[78-L] Oversouling

[Royal Pemberton]

Just saw a link to this exact item on Gearslutz and put it on my Facebook as
well.  Bright minds....

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> This writer put his finger on exactly what is wrong with today's singers.
> And this shouldn't be viewed as some old fart grumbling about "it ain't like
> the good ole days." Thanks to singers like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston,
> and Aguilera, singing itself has changed. Bing Crosby's voice and Frank
> Sinatra's phrasing were enough, but singers today feel they have to put
> something "extra" into a song to sell it, and end up overselling. I even
> hear it in jazz singing, where interpretation has always been key - you can
> even oversell there.
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-eskow/christina-aguilera-and-th_b_819979.html?ref=fb&src=sp
>
> Cary Ginell
>
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