Interesting long read in The Guardian about how so many singers are buggering their own voices by continually stretching themselves too far.
Apparently it’s as big a problem in opera as in popular music – the article points the finger at Wagner, Verdi, Puccini – and there’s a controversy over whether it’s best to prevent or cure (ie surgery).
Made me think there’s another negative in a trend, promoted by TV talent shows, that says good singing is all about belting out loud, long, high notes. It doesn’t just make for boring music, but damages the singers while they’re still relatively young.
Big voice, big risk
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This means we might only have to endure another five years of Foghorn & The Machine.
What a mean-spirited post.
(There, I’ve done it for you.)
My immediate reaction was ‘as long as that’…
Only a massive machinist would say that.
I remember Gareth Malone, the choir chap, saying how much he liked Adèle’s voice but had doubts about how long it would last.