Dear List:
The question has been raised whether "Is having a teacher a pre-
requisite for posting to this list, or asking a question?"
Of course not. On the other hand, certain questions are difficult to
answer via email. It is not uncommon for the following kinds of
questions to come up:
1) What kind of voice am I? Do I sound like a blah blah?
2) How do I extend my range?
3) How can I find my head voice?
These kinds of questions are really not that amenable to answering
based only on email.
Further, when someone asks rudely, and sounds immature, and seems to
be so confused that email advice is likely to of little value, and
flat out rejects the most useful advice at the start, then the person
asking for help is not going to get the best of responses.
The following, in my opinion, constitutes rude behavior:
1) An ALL CAPS SUBJECT - indicates yelling.
2) Not introducing yourself.
3) Using an alias rather than one's name - this is not some anonymous
chat forum here - many posters are personal or cyberspace friends and
there is a sense of community.
4) Proclaiming yourself to be "very busy" - this implies that your
time is somehow more important than the time of the people you want
to help you.
5) Asking for advice but saying "and don't tell me to ..."
6) Not attempting to do even a little bit of basic homework first.
For example, suppose someone joins the list and then immediately asks
a demanding for help question without having spent a little time to
see what has been discussed on the list.
It does not take much technical savvy to do the following:
a)Go to the website - groups.yahoo.com/group/vocalist-temporary.
There is a "Search Archive" button below "Recent Messages" - people
should learn how to use it. If everyone who say wanted to ask
about "head voice" would see the archive first, they would find all
sorts of good stuff.
b) Go to google (http://www.google.com) and search for whatever the
question is - you might find the answer.
c) Go to amazon.com and search for books or recordings.
Cheers,
Michael
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