Dear co-vocalisters,
Reg wrote:
'[...]I can't imagine why you fail to see that any singer who can reclaim the
physical energy required to drag around an extra 20 or 30 pounds all
day, may not be considerably better disposed to his art, quite apart
from his otherwise compromised longevity.[...]
An interesting point of view. On the other hand, walking around with a well
sitting bakcpack with 20 pounds does not take much energy, except in the
mountains. And: overweight people mostly are tired quit fast, and have to sit
much more often after a walk etc., so I don't have the feeling they are very
fit. Probably the bad consequences for their veins and heart more than
compensate (in a negative sense) for the exercises involved in the extra weight
they have to carry.
It would be interesting to find singers who have lost weight and continued to
sing.
I know three famous examples: Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti and Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau. Pictures from the young DFD show a man that is at least 30
pounds heavier than the DFD as we know him know. I've sent the question about
DFD's weight loss to the DFD list and will keep you informed. The stories about
Callas and Pavarotti are too complex to attribute eventual detoriations of
their voices to weight loss, i.m.o.
It would ne nice to hear more stories from people on the list (about people)
who lost or gained considerable amounts of weight, with regards to the vocal
consequences.
Best greetings,
Dré (who immediately will start eating cookies, as soon as it's proven that it
will make him sing better).
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