In a message dated 2/10/2001 11:44:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, taylor23f@h... writes: taylor23f@h... writes:
<< What I observed was, each time Eder went into her belt voice and the larynx was going up higher and higher, she had to DO something. What she did was she tilted her head near her left shoulder. Not to mention the fact that she looked EXTREMELY tense while in her belt voice. Now, I would bet that she did have some true "ring" in her voice that day- but at what cost? Eder has an amazing instrument, but I prefer listening on CD to waching her contortionist act live! >>
taylor,
give me a break! even the female opera singers look like they're having old fashioned prostate exams when they sing. dfd, teresa stratas, thomas allen, alfredo kraus, marylin horne and pre-wagner james morris are the only classical singers i have ever seen who didn't look as if they were having a painful attack of IBS while they were singing.
i think a lot of singers have extra junk going on because they have never taken the time to figure out just exactly what is necessary in what they are doing and rid themselves of useless and counter-productive activity. and not doing so, i think, explains the silly faces that so many singers of all styles make when they are performing.
mike
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