Hi vocalisters,
i don't think i've ever properly introduced myself, but I've been on the list since september, and am getting more and more drawn in to the wonderful discussions and helpful advice here!
i'm a phd student in astronomy trying to keep up my music on the side. i did a ton of choral singing from ages 8-21, and took voice lessons in high school. in undergrad i majored in physics and music, and involved myself in singing chamber music & contemporary choral works and i ran a jazz choir for a couple years. i've been taking voice lessons since starting grad school, but haven't been singing outside that. my voice (mezzo) has undergone a wonderful transformation through these lessons - all the tension i had been adding to blend! support! swell! (all those things that choir directors yell out at you) is being exorcised, and my voice has become much more free and HUGE. my voice teacher says - wait til you're thirty! - 7 years off... I guess that makes me one of the few women in the world who is eager to age past 29 ;> Oh yes, and I live in Toronto, but I'm one of those stealth americans infiltrating the true north strong and free! And more than you ever wanted to know about me can be found at http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~mcnaught
Anyway, today I taped a lesson for the first time... The last time I heard myself on tape was from a jazz concert solo piece I did 3 years ago, before these lessons. I've listened to the lesson tape a few times already, hoping to get a different perspective on my voice. On the one hand I'm happy because the moments that sounded brilliant in my head sounded brilliant on tape, but on the other hand the moments that were more dull/plain in my head sound girly and somewhat plodding on tape. So, I'm wondering if people have advice on how to evaluate tapes like this - for instance do tapes generally do a poor job of picking up lower frequencies?
Thanks all, Rosemary
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