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From:  John Link <johnlink@c...>
John Link <johnlink@c...>
Date:  Sun Mar 18, 2001  10:20 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] How does one find a voice teacher? A Joseph Hislop??


>Looking for a teacher comfortable with teaching tenors. I want someone with a
>proven record of success in professionally placing singers.
>If my bluntness offends, I am sorry. I am trying to find a teacher who is as
>serious about this as I am (yes I'm looking for a Joseph Hislop). I look at it
>like buying a car, if one knows what they want they search for it. Why buy a
>pinto, when one could buy a porsche? I don't have time to entertain
>a number of
>teachers who (while having some knowledge of the craft), are not
>suitable for my
>specifics needs. It would be a waste of both our times. I know what
>I want and I
>know it's out there. ...
>
>Thank you for reading this.
>Tenore Lirico

I've read this once before, and I responded it to it with a private
post to which I have received no reply. Here it is again:

>There's a saying that goes "When the student is ready the teacher
>arrives". Or is it "When the teacher is ready the student arrives"?
>
>It sounds like you're looking for an agent, rather than a teacher.
>Maybe you want both an agent and a teacher. I'm not an agent but I
>am a teacher. You say you know what you want. Please tell me what
>that is so I might know whether I might offer you some assistance.
>Please tell me what you perceive to be your specific needs. What
>would you like to improve in what you do? What do you find
>difficult, or uncomfortable, in your singing?

John Link

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