Hello from the klamath mountains of California.
Dec 10, 2011 15:36:08 GMT
Post by klamath on Dec 10, 2011 15:36:08 GMT
I guess we really do need new introductions as the old ones will soon disapear.
I grew up in the 1970's listening to purely classical and shunned all other music. A music snob so to speak. Then and to this day I am not a big fan of deep classical opera. I can appreciate the talent but most of it just never reached my emotions. When I grew up I finially allowed myself to leave the music snobbery behind and explore all music. This is where I like CC in that the artists are not so classically constrained by ridgid rules and are free to create new music to the classical talented voice.
I think partly because when I listening to vocal music in the 1980's I was shocked that female singers were out numbered by 7-8 to 1, I started searching heavily for female artists and developed a preference for them. Back in the 70's '80's you found your music brousing cassette racks. There was classical and easy listening as the two closest to CC then. Back then Nana Mouskori pretty much was the only artist that sang in the CC style with a classic trained voice that I could find.
I am not quite sure when modern CC started but I know I found Charlotte Church when she first came out followed by Haley Westernra.
Before the internet in America you really had to search for talented either on the radio or music stores, Now the whole world has opened up and I spend a lot of time looking for artists in any language on any continent. Northern Europe, British Isles, New Zealand, and Australia ended up being where most of my music choices came from. This is one of the best parts about Jackie Envancho's performance in America, in that she might open the door to CC artists here. I know we have the talent in this country but aspiring young artists drop the style because they will never make a living at it and are laughed at by their peers as doing music for grandpa and grandma.
I found this site researching Jackie Evancho.
I am glad I was able to add a few new artists to the site and I have already found some new ones here.
I grew up in the 1970's listening to purely classical and shunned all other music. A music snob so to speak. Then and to this day I am not a big fan of deep classical opera. I can appreciate the talent but most of it just never reached my emotions. When I grew up I finially allowed myself to leave the music snobbery behind and explore all music. This is where I like CC in that the artists are not so classically constrained by ridgid rules and are free to create new music to the classical talented voice.
I think partly because when I listening to vocal music in the 1980's I was shocked that female singers were out numbered by 7-8 to 1, I started searching heavily for female artists and developed a preference for them. Back in the 70's '80's you found your music brousing cassette racks. There was classical and easy listening as the two closest to CC then. Back then Nana Mouskori pretty much was the only artist that sang in the CC style with a classic trained voice that I could find.
I am not quite sure when modern CC started but I know I found Charlotte Church when she first came out followed by Haley Westernra.
Before the internet in America you really had to search for talented either on the radio or music stores, Now the whole world has opened up and I spend a lot of time looking for artists in any language on any continent. Northern Europe, British Isles, New Zealand, and Australia ended up being where most of my music choices came from. This is one of the best parts about Jackie Envancho's performance in America, in that she might open the door to CC artists here. I know we have the talent in this country but aspiring young artists drop the style because they will never make a living at it and are laughed at by their peers as doing music for grandpa and grandma.
I found this site researching Jackie Evancho.
I am glad I was able to add a few new artists to the site and I have already found some new ones here.
