Caio,
Very good and valid points all around. Also true statements concerning the
training of these vocalists and most of their backgrounds. I, myself, am
currently training with a Certified Speech Level Singing Instructor who has
a Masters Degree from Julliard and had a successful international career as
an operatic soprano. Her name is Badiene Magaziner and she IS a vocal
goddess! I actually can sing in a connected voice up to the C 2 octaves
above Middle C and it is a usable and sustainable note. I don't think my
cords are different. I am just a tenor with very flexible cords I believe.
;) I can actually pick up chest registration all the way up which has to be
odd and I actually lean into an F above Tenor C and pick up the full
voice/chest registration but the tone still resonates in the head (no strain
or push/force just downward energy and outward support). My teacher is
amazed by this actually. She actually called her ex-boyfriend in Spain so
that he could hear me do it over the phone in one lesson! LOL I do this on
my band's new CD which is due out soon.
Yours In Music,
Denis J. Lanza
Lead Vocalist - Infinity Minus One
New CD - "Tales From the Mobius Strip" - Coming Soon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Caio Rossi [mailto:caiorossi@t...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 6:11 PM
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vocalist] Re: pseudo opera,
Denis Lanza:
> Rob Halford formerly of Judas Priest, Midnight formerly of Crimson Glory,
Tony Harnell of TNT/Westworld, Sebastian Bach formerly of Skid Row, Ray
Alder of Fates Warning, James LaBrie of Dream Theater/Mulmuzzler, Andre
Matos formerly of Angra/Vertigo,
In fact, Matos is ex- Viper and ex-Angra, and now belongs to Shaman ( their
CD has just been or is about to be released ) and his duo project, Virgo
not Vertigo ). Tako Oda analyzed Matos's voice singing "Wuthering Heights"
and was impressed by his overtones in the higher notes.
>Mike Matajevic of Steelheart, Geddy Lee of
Rush (early), many vocalists from yester year (Steve Perry, Air Supply, Brad
Delp of Boston) and me of course. :=)
I'd add Timo Kotipelto, from Stratovarius, the many singers then and now on
Helloween, Dimu Borg (sp?), from Merciful Fate, Fábio Leone, ex- Rhapsody
God knows where now ) and many, many, many others.
In fact, this is a tendency in the prog metal/melodic heavy metal/classic
metal ( although Matos's voice is unusually high ), maybe as an influence
from Yes.
What basically all those bands have in common is that not only their
vocalists are well-trained ( to mention the ones I know about, Matos,
Kotipelto and LaBrie have or have had classical singing training ) but the
kind of rock they do is more elaborated, with jazz and classical music
influences ( Matos is a conductor, and so are many musicians on those bands
I've just mentioned ).
They have other aspects in common: most of them are European (except for
Matos, who's Brazilian, and LaBrie, Canadian ), are much more successful
outside Anglo-Saxon countries, and are EXTREMELY POPULAR in Japan ( where I
think is the mecca of all kinds of good music ) and Germany. Although most
opera singers here seem to recognize only two kinds of music ( classical and
pop )- I believe that may be an all-American categorization- there are music
styles "in between" where musicians ( including singers ) are expected to
display very good technique and playing two or three chords only or
speech-like singing are not welcomed. Well... jazz is a VERY good example of
that, but not the only one.
Oh, and yes, when my voice does what it's supposed to do, I can sing in the
soprano range too with my head voice. I may not be a good example, as my
vocal cords are different from the average, but maybe so are those guys'.
Best wishes,
Caio
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