From: John Link <johnlink@n...> Date: Thu Jan 16, 2003 3:58 am Subject: Re: [vocalist] Advice needed
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> He explained that once you learn classical you can sing anything.
I have some doubt about that statement. In auditioning singers for my vocal quintet I've heard plenty of singers who were trained classically that sounded absolutely ridiculous singing anything else because they kept doing that classical thing. To make this concrete imagine a caricature of an opera singer doing "Happy Birthday" or Paul McCartney's "Yesterday" or any rock song that you'd like to perform. Can it get any worse?
I think that once you learn to sing well you can learn to apply your skills to any type of music. Find yourself a teacher who is open to helping you improve your singing on the material you want to improve. Of course that teacher will have you singing scales and arpeggios and all sorts of exercises that do not belong exclusively to any one style. But if a teacher insists that you a learn a repertoire that doesn't interest you, find another teacher.
John Link
http://www.cdBaby.com/JohnLink
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