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From:  bjjocelyn@p...
Date:  Wed Apr 24, 2002  5:37 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Weird audition saga continues


Harsh as it may sound to your delicately chiselled ears, you seemingly dread
the fact that all auditionnees for a popular musical first happen to be
treated on an equal footing, just as any contestants in any other selection
context. You might as well end sounding simply not as good as some
unexpectedly unlearned still talented vocalist, despite whatsoever chartered
technique you may have become aquainted with in the long range.
Clearly, allowing participants to get their act together beforehand would
unfairly favour the learned ones, trained to smooth out their vocal rough
edges along lines rehearsed in and out, as opposed to the laymen, proner to
strike the rocks unawares. Now there are "naturals"
(well-coordinated/good-sounding) around, likely to amaze you, and, once such
one has been chosen, it's only a matter of appropriate coaching to have her
fit her part like a glove, with a possibly fresher outcome than the
ever-optimized singer's package.
In that respect, having you perform an unknown bit from scratch is indeed
having you expose your voice at its worse, not your brain at its best.
You know it darn well, hence all the fuss about the auditionners' lack of
professionalism.
As to the accompanist's point, it don't catch either, miss. If you're a
singer in the flesh, all you need is a tuning fork, and on it goes, a
capella, mind you. Your favourite pianist is not invited to the party
anyway, for all his lace.
I ask, who's calling the tune, here ? Funny how you're hastier to judge
others than to acknowledge their prerogative to judge you in the first
place, as long as you enter their fray, which they certainly did not summon
you to do.
Discovering your fabulous "lyrical and dramatic potential" is really the
last wish on their list, as this early stage. Step by step. Easy.

BJJocelyn






  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date  
18887 Re: Weird audition saga continuesthomas mark montgomery   Wed  4/24/2002  
18897 Re: Weird audition saga continuesKaren Mercedes   Wed  4/24/2002  

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