I am thoroughly appalled at all the comments I see about 'ROCK' singers .. I thought that musicians were a united comunity .. DO NOT downgrade a person OR the style they wish to persue ... I myself sing 'ROCK' music .. I see many posts downgrading 'ROCK' music .. I think that all those who do should re-evaluate their own mindsets and consider 'HELPING' not 'PREVENTING' a person from singing a style that they like ....
OK ENOUGH RANTING ....
Dude .. here's my $.02 ... Study 'ALL' styles of singing that you can .. ANY style that helps you sing correctly to prevent vocal problems is a good style ... if you shut you mind off with a 'this style good .. that style bad' attitude .. you may loose a wonderful opportunity to discover a music that may move your soul as much as the rock does .. Sooooo apreciate all music and style of instruction .. learn all you can from everywhere !!!!
--- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "Margaret L. Harrison"<peggyh@i...> wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:30:43 -0000 "tragic1980 <tragic1980@y...>" > <tragic1980@y...> wrote: > > > Hello group. This is my story. I am a 22 yr old > > male wanting to get into singing Rock. I have a good voice and can > manipulate it to sound > > like many different artists. I know I need to > > train my voice really badly, but as I started taking lessons, the teacher > was firm on > > teaching me to sing classical. Now I have > > nothing at all against classical, don't get me wrong it is a beautiful > style, but nothing > > like rock that I can see of, or am I too naive? > > I'll start out with my caveats: I'm not a voice teacher, and I don't sing > rock music. I'm a classical music lover and singer. Before I started voice > study, my voice was not one that anyone would pay to hear, no matter what > genre I chose to sing. After classical study, I have the ability to sing in > about any way my voice is suited for. And I definitely can sing popular music > better than I could have before I started to study. > > In your case, you have clearly articulated goals, and that's great. It will be > a challenge finding the way to achieve those goals, because those are not > exactly the same as the goals most classical voice teachers are accustomed to > helping their students achieve. > > The ideal thing for you is a voice teacher with strong background in classical > vocal technique who is also conversant with the popular style. It's like what > I get with my voice teacher - we work on technique and style at the same time, > we aren't separating the ends and the means. > > However, a benefit to you of studying classical with classical repertoire for > a while is to learn for yourself the principles of classical vocal technique, > which will give you a basis to evaluate others you work with later on who are > primarily knowledgeable in popular styles. Once you and your classical > teacher have some basics "down" - you've developed a vocabulary that works for > communicating with eacher about effective vocal technique, you may be able to > bring in some rock pieces and work out together on a healthy way for you to > produce the sounds you'd like to be able to stylistically produce. If your > classical teacher is open-minded and adventurous, this could turn out to be a > great journey for you both. > > Peggy > > > > Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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