I'm not very good at singing, I certainly woudn't call myself a person who sings, or a singer/vocalist.
Same here. I like to listen to others sing but don't like the sound of my voice trying to do it.
I agree, what kind of singing styles do you like to listen to? There's so many, like Chinese opera, jazz, blues, gazal, and of course pop, rock, and electronic dance music even.
I like mostly rock and oldies. What about you? There are many good singers these days.
Well I really like jazz as of late, I've breen trying to get into Chinese opera too, it's really interesting.
That does sound interesting. Jazz is mostly instrumental, no? I think bebop has singers.
American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".
As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different
to her own voice, she replies,
Yes, but I don't like it. I have to do it, but I don't like it at all because I don't like the kind of voice I have. I really hate listening to myself! The first time I listened to a recording of my singing was when we were recording "San Giovanni Battista" by Stradella in a church in Perugia in 1949. They made me listen to the tape and I cried my eyes out. I wanted to stop