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pidunk 10:20 pm UTC 08/15/07 |
| In reply to: | I mean.....I meeeaaaan......... - pidunk 10:19 pm UTC 08/15/07 |
> > > > > >I think they'd probably claim > > > he's just not very good. Jim can't sing his way out of a > > > wet paper bag. By professional standards. > > > > ROFL!!! :) :) One should be aware, if one is not, that > > singing as a trained art, is one that gives one the > > ability to sing badly, or to sing well. If Jim wanted to > > sing and sound like he has snot running down his nose, he > > could....without the snot! He can sing like he can't >sing,> he can sing like he can, and he can sing his way out >of a wet paper bag, except he should not actually be in a >wet paper bag in the first place. Not knowing who he was, I > > spoke to him and said that they way he speaks sounds to me > > like he could sing very well. > > It takes alot of talent to do badly what one could also do > well. Good actors can act like bad actors, good singers > can sing like bad singers.....It is part of the skills. I > can choose the quality I attempt to sing at, and in the > past I hated to let anyone hear me sing so I purposefully > didn't sing like I had any ability to sing at all. On Jim > Cypherd's radio jingle.....I got a real kick out of > it....he did not sound like he could sing with vibratto, > or with any kind of breath regulation at all. The art of > singing is one that is a talent as well as a life-saver. > > Singing requires more emphasis on the diaphragm than > breathing does alone. One does not ordinarily realize > this, but the diaphragm is the origin of the breathing > motivation to the rest of the body that pushes the air > into and out of the lungs. The lungs do only part of the > work, but its engine is the diaphragm. The muscle of the > diaphragm, which one knows of in the center of their > abdomen, is that muscle that one could control in order to > extend breaths, if one so needed to do so, and this is > called "staggered breathing". Exercise of the diaphragm is > paramount to singing. The breath is pushed across and > through the larynx to emit the sounds. One can also just > as easily refrain from using the diaphragm in their > singing, and sound like any untrained singer. Hence, a > good singer can sing like a bad singer. As for the > life-saving part: I had a near respiratory arrest in the > hospital that for the sake of knowing how to push air with > the diaphragm, would have completely kept me from > breathing. When I have had my other episodes previously I > was able to use my knowledge of breathing in order to push > air when my lungs wanted to stop. I find I have to explain > this to doctors, so they know how severe my experiences > really have been. More than ever before, without the need > to sing a note, I need to explain that I am a trained > singer. > > > > | |
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