[Harp-L] band cooperation (was learning to sing)

[David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seth, that's outrageous, who are these people? Not friends, certainly. Assuming you have at least a few key's range, anyway.    

Any time the singer wants a key (or to play in a range of keys,) he or she should be accommodated - unless the transposition is so seriously complicated for a competent instrumentalist that another key need be considered, and that's unlikely to be a real problem.  

Any other instrument (damn near) has more flexibility as to keys and rang than a vocalist, and it's simply rude to tell a vocalist you won't change keys to help THE MUSIC.   Rude is not cool in a band, so leave the band or fire the rude one(s).  Simple.  

A band that doesn't give and take to serve the sound is not a band, it's a vanity project.

-Dave "it's all about me, and all I got's C harp" Fertig

--- On Sun, 1/10/10, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Seth Galitzer <sethgali@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 12:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Learning to Sing


So what do you guys/gals do about bands that refuse to play in keys
that you can sing in?  I've been fighting this with my band since our
conception 3+ years ago.  By the end of a gig I have no voice left,
and won't recover for a day or two.  I've been singing since high
school and playing music since before then, so my problem isn't with
breath support, it's with forcing myself so sing way out of my range
for an extended period.

Seth