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To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Where I first heard head voice sound
Date sent: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:17:47 -0500
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Hi. I grew up in the fifties and one of my favorite Saturday night past
times was watching the "Million Dollar Movie" program that ran after the 10
p.m. news. I seem to remember that all of the women sang in head voice, so
when I was a teenager trying to sing the popular music I thought I couldn't
sing because the only way I knew how was head voice. If I had had a good
teacher back then I'd be way ahead of the game now, because I never did
acquire a liking for singing popular music. (Well, I do enjoy some belt
songs, like "Mame", but I didn't grow up on that type of music.)

If you really want your children, especially girls, to hear head music, see
what you can find in old music films.

Nancy