I'm sure a lot of singers are manipulated in many ways and if a singer's vocal range allows them to sing in many different keys, then suggestions might be made to sing songs in higher keys.that of Baez and Collins so as to provide competitive product in those years. We as music consumers are reticent to believe that such >detailed coersion is placed upon artists, but it is not without precedent.I wonder if Joni felt pressure to raise her range to
I will have to disagree on this with Joni in particular. The whole purpose behind David Crosby producing her first album was so nobody would alter the Joni Mitchell he fell in love with when he saw her in My home town Miami, FL. He wanted her to sing just like she did at the Gas Light in Coconut Grove. Joni has thanked David publicly during several interviews for the way he produced her. He was basically a token producer, just sat back and let her do her thing. It kept the record label from sticking a producer in the studio that would change her. It might be possible that Joni herself might have thought she needed to sing in a high somewhat thinner voice. It was what was expected of women on the folk circuit, with the exception of Odetta(what a voice!). She has stated in early interviews that she was influenced by Joan Baez singing.
The same with Blue. She has stated on many occasions that the recording of Blue was done behind close doors. Nobody was allowed in unless she wanted them in. This is why the album is thought of as being sooo honest and personal. She put emotions on record that most people could only bare to think about in the privacy of their own bathroom. I don't know about anybody else, but when I'm in the bathroom, nobody else is allowed. You can conjure up the strangest things when you got that kind of privacy.
Additionally, Joni is one of the few artist that has barely gotten ripped off by the music business as far as royalties and publishing rights go. That's because she has always been so savy and has not let anybody push her around. Someone with this kind of attitude is not going to let anybody tell her how to sing. Her first four albums were not big seller despite how influential they might have been on other artist. Who in the record business do you know that is on a big label, has low record sales and still manages to produce herself. This is basically unheard of. Lets face it Joni' got B____S! Probably why she's got such a huge case of "penis envy"!
Wow, everybodies been picking on Joni lately(including me), it's nice to be able to stick up for her once in a while(Hee, Hee).
workingwilly(Hee, Hee)
P.S. Joni does sing some pretty high notes on the song "Song to a Seagull" but its not as high as the ones on "California" from Blue(eventhough her high notes on "California" are so high that she can barely control them-I think this adds to the appeal-very human). The
thin, airy, girl-like voice on STAS does give the impression she is singing high throughout even when she is not.
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