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From:  "lestaylor2003 <LesTaylor@a...
Date:  Wed Feb 19, 2003  7:50 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Musid Man - Barbershop Quartet

Dear Jim et al,
You wrote: "The quartet that did the School Board is out of Canada,
named VIP (Voices in Public)"
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Ah! That accounts for the vowels. Thanks for that tidbit.
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Jim: Regarding the Bullalo Bills, remember that the style of
Barbershop singing was much brighter back then. It is also my
understanding that the director asked the Bills to brighten even more.
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I'm sure you're right. The Bills were that year's international
competition winners as well I Billeive.:-) I think one of the guys in
the movie was a stand in for the "real" quartet member wasn't he?

I think the reason for the "bright tone" may have been to try
and "ring" chords and to "project" (probably what the director was
after since in those days stage shows weren't amplified). For those
of you who are unfamiliar with the term "ring a chord", it means to
really bring out the overtones on held notes particularly at
cadences. Anyway, in recent years it seems that more mainline singing
technique seems to be slowly creeping in to Barbershop. I think it's
a very good thing. When I directed a Barbershop chorus, I tried to
get them to learn a more mainline and vocally healthy technique with
no nasality, no straight-tone singing and a nice full sound to the
singing. A lot of the old timers have some pretty screwy ideas about
all that stuff but the young ones know better.
Regards,
Les






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22760 Re: Musid Man - Barbershop QuartetDave Roeslerroesler1218 Wed  2/19/2003  
22782 Re: Music Man - Barbershop Quartetlestaylor2003 <LesTaylor@a...>lestaylor2003 Thu  2/20/2003  
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