can we talk about singers? [View all]

[mopinko]

ok, i've prolly bored most of you talking about learning to sing in my 60's.
but if i havent, i am here to preach about it. i truly believe that if you keep learning new things, you never get old. a small medical miracle fixed the muscle cramps that made me a flat alto all my life. my kids wouldnt let me hum.
but here i was w a clear voice. and as it happened, a dear friend whose hubs is a voice teacher.
now, the friendship of that man is a big part of this story. our hour facetime lesson, plus time spent gabbing, is why i'm still on the right side of the grass. but aint that how this whole music thing works?

anyway. it's been 2 years, and i've gotten acceptably good. i went to catholic school for 12 yrs, so this is not the 1st of my voice training. i was in the freshman choir, and invited to NOT be in the soph choir. but my ear is good, despite a genetic tendency to tone deafness. and i love that my voice now has more power as i shrink into a little old lady.

teach and i have been talking of late about what makes a voice worth sharing. and it boils down to what they taught me in art school- style.
but a couple weeks ago, he let me in on a little secret. we've talked a lot about placement of the voice, of course, but in particular in relation to irish singers. that distinctive irish sound is in the nose. but what he told me is- the best singers all put an overlay of that nasal voice over everything. i feel like i just graduated from charcoals to pastels. i found the color.

so i've been watching singers, and trying to sort out how they use that color. i'm basically a pretty emotive person. this is obviously where i want to go. i want the color of my voice to match the look on my face. does that make sense?

so, if any of this makes sense to you, please share who you think is the best at this. ftr, steve earle is already my god, so, dont say steve.

ftr, i'm doing this strictly for fun. to sing w friends, to sing in irish pubs and hope someone buys me a pint. music has always been the backdrop of my life. i'm so grateful to have it in the foreground now, cuz i fucking needed it.
tia.