The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125998 Message #2796258
Posted By: Jim Carroll
25-Dec-09 - 11:45 AM
Thread Name: the UK folk revival in 2010
Subject: RE: the UK folk revival in 2010
Would like to go into the methods used in teaching at greater length, but not sure that this thread is the place and that 25th December is the time.
One of the problems with being 'taught' to sing is the tendency towards imitation.
I am interested in finding out the experiences of others, but maybe at a later date.
Am not sure I agree with you abouut ballads - in many ways the stories are so concise that they virtually sing themselves as long as you have put the basic groundwork in beforehand. The real problem with them can be the length - but that's often as much a problem with the listener as it is with the singer.
More later - eat well and don't get pissed
Jim Carroll