The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58098   Message #921584
Posted By: GUEST,jamesue
30-Mar-03 - 01:43 AM
Thread Name: voice quality?
Subject: RE: voice quality?
I truly believe everyone can sing, and everyone brings something different in vocal quality...I'm a prime example of someone who doesn't have a great voice, but I can sing on key, sing in harmony with others and blend in well. I sing with two others, and we perform at open mics, and in friend's homes, and we get requests. We try hard to make things interesting.We practice often, and make sure our solo parts are done well.    On the other hand, there's a person who also sings at our open mics who has a very fine strong tenor voice... good enough to sing professionally, but people get up and leave when he opens his mouth. Why? He spends a lot of time singing by himself to records. In his a capella performances, it sounds like he's singing to a record. He's obviously enamoured with his voice, thinks it will carry the whole performance and dazzle the crowd. But every song sounds the same...the style is the same, and all the vocal inflections and tricks are the same. There's a run of four or five notes that he sings very well, and he includes them on every song. The truth? He's really, really boring to listen to.