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From: "Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
"Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
Date: Tue Oct 2, 2001 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: [vocalist] A question of register

--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., > Except, have you ever really noticed how high Whitney Houston > takes her chest? It really makes me cringe. And I would have > liked to see how long her career/voice would have lasted had > it not been for the bad influence of Mr. Bobby Brown. Dear Lauren, This is just my opinion, but as an creative person first and a singing person second, I'm not so disturbed by Houston's short career. Sure, it could have been a longer career, but would it have been so brilliant? Some would argue that healthy singing is good singing (and generally, I do too), but the world is richer for short careers like those of Callas, Oberlin, and Houston. She had such a glorious voice, I don't know if we would have heard it if she hadn't pushed it so far. There also seem to be those with "cords of steel" who manage to tax their voices incessantly and still do fine - I'm thinking of Bono and Domingo now... Tako