mike,
As well as being as hilarious as your posts often are, I think you're onto
something here, though it's another clue that singing might not be the
ideal medium of expression for the true introvert. john
At 01:19 PM 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
> i was experimenting with a fake cockney accent while singing today and
>noticed (not for the first time) that singing up around F above middle C was
>easier. now, i've done this exercise before and have always found that it,
>while loosening up holds in my mouth and jaw, made singing easier.
>(imitating anthony newley has the same effect.)
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> an application for classical singing would be to use fake accents when
>singing in foreign languages rather than trying to do it for 'real'. calm
>down now, i am just suggesting it as an experiment.
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> i think in singing and acting, as we become more and more serious about
>the profundity of our expression, we become more and more 'stuck'. think
of
>times you have played character roles where your acting was more like play
>rather than psychotherapy. wouldn't it be nice to sing in a foreign
>language and make it 'make believe' as opposed to trying to convince people
>you are more at home in that language than you really are? just for a
>change?
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> i'd much rather play army than to go to war.
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>mike
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John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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