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Yep, and there continues the debate.   What would she have sounded like 
without?



It sometimes goes back to the bohemian philosophy that you can't create 
"true" art, unless you have experienced suffering.



I don't buy into that philosophy, incidentally...



Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:02 pm
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music was Newsweek -- "A one point race" ?




Billie Holiday smoked pot and cigarettes and shot heroin in her body. She 
still 
ounds 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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