[78-L] Oversouling

[Royal Pemberton]

PS--I was also most humbled a couple of evenings ago when Terry Gibbs
basically echoed my agreement with you about her and others of her ilk.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just saw a link to this exact item on Gearslutz and put it on my Facebook
> as well.  Bright minds....
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> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-eskow/christina-aguilera-and-th_b_819979.html?ref=fb&src=sp
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
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