Rodge wrote:
"Are there any other rock vocalists on here, lurking? Anyone doing orginal/cover material in a fairly modern style?
Hi. I'm a rocker, too, but I'm more into prog/heavy metal bands, like Dream Theater, Stratovarius, Rhapsody, Angra, Helloween, etc, although I like something more like hard rock, such as Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, the old Skid Row, etc.
" Is there another list for rock singers? Anyone?"
I don't know any. If you find one, pls let me know!
"Other local singers that have had lessons with classically based teachers, have ended up sounding stron and healthy vocally, but sounding very dated in style by todays standards."
I agree with you,a nd that's the kind of problem I've been facing, mostly in Brazil. where you can barely find anyone who does really know what singing rock is all about. I had a teacher who's got an incredible rock voice, but at that time my voice was not OK. Now, that I've gone through speech therapy and am taking classes with a teacher who's also a speech therapist, I've been considering going back to his classes. I jsut talked tohim and he said most of what he does is based on the same principles Jeffrey Allen's technique is. I'm going to post a question here, " who's Jeffrey Allen? " after this one. I think I've read about him some time ago on the list, but the search engine didn't get me anywhere. Someone who may help you is Mark Baxter. He's a very respected instructor in the USA. He teaches Steve Tyler, from Aerosmith, and wrote a book which is a cornerstone for you to understand what singing is all about: "The Rock'n-Roll Singer's survival guide". It doesn't give you much technique, but it explains what happens in your body when you sing. A great book. His website is at www.voicelesson.com . If you can't have classes in person with hime, you can send him an audio or videotape and pay about US$ 70.00 and he'll send you a personalized class. It may be very interesting.
"As an indicator of my vocal style/tastes/interests: Mike Patton, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, Ed K (Live), Scott Weiland, Lane Staley, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper etc etc"
Some names ring the bell, but most don't. I think they must be all 'alternative' bands, am I right?
That's it.
Bye,
Caio Rossi
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