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rakmanenuff <rakmanenuff@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Mar 5, 6:49 am, WillStG <will...@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >     Do I detect a subconcious fear of education?  Don't think great
> > R&B singers are untrained, natural talent, working R&B records just
> > about every singer and session player who came in told me the same
> > story, they learned it in Church.  
> 
> Do I detect really cliched definitions of what constitutes
> "education", "correct" etc...?
> 
> I'm far from "untrained" - personally,
> but I don't think the exact route someone takes is
> important as long as they put in serious work to get
> good at what they do.
> A well trained, specific singer can be an excellent thing,
> and a quirky self-taught singer can be a wonderful
> thing too, Sinatra/Whitney vs The Clash/Lil Wayne
> and whatnot.

Yep. I don't think Doc Watson ever took formal guitar lessons. But he
sure has taught a world full of us about gutiar playing.

> > But I think it's a major
> > misconception to think that learning "correct" singing equates to the
> > kind of singing you hate.
> 
> If a person prefers red wine with certain meals and
> diet coke with certain other meals, does than automatically
> mean they're filled with "hate", lol?
> 
> I like all types of music personally, but there are limits
> to how much punk rock you can stick into an ambient
> IDM tune before it turns into a mish mash that no
> ordinary music fan would like or wanna buy, even
> if people into creativity or art might appreciate it.
> 
> > You just need to find a flexible teacher
> (snip)
> > a good teacher is a wonderful, helpful thing.

Or not, depending...

> Lol, like.. a teacher so flexible that they can
> teach an old bloke like me to sing like Avril,
> rap like Chamillionaire, play guitar like
> Joe Pass... uh... yeah I think there is such
> a flexible teacher/learning environment out there,
> it's called the "internet".

Ren� Grant-Williams is an extremely versatile vocal coach:



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