To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: RE: another question and whining
Date sent: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:26:27 -0800
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

> if you are in chamber choir does that mean that you are the best
> singers in
> that school or whatever....they say i wasnt picked bc i am too loud and i
> stick out too much...

Chamber choirs are usually small in number, and solo voices DO stick out -
but it's not an insult to be too loud! Rather, I'd think of it as a
compliment. For myself, I've found singing in choirs to be deleterious to my
voice, because the things I have to do in order to blend (reduce volume &
cut out vibrato) are very uncomfortable and interfere with my solo singing.
Perhaps not being in this choir will turn out to be a good thing in the end,
because you won't be developing any bad habits in order to blend that are
hard to break later.

>i do
> believe i have a better voice than the majority of those people
> in chamber
> choir. a lot of them were picked on account of favortism...okay

This may very well be the case (although blending concerns may be a bigger
reason on the part of the director) - unfortunately favoritism is a big part
of life. I've experienced it with getting parts, jobs (of the non-music
variety), and in other areas. It is annoying and sometimes painful, but it's
one of those things you have to learn to deal with somehow. I find that a
good rant with a close friend usually helps me get over it. BTW, I don't
think of your post as whining - it can help to vent!

If singing is something you really want to do (and it sounds like you've got
the voice for it :o), then disappointment and rejection will be part of the
package, and you'll have to decide if the rewards outweigh the downside.

Good luck,

Jennifer