To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: pre-performance abstinence
Date sent: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:45:12 -0600
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

This topic brings to mind a story in Robert Merrill's book, 'Between Acts',
where he talks about a young singer who comes to him and asks if he indulges
before singing. Merrill kiddingly replies that it only helps his singing
and he always does before a performance. The next night at a performance,
this young singer came out on stage looking bedraggled and tired and his
knees were so weak he could barely stand up! Leave it to the jokster
Merill!
Jerry the spintobear


-----Original Message-----
From: RALUCOB-at-aol.com
To: vocalist <vocalist>
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: pre-performance abstinence (miles OFF, I suppose)


>when i was in high school, i was playing cathy berberian's recording of
>'sequenza'. my mother got upset and yelled at me to turn it off because it
>sounded as if she were being raped. my friends were getting yelled at for
>playing alice cooper and i was getting yelled at for playing berio.
>