> Vocalisters, > > Iım beginning rehearsals for ³Paint Your Wagon² and am required to have a > ³brogue as thick as Mulligan Stew.² I got David Alan Sternıs ³Acting with an > Accent: Irish Brogue² tape and am having some success. > > My concern as Iım working through the tape is, he states the Irish brogue > requires a change in vocal fold production. He says an aspirate production is > necessary to make it fly. He seems to be right; I tried it without and sounded > like a freak (sort of like Corky St. Claire doing Higgins at the end of > ³Waiting for Guffman.²) > > Are there inherent dangers in breathy speech at an energy level adequate for > stage? We are body miked, but the monitors are consistently low, so I have a > tendency to perform as if I werenıt miked and the auditorium is dreadfully > dead. I have maybe 15-20 minutes stage time for 7 shows a week for a 4 month > run. > > Thanks for your input. > Steven Cogswell > > >
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