to sound?” or, more importantly, “How do I want this to sound?” 

2Set video great, too.  Seems like a good exercise, to try to just take something you know well, & just try to apply the different emotions and see what you end up doing.