--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., John Link <johnlink@n...> wrote: > > My personal artistic goal is to sing in a way (and to have my vocal > quintet sing in a way) that is free of the complusions of the genre > in which the composition is categorized. This means to sing jazz, > classical, folk, and bluegrass music without ever sounding like a > jazz, classical, folk, or bluegrass singer. I believe that this is > the only way to have a repertoire that includes music from all those > genres and sound convincing rather than foolish. I also think that it > is the most satisfying way to perform even if one always stays within > a single genre.
What do you mean? How is this done? What do you and your singers end up sounding like when singing jazz, for instance? If not a jazz singer doing jazz, then what? A classical singer, a folk singer, or some kind of combination?
It sounds like you're claiming the best policy is to ignore the conventions of genre in order to perform within the genre successfully. If this is not what you meant, please clarify, but if this IS what you meant, I do not see how this could lead to a convincing rather than foolish performance.
Christy
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