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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2006sing
any one of you sing? > any one of you sing? For fun, yes. I often sing along with the CD that is playing while I am at my computer, for instance. Joy > any one of you sing? Yes, why? Is this Jill's Peaches? :) Joyce > > any one of you sing? > > Yes, why? Is this Jill's Peaches? :) > > Joyce Fraid not! Peaches sings beautifully without any help from me :) Jill <--sings in the shower sometimes > any one of you sing? I don't any more, but I spent most of my life struggling to become an opera singer. (However, when you reach an age where the singers of your generation who WERE successful begin to announce their retirement, you have to face the fact that "the great career" just isn't going to happen in this lifetime.) >> any one of you sing? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >fact that "the great career" just isn't going to happen in >this lifetime.) I'm a trained soprano. I can jump through flaming hoops while singing Bach cantatas. :P Don't do it in public much these days, but I sometimes substitute for some sick singer. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>> any one of you sing? >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I *used* to be a trained soprano. But I haven't really sung in years. I too trained to be an opera singer,(lyric soprano), but they are a dime a dozen. So i chose to settle down, sing in the opera chorus and know where my next pay check was coming from. Jennie > > any one of you sing? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > fact that "the great career" just isn't going to happen in > this lifetime.) I never had any real training in singing, and my only previous experience was just one semester in a 'So You Always Wanted to Sing!' evening course. But about 4 years ago, I gathered up all my nerve, responded to a call for volunteers 'no experience necessary' for my church choir, and for the first time in my life started to sing in public (in my late 40s). I loved it, and still do. I sang soprano first, and later, when we were really desperately short of altos, tried that out. I joined another community choir of a similar level and with a similar degree of acceptance for rank amateurs, although I had to drop that after two years because they switched the rehearsal night to Mondays, which conflicted with Scottish country dancing class. I've been enjoying myself immensely and many people have been kind enough to say they enjoy our choir's singing. I've also been inspired to attend far more of the other musical performances in my area, including those of some of the excellent local choirs, which has been another pleasure in my life. If anyone out there loves music but was always a bit shy about getting involved, I'd say 'go for it!'  SignatureCheryl > I too trained to be an opera singer,(lyric soprano), but they are a > dime a dozen. So i chose to settle down, sing in the opera chorus and > know where my next pay check was coming from. Jennie I was mezzo (bordering on contralto). They're a bit rarer - or were, until the fall of Communism allowed all those from Eastern Europe to seek careers in the West. However, there's so much more involved than just having a well-trained voice. Unless you are fortunate enough to be able to attend a top music school (like Juilliard or Curtis or Eastman) there are so many things you don't learn until it's too late to do you any good. > > I too trained to be an opera singer,(lyric soprano), but they are a > > dime a dozen. So i chose to settle down, sing in the opera chorus and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > or Eastman) there are so many things you don't learn until > it's too late to do you any good. That is so so true. How many times have I said, If I only knew then what I know now, or had the confidence then or the "just plain know how". But I still get to sing opera on a regular basis, and hear and work with great singers so I don't feel too much regret for my choices. And I always have my babes Xena and Callisto to come home to (although they are not big fans of my singing!) Callisto especially hates when I sing in Italian or Russian, she jumps up and looks in my mouth, puts her paw over my mouth and sometimes tries to bite my cheek to get me to stop! Silly girl much prefers good old english. >any one of you sing? I sang in the choir in college and accompanied on the piano. Randy http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1 http://kittenwar.com/kittens/74045/ At Karaoke at least twice a month. I met Louie at a Karaoke joint and we still love to go out caterwauling. Not that I'm any great shakes--my voice is so deep for a lady I'm restricted mostly to songs by the Men of late-1960's Motown and have actually pulled off Isaac Hayes--but musically-trained Louie is a joy to listen to. As we are clumsy as hogs on ice, we sang to each other at our wedding instead of doing the traditional first dance. Blessed be, Baha >any one of you sing? > At Karaoke at least twice a month. I met Louie at a Karaoke joint and we > still love to go out caterwauling. Not that I'm any great shakes--my voice is > so deep for a lady I'm restricted mostly to songs by the Men of late-1960's > Motown and have actually pulled off Isaac Hayes Baha, that's impressive! Be proud of your deep voice. Ever hear the Pointer Sisters? One of them has a deep bass voice, you'd swear it was a man singing, but they're all female. I wish I could sing that low myself. I sing in a women's chorus, and I often do the low parts, but in truth my range is more in the middle. It's just that it's hard to find women who can sing down low. So you'd be a great asset to a women's singing group! I really wish I could sing *loud* - my biggest problem, vocally, is that my voice doesn't have enough power. I sing well with others - I can harmonize and blend, but I don't have the power of a soloist. > As we are clumsy as hogs on ice, we sang to each other at our wedding > instead of doing the traditional first dance. Great idea! Joyce > any one of you sing? I used to sing a lot. All the time. I was in all the choirs and quite a few musicals at home. My sister and I were in the church choir. Our voice teacher directed a musical in the town and we got the duet. Every time I went to a new church, whoever sat in front of me would turn around and say, 'Why aren't you in the choir?' I was in school choirs and church choirs and community choirs for over 20 years. I could sing either soprano or alto, whatever you needed. I even sang barbershop for a few years. *sigh* Those days are over. Thanks to asthma and allergies, I have a choice to make in the wintertime. I can sing, or I can breathe. The inhalers that help me to breathe make my voice croak. It hardly stands up to a one-hour church service now. I miss singing, a LOT. But, I just bought a piano, so the music WILL continue. I was never very good, just enthusiastic. Rarely a soloist, just a very happy harmonist. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita > *sigh* Those days are over. Thanks to asthma and allergies, I have a > choice to make in the wintertime. I can sing, or I can breathe. The > inhalers that help me to breathe make my voice croak. What medicine do you take (via inhaler)? I use Albuterol, which in my experience makes my voice sound *better*. In fact I have sometimes used it just before a performance, even when I wasn't having any trouble with coughing or wheezing - just to clear out my bronchial tubes and get a clearer tone. > I was never very good, just enthusiastic. Rarely a soloist, just a > very happy harmonist. No "just" about it! Harmonists are pretty important, too! And it's a nice talent and skill to have. I don't have a solo voice, either, but many people have appreciated my ability to harmonize and create vocal arrangements with others. I prefer singing with others, and I also prefer listening to duets and groups over soloists. Not that I don't appreciate a good voice (or instrumentalist), but to me the most exciting thing about music is the combined sound that different musicians can create together. Joyce > > *sigh* Those days are over. Thanks to asthma and allergies, I have a > > choice to make in the wintertime. I can sing, or I can breathe. The [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > coughing or wheezing - just to clear out my bronchial tubes and get a > clearer tone. I take Mucinex (generic) to keep the tubes clear, but apparently the Advair is what's killing the voice. Advair and Xopenex (nebulizer). I don't use it often, but when I do, it shows. The Xopenex comes in a puffer now! I have new puffers to replace the Albuterol. Yes, I use the Albuterol before singing, too, but I do it so I can hold a note. It opens up the lungs tremendously. > > I was never very good, just enthusiastic. Rarely a soloist, just a > > very happy harmonist. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > (or instrumentalist), but to me the most exciting thing about music is the > combined sound that different musicians can create together. Yes me too! Granted, Alto is about the most boring part on the planet, but I love being part of a beautiful combination. I've done solos, and I have a solo voice, but I get far too nervous to do it very often, so I am happy to be in a good choir. I don't think I have an 'ear' for harmony, but I can read music pretty well. I do all right with the hymns at church, anyway. Jane > I take Mucinex (generic) to keep the tubes clear, but apparently the > Advair is what's killing the voice. Advair and Xopenex (nebulizer). I > don't use it often, but when I do, it shows. I'm glad to learn this. My doctor has occasionally suggested Advair for my allergies, but so far, I haven't felt it was necessary. But if it's going to wreck my voice, no thanks! My asthma is very mild and not at all life- threatening - the worst I get is coughing fits from cold weather (*very* cold weather, the kind we don't have in San Francisco), and sometimes from laughing hard or getting out of breath. I'll sometimes get wheezy when around rabbits or other allergens, and the Albuterol keeps that under control. I don't have to use it that often, which is good because it gives me the jitters. > Yes me too! Granted, Alto is about the most boring part on the > planet You think so? I really enjoy singing alto. (I think it's funny that we consider the alto part to be a low part, when the word actually means "high" - at least in Spanish it does, so I have to assume it also means the same thing in Italian. But if you're talking about an all-male choir, then the alto part is, indeed, a high part. In the all-female chorus I sing in, the altos are the deep-voiced gals. :)) I had a much higher voice when I was young, and couldn't sing very loud in lower ranges, but when I hit my mid-40s, I suddenly developed the ability to project in a range that was at least an octave lower than I used to sing. I was thrilled, and took on the low parts in all of our numbers. But even more recently, I've been trying to re-stretch my range higher again, because I shouldn't have lost that, just because I gained a lower range. I can sound rather squeaky when singing too high, but I have been singing second-soprano parts lately and that's fun, too. I'd like to be more versatile. > but I love being part of a beautiful combination. I've done > solos, and I have a solo voice, but I get far too nervous to do it very > often, so I am happy to be in a good choir. I don't think I have an > 'ear' for harmony, but I can read music pretty well. I do all right > with the hymns at church, anyway. I think it's so interesting how people have all these different abilities to contribute to a group sound. I'm also in a 5-piece band (I play hand drums and percussion, and sing backup), and there used to be another woman in the band who had to quit because she got sick. She has a lovely voice and a creative, interesting way of interpreting music, and did some solo numbers in our repertoire. But she can't sing harmony to save her life! We tried - and tried and tried. We'd go over her part many times together, but the minute I started singing my part (against hers), she'd lose it and start singing my part. It was really frustrating, but that was just her limitation. She certainly had many other gifts. I have a great ear, and I get a lot of music intuitively. But I've never been highly skilled at performance - I was so-so on the guitar, I have moderate skills in percussion, and I sing OK but not spectacularly. So it's fun to have a band, because people like my arrangement ideas, and I get to have other people play the stuff I hear in my head, which they can do so much better than I can! :) Joyce |
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