Dear Mike and Vocalisters:
You quoted me and wr ote the following: >In a message dated 4/23/2001 12:11:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >lloyd.hanson@n... writes: > ><< The singers least affected by this phenomena are those whose > recordings were done in a proper sized hall or were recorded live in > performance. >> > > so lloyd, i guess your saying that students who tape their lessons or >practicing in their teacher's small studios (small in comparison to properly >sized halls) and their own practice rooms (living room, school practice room, >etc.) will be adversly affected in the same way fischer-dieskau, schwarzkopf >and caruso were?
Your comments are logical and not a slight bit cynical. Fine! But the difference between recording for a professional recording or a professional CD are quite different from the recording a student will make in a voice studio. The former is intended to sell recordings or the singer to an impresario. The latter is a record of what the singer learned in the studio and offers the continuation of that learning process between lessons.
The limits of singing in a voice studio are common knowledge among voice teachers. We all attempt to her our singers in larger venues as often as possible. In my own experience, when a singers quality becomes unpleasantly strong in my studio I must hear that singer in our auditorium to keep my perspective about his/her vocal quality.
Try a less sarcastic approach. You can do it.
-- Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA Professor of Voice, Pedagogy School of Performing Arts Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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