Really… Bad Singing!
Last night, we happened to catch a concert which originated in Paris and the venue held, no doubts, over 60,000 people! It was truly packed. To the credit of all those people and the two well-known bands, in spite of the unstable political situation, the concert went on and actually, to my surprise, was very well received. While watching the concert, I became more and more scared that singing (off key, off tone and off tune) is becoming our standard. I originally came from Leningrad, (St. Petersburg, Russia), and was deeply enrolled from the age of 6 in all sorts of music. Education in Russia is taken very seriously; so I spent 12 consecutive years, 7 days a week doing music and, specifically, singing. I, apparently, possessed ‘perfect pitch’ which, I am not sure right now that I still have. I have been teaching singing since I was 17. That makes it close to 42 years now and 32 years in my own school here in Toronto. ...