[Dixielandjazz] having just a so-so voice

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

As I said before there are three elements that are important.  A good voice, 
Sing in tune and styling  You can get away with a reasonable sounding voice 
as long as you sing in tune and style like crazy.  It's the styling that is 
the most important.   that's what the people pick up on.   Louis Armstrong 
had a terrible voice but oh how he could style.  Look at most of the best 
singers and they are foremost stylists with the other two traits trailing 
off.  You are truly gifted if you have all three.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] having just a so-so voice


>I look at it this way, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix didn't have the most 
>lovely of voices, but everyone still loves their music. Just do what you do 
>the best you can do it and I suspect you'll be alright.
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> billsharp wrote:
>> Having just a so-so voice - - -that would be me.  I usually start my 
>> vocals with a warning to the crowd:  "I can't sing . . . . . . . . but I 
>> will anyway".
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>> That way I don't  have to live up to any pre-conceived notion about the 
>> quality of my voice. I don't believe, as some people do (often quite 
>> erroneously) that I'm a singer. However,  I think I pull it off by 
>> putting myself into the song with all the panache I can muster, while 
>> trying not to lay too big a musturd, and all the while just having fun. 
>> Just as much fun as I do instrumentally.  Throwing caution to the wind, I 
>> blast it out and have a blast!
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