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Date sent: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:48:26 EST
Subject: Re: Baritone Upper Register Hook
To: vocalist
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jeremy, my little brother, i know EXACTLY what you are going through.
however, i don't know if you are going through it for the same reasons and
with the same mindset i had. let me ask you a few questions (just ignore the
ones that seem interplanetary). do you ever try to reach these notes ugly,
just to see if you can (of course you can)? do you make a habit of recording
yourself? are you anal about subtlety (that would be the ques. from saturn,
i'm guessing)? do you make noise when you yawn for real? is it anything like
what you try when you sing? do you reach down for low notes and up for high
notes? do you feel flexion in the back of your throat as if you are trying to
get it open? is there a singer or, an average of singers' sounds you seek to
emulate (greetings from saturn, home of sun-ra)?
i would prefer to know your answers to these questions and any other
thoughts you might have before i offer any kind of advice. feel free to
contact me personally if you'd like.

michael o'brien
raleigh, nc