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Mike wrote:
> i'm still astonished at how many singers and teachers don't use tape
>recorders.
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> in light of this thread, using a tape recorder, a student can judge for
>themselves how they are doing. they can compare their singing to
>professionals' recordings and to their struggling peers. more
>importantly, they can compare their current singing to tapes they made
>two years ago. when one is making gradual progress, it is difficult to get
>a feel for how one has progressed. part of progress is a refinement in
>one's judgement. something that sounded great two years ago might
>now, with the refinement of one's judgement, sound like crap.
> "finding a teacher whose ears you can trust" is ridiculous! how about
>trusting the ears on the sides of your own head? then, you can find a
>teacher who can tell you how to do what you want to do, whether they like
>it or not.
Let the people say "Amen!"
For the past couple of years. I have finally done what I have long wanted to
do, and that is enable each student to keep a running video tape of his/her
performances for however many semesters the student studies with me.
I video each performance, and the student brings in his cued tape, so that
I can dub the latest performance onto it. The student uses the tape for
study, and what they see and hear there makes a far greater impression
than anything I ever say in the studio or that their peers say in our studio
class. Mike is right about their needing to trust their own eyes and ears,
and I say from day one, "You are here to learn how to be your own voice
teacher." It is also wonderful for the student to have a record of his 4
years of progress all in one place. Being able to look back helps them
see that they really have made a lot of progress after all, even tho the
going often seems very slow.
Dr. Diane M. Clark, Chair
Music Dept., Rhodes College
Memphis, TN 38112
901-843-3782
http://www.rhodes.edu
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