Dear Michael and List:
--- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "edsmed969 <michael.gum@d...>" <michael.gum@d...> wrote: > Ok to make all the operatic singer faint .. lol .. I sing in a 80's > Rock and Dance band .. we do Journey, Bon Jovi and the like .. so all > the references to tony bennett and louis armstrong .. really doesnt > hit where I am headed vocally .. lol
No need to be defensive - there's nothing wrong with an 80's Rock and Dance Band (except I might wear ear plugs to protect my hearing from the amplification). Just the same, I imagine the vocal style is a bit distant from classical and you must sing with a microphone.
The reference to Tony Bennett was to give an example of a non- classical singer whose technique, in my opinion, is not fundamentally different from a classical singer.
I don't know why Louis Armstrong got thrown in - he may have sung, but his clame to fame was his trumpet, and I would not describe his raspy voice and vocal technique as close to classical.
> My vocal range isnt limited .. starts at a Bb an octave and a half > below middle C and I sing up into F an octave above middle C. And I > try to maintain smooth breaks in my vocal range and good overtones > with the help of a vocal coach.
I don't doubt that you have worked to have a smooth range and good overtones. But unless your instrument is unusually high, the extended range you describe is most likely made possible by smoothly bridging into a lighter registration than a classical tenor.
Again, the microphone is a big issue, since the classical tenor is relying on pure acoustic projection and so carries a "heavier" registration up that generally limits the top to around high C - high D.
I would again mention that if we should regard the Vocalist as a WEB- SITE and not strictly a mailing list, there is a lot of good material to be found by searching through the archive of previous messages at the Yahoo groups web-site.
Around 6/23/2002 and before and after there were a lot of messages about classical/non-classical technique etc.
Here is one example message:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ Cheers,
Michael Gordon
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