Victoria Clark Sounds like Donald Duck Performing Opera... — Page 3

lol this was a funny time. I felt like reliving it for a second.

I haven't read the review, but I agree her voice does sound kinda strange. sounds like she's got some nasal or something problems, but I noticed it sounds like that in her speaking voice too. She still is really good, just sayin'.

I generaly don't care about what reveiws say as long as they don't insult people and the opinons they have are based in some sort of knowledge. The problem with the musicals.net reviews I've read in the one post, is that no one seems to know the field they're talking about. People are guilty of that here too. When talking about a person's acting and vocal ability or a show's score, people better be damn sure they know what they're talking about. Now opinions like this show was boring, Vikki Clark sounds like a duck etc., are valid even if they are harsh and a bit childish. They're valid because they're subjective. What's foolish is to say that she can't sing or act, or has nasal problems. Unless you're an expert in the field of acting, or a vocal pedagogue, you can't say that and have anything to back it up. What one CAN say is, I didn't like her voice or her acting didnt' really reach me. You have to know what acting is to know if it's good or bad. WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM LIKE AND DISLIKE.

The same is true of the score. IF someone says Adam Guettel has no talent and the score meanders, then I immediately know the person has no idea what they're talking about. Any musician can look at the Piazza score and see that Guettel has a huge talent. I can also say that if you look at the score (which I know MOST of you haven't) you can see that it def. does NOT meander. You can look and see where Adam is going and you can see how he gets there. There are definate logical chord progressions that Adam uses. I could sit here and break down the score, but in my opinion that would be very boring ;o). The point is that that meandering "opinion" is not based in any type of knowledge of composition. Just like the 'no melody' complaint.

So what's the one conclusion I can bring this numba to? Evaluate what your impressions are. IF you don't like what someone does or where the score goes, that's fine. Just don't say someone is doing something incorrect if you don't know what IS correct. Cause then you look incompitent...like my spelling.

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Really I'm speechless.

I can't believe someone decided to bump this thread.

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