Lama, thanks ever so much for your kind words. Glad I could groove you with mine.
-Fred "Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Fred, >I'm away for the weekend so I won't be able to post >this till Sunday night. Great post. I love the way you wrote this. The >word choice. The phrasing. > >I had no idea that there was a word for the vocal >gymnastics made popular of late. > >"melisma" > >I looked it up at www.webster.com and found: >> >1 : a group of notes or tones sung on one syllable in >plainsong >2 : melodic embellishment >> > >Thanks for teaching me a new word about music. I read >this paragraph several times, then read it aloud for >my friend. This post made my day and made me glad to >still have a toe in this community. > >"faux soul caricature": wonderful phrase, Fred. > >All the best, > >Lama > >p.s. Obligitory Joni content: > >Example of "melisma" by a master > >[I took my share down by the sea > Paper plates and Javex bottles on the tide > Seagulls come down and they squawk at me > Down where the water skiers > gli-i-i-i-i-i-de] > >"Banquet" by Joni Mitchell > > >Fred Simon said, >>>I may be in the minority, but I don't really think >Keys is all that, plus >she's got melisma flatulence like crazy, just like >almost every other >latter-day nu-soul/R&B singer. Enough already. Listen >to Mahalia Jackson, or >Stevie Wonder, or Aretha, if you wanna hear some >tasteful, proportioned >melisma. I mean, it was bad enough when Mariah Carey >came on the scene, but >now every little Britney and Christina is obliged to >stretch every syllable >into a hundred notes of faux soul caricature.>
