Comments on: Thrill ‘em with Consonant Cut-offs http://iansidden.com/2009/08/thrill-em-with-consonant-cut-offs/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Wed, 09 May 2012 10:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ian Sidden http://iansidden.com/2009/08/thrill-em-with-consonant-cut-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Ian Sidden Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:31:07 +0000 http://beginning-singer.iansidden.com/?p=1232#comment-284 Thanks for that, Phoebe. :) Dawn Upshaw is right, and I will probably write something about beginning consonants in the near future. A lot of the same rules apply but backwards. BTW if you do get a recording of that master class, I would loooooovvvvee to see it. Thanks for that, Phoebe. :)

Dawn Upshaw is right, and I will probably write something about beginning consonants in the near future. A lot of the same rules apply but backwards.

BTW if you do get a recording of that master class, I would loooooovvvvee to see it.

]]> By: Phoebe http://iansidden.com/2009/08/thrill-em-with-consonant-cut-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Phoebe Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:22:13 +0000 http://beginning-singer.iansidden.com/?p=1232#comment-283 Interesting. In her masterclass, Dawn Upshaw emphasized the use of beginning consonants for clarity and expression. But ending consonants are important too -- we have all heard songs where we thought the words were one thing based on the beginning consonant and the vowel, but they turned out to be something else. Maybe it is helpful to focus on the front sides of words sometimes, and the back sides at other times! By the way, I have been meaning to tell you something for a while. In the Q&A one of the young singers asked how to make it, make connections, make money, make a name for yourself as a young singer. (I paraphrase) Dawn's main answer: make opportunities for yourself. Create performances, reach out to others, and someone will notice. I thought of you and I'm proud to say you do this. Even our Aspen concert, though it was not well-attended, was an effort to do this. It will pay off! Reminds me I need to order a copy of that MC. She is phenomenal. Interesting. In her masterclass, Dawn Upshaw emphasized the use of beginning consonants for clarity and expression. But ending consonants are important too — we have all heard songs where we thought the words were one thing based on the beginning consonant and the vowel, but they turned out to be something else. Maybe it is helpful to focus on the front sides of words sometimes, and the back sides at other times!

By the way, I have been meaning to tell you something for a while. In the Q&A one of the young singers asked how to make it, make connections, make money, make a name for yourself as a young singer. (I paraphrase) Dawn’s main answer: make opportunities for yourself. Create performances, reach out to others, and someone will notice. I thought of you and I’m proud to say you do this. Even our Aspen concert, though it was not well-attended, was an effort to do this. It will pay off!

Reminds me I need to order a copy of that MC. She is phenomenal.

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