On Oct 24, 2006, at 11:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, then we agree that a "normal voice" does not exist and that any > voice is > always influenced by the culture in which it evolved singing the > music that > was "normal" in their culture.
Well, I took the phrase "normal voice" to refer to one that is not classically trained. A "natural voice" if you will. But as to cultural influence, yes, absolutely: ironically to the point of Anglo/American folk singers trying to "sound Irish," white pop/jazz singers trying to "sound black" etc. etc. > So when Sting talks about a normal voice it is just PR. I think Sting simply meant to say that his voice is not classically- trained. I don't think he was being insincere; I think he was simply assuming that people who sing Dowland have classically-trained voices, and that he himself was putting a different spin on it. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
