lloyd wrote:
<< I might also add that because pops singing is
so strongly personality oriented it is less of a error for a
classically trained singer to bring classical elements into pops
music than for a pops singer to bring pops elements into classical
music because classical music is less personality oriented, or should
be. >>
lloyd,
i think you'll find that people who listen mostly to pop music would not
want to hear anything operatic in the singing of pop music. the
'personality' usually comes across as mrs. doubtfire-ish. however, there
are a number of pop singers who have had extensive classical vocal training
who have not totally erased the characteristics of that training (pat benetar
had classical training but her singing does not betray that in any way
either, because she got rid of it or, never had it in the first place. and
nina hagen just sucks, in my humble opinion).
kristian johannsen's son, who sang in a metal band called candlemass,
exhibited his operatic training quite strongly. yet i think a style that is
more extreme, as metal is, and not conversational in nature, is more likely
to tolerate the relative oddness of an operatic timbre.
mike
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