we have been up to Wallasey today(Liverpool is just over the river-thru
the Mersey Tunnel).
Got to speak to a voice coach and an opera singer. both of whom are
really up on music and modern singers too.
One thing i asked was about celine dion, having read so much vitriol
about her here and not understanding it. According to these two, the
reaosn THEYY don't like her is that she 'performs' and isn't a singer.
To put it simply, she has no soul. She couldn't do what she does without
being taught every step.
They mentioned Joni, Carole King, Carly Siimon, Barbar Striesand as
being people who sang from within.
HOWEVER, both felt Joni was not a singer but a performer. Hang on I
said, you juts said the reaosn you think Celine is bad is because she is
a performer not a singer! No, I had misundertood. Joni performs from her
soul but does not have a singers voice. So that is what they said. They
also said that was a great artist in her writing and music ability,
truly innovative.
They also said that the deterioration in her voice is down to age and
that she deosn't have a singers voice to begin with. They said that
smoking has very little to do with it and that many great singers
smoke/smoked and still had wonderful voices even after years of smoking
and age.
Oh and obviously they do not desrivbe her early voice as soprano.
Now i just pass the above on. None of it is what is say(cos i don't
udnerstand half of it). i found it interesting.
