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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music was Newsweek -- "A one point race" ?
  • Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:02:09 -0700 (PDT)

Billie Holiday smoked pot and cigarettes and shot heroin in her body. She
still sounds good......bobford


--- On Fri, 10/24/08, rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:

> From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music was Newsweek -- "A one point race" ?
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 11:58 AM
> I spend quite a bit of time with my students, explaining the
> whys and wherefores of how smoking and drug use affect the
> voice.   They've all heard of the other effects, but
> nobody ever talks about vocal health.
>
> Depending on how long you have smoked, your voice may never
> get back to where it could have been.   It will improve,
> nore and more as time goes by, but some damage is usually
> permanent,
>
> Sopranos are a dime a dozen. Good altos are rare. Be an
> alto.
>
> Ray
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:51 am
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music was Newsweek -- "A one
> point race" ?
>
>
>
> Wow, that is cool, Ray. That tells me that you really are
> a musical
> enius. I've always loved music. When I was a kid, I
> won talent shows
> or singing, but smoking ruined my voice as an adult.
> Amazingly, it is
> oming back now 10 months post cigarettes, but I am still in
> the alto
> ange. When I was a kid, I wanted to learn piano and organ
> and guitar.
> My parents(adopted) would never go for that because I was
> typically ADD
> nd they were afraid to invest. They did however, invest in
> a piano for
> y stepsister and when she lived with us in the summertime,
> she would
> each me to read music and how to play simple things like
> Heart and
> oul. My friend Belinda taught me guitar chords. When I
> found my
> irthfamily, I learned why I always felt drawn to music...my
> birthfather
> as a drummer, and my birthmother played the violin, the
> piano, and the
> uitar. My sister plays guitar, my brother, guitar, organ,
> and drums.
> am the only one, in my birthfamily and adopted family, who
> does not
> lay an instrument.
> bought a cheap guitar about 8 years ago, but then RA took
> out the
> exterity in my hands. I also now have a very nice Yamaha
> keyboard, and
> do piddle around with that some, but for the most part, I
> feel like
> 've missed my window of opportunity on learning an
> instrument for real,
> nd so my true enjoyment is with song.
> Bev, now listening to/singing Si Te Vas, (If you Go) with
> Jon Secada
> rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
> There are some days when I really hate my music
> training.?? I cannot
> listen to music while working at anything that requires
> thought.?? It
> distracts me WAY too much.?? I find myself analyzing the
> music, which
> totally engages my mind, and totally distracts me from
> everything
> else that requires focus.?? Mindless work is OK, like oh,
> cleaning
> the garage, mowing the lawn, etc.
>
> So, instead, I listen to talk radio...?? <BG>
> --
> Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger.
> Anger leads to
> ate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
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