Hello Fellow Vocalists:
Although I am normally the resident lurker, I felt compelled to post on
this topic. It is an absolute travesty to think that Britney Spears could
win best pop vocal performance. I mean sometimes I think to myself, why am I
studying singing and working with Seth Riggs and SLS technique spending so
much of my money and time working on my voice and technique when I could
just rap and scream like Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit or Eminem (Yuck!). But
then I remember. I have so much more integrity than that. I could not live
with myself cheating people like that knowing what I am actually capable of.
I mean why is it that Britney Spears may have a Grammy for her pitch
defected weak excuse for a voice when singers like James LaBrie of Dream
Theater, Geoff Tate of Queensryche, Ray Alder of Fates Warning, and the list
goes on will NEVER even be nominated much less win. Because it's about
record sales and popularity NOT talent and ability. That's the hard, brutal
truth I have had to face and my fellow musicians. I mean the guys in my band
all attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. The keyboardist and
guitarist majored in Film Scoring and Composition. They can compose
symphonies for God's sake! My drummer majored in drum/percussion and he is
unparalleled in his abilities to comprehend odd time meters and polyrhythms.
I, myself, study in the SLS technique and have come a long way and have
managed to connect my nearly 4 octave range of lyric tenor voice from bottom
to top. We all sing and are working on our next song which has a four part a
capella choral part in the middle of the song which we have been rehearsing
endlessly, but we will have a much more difficult time climbing up the
ladder of success presumably than some baggy pants wearing blonde kid
screaming about vileness. Oh well...There is hope though I believe. Consider
that my band, Infinity Minus One, has been #1 on the Progressive Metal
Charts on MP3.com with our song "At the Doorway of Existence" for 1 1/2
weeks straight and #1 in the Progressive Rock Charts for a full week also on
MP3.com with our other song "Face to Face" and there is hope. That I why the
"Big 5" major labels hate the Internet. Because it levels the playing field
too much for their tastes. Oh no, I think I have rambled on for much too
long. Thank you for reading. :)
Yours In Music,
Denis J. Lanza
Lead Vocalist - Infinity Minus One
http://www.mp3.com/infinityminusone
http://www.infinityminusone.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Rocio Guitard [mailto:rocioguitard@h...]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:02 PM
To: Vocalist
Subject: [vocalist] Grammy Nominees?!?!
Hi all,
I'm back... Happy New Year to everyone.
When Britney Spears gets a nomination for best pop vocal performance at the
Grammys I don't understand the world anymore.... not to talk about Macy
Gray.
Rocio
|
|  |
