Hey Didi:
Actually your observations are quite astute. The way Mark Baxter explained
grit/rasp is that no matter how you do it, it is in fact damaging to your
cords. The trick is to do it in a way that is least damaging to your cords.
He equated it to a stuntman driving a car squealing the tires. No matter how
he does it, it is going to hurt the car, its transmission, tires, etc.
He/she has to learn how to do it with the least damage incurred to the
vehicle while still producing the same said squeal. Thus it is with singing
with grit/rasp that you must find a way to do it so that you produce the
desired result or sound in this case while causing the least damage to your
cords. A delicate matter indeed. ;)
Yours In Music,
Denis J. Lanza
Vocalist
http://www.denisjlanza.com
-----Original Message-----
From: didigirl12000 [mailto:didigirl1@j...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:27 PM
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vocalist] Re: Singing lessons
Don't those symptoms in themselves indicate that you are pushing your
voice in a manner that is harmful to it or for it? Is that
"pushing too hard" part of what you were taught in those methods of
singing that you referred to? I don't get how that can be beneficial
to the health of your voice, in any manner, regardless of what style
of music you are singing.
Didi
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