The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58098 Message #917713
Posted By: KJ
25-Mar-03 - 04:46 AM
Thread Name: voice quality?
Subject: RE: voice quality?
Some good points made. Don't give up,if you have a love of folk music then sing it.The good thing about folk is that it cannot be easily defined, people bring their own style and interpretation to it. You are a musician, your voice is your instrument. Unfortunately I have met people in the past who play or sing folk & traditional music because they think it's easy & that it doesn't matter if they are not very good & WORSE still don't make an effort to become any better after all 'it's only folk'. So if you & others think you have a talent, then work on it,play around, find your style. I'm not convinced about voice-training, it's not right for me but it may be right for you. As for accompanists, well, keep in mind that it is a dynamic process, accompanists have to listen & be sensitive to what you are doing & you have to do the same. My partner & I have spent hours rehearsing, working things out (often by trial & error). We do not think of ourselves as a guitarist accompanying a singer but rather two musical instruments that interweave & entwine & work together to create a sound that people enjoy. You both learn, like you I was ragged as regards tempo & phrasing as an unaccompanied singer but that has vastly improved as I've adjusted to a more structured approach. Staying in tune is vastly important but that depends upon instrumentalists & accompanists being in tune as you cannot keep your pitch if those playing with you are out. So keep at it, find like-minded people & work with them, you'll create your own sound & success to you