Child singers

Posted by psgary (A) on July 8, 2014 at 19:16:45

In Reply to: Where do they come from posted by Penguin on July 6, 2014 at 19:37:16:

The vocal prodigies I've heard usually blow out their voices pretty early. Plus, they rarely know how to sing very well. They might be good mimics but lack any real depth. How could they, given their limited life experience?

Charlotte Church is a prime example. She might have ended up with an impressive voice, with the proper training and time to mature. As it turned out, she was washed up by her late teens, just the time when a gifted singer should start to bloom.

The human voice really needs time to develop and mature. Overwork the vocal folds too early, and improperly, and there is hell to pay. This is in contrast to the muscles needed to play an instrument. The harder a child works them, the stronger they get. Male opera singers typically don't reach full vocal maturity until the late 40s. Age 8 is a far cry from that.

This child has some charm but personally I can't stand her vibrato. One shudders to think what it will be at 20 or 30.

My feeling is that child vocal prodigies are, unfortunately, usually paraded around like trained monkeys. Very sad to see.

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Topic - Where do they come from - Penguin 19:37:16 07/06/14 (20)

Child singers - psgary 19:16:45 07/08/14 (0)

I dunno where she's from but in the US... - kuma 21:14:42 07/07/14 (0)

I Just Lost a Bet............ - Todd Krieger 17:50:31 07/07/14 (3)

how did you lose the wager? - Penguin 19:02:24 07/07/14 (2)

RE: how did you lose the wager? - Todd Krieger 13:30:04 07/08/14 (1)

Fair and square :) - Penguin 18:35:37 07/08/14 (0)

RE: Where do they come from - Utley1 15:24:33 07/07/14 (3)

RE: Where do they come from - Utley1 17:43:18 07/07/14 (1)

In that case - Penguin 18:55:46 07/07/14 (0)

That is utley giberish - Penguin 16:58:10 07/07/14 (0)

And I hope they go back there - madisonears 13:08:30 07/07/14 (5)

Well i did not think it was plain awful :) - Penguin 14:53:59 07/07/14 (3)

We're close on that point - madisonears 20:49:15 07/07/14 (0)

Didn't mean to imply it was awful - jimbill 17:55:14 07/07/14 (1)

Right is more subjective than good or bad :) - Penguin 18:50:23 07/07/14 (0)

I couldn't watch the whole thing either... - jimbill 13:18:59 07/07/14 (0)

Did you find this to be good? - jimbill 09:33:19 07/07/14 (3)

I am more confused than anything - Penguin 09:43:18 07/07/14 (0)

Yes - good voice and she can sing! - andy evans 09:41:23 07/07/14 (1)

She is 8 (nt) - Penguin 09:44:44 07/07/14 (0)

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