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From:  Greypins@a...
Greypins@a...
Date:  Mon Dec 25, 2000  5:10 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] This dam open throat technique


ken,

i think you have to realize that your relationship with your teacher is
a colaboration. actually, if you think about it, your teacher is your
employee. more often than not, students do what their teachers say as if
they were slaves of the teacher.

it is obvious that you do not like what she has had you doing and that
you are not going to be happy for long doing it. you have to make this
clear. your teacher may be using the yawn thing to try to solve a problem
rather than trying to create that sound. if this solution doesn't work for
you, your teacher may have other ideas that do.

in the long run, it is your voice and you have to live with what you do.
if this teacher can't help you sing the way you wish, you need to find
another one but, before it gets to that, this may be the right teacher if you
give her a chance to be so by telling her exactly what you think. teachers
can only read your voice not your mind.

good luck and i hope things work out.

mike

emusic.com