Who Do You Sound Like?

Someone on this board told me that I sound like Laura Benanti.

People IRL have compared me to Lea Salonga, though that was back when I thought I was a belter and was in soprano denial.

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Ahh, yes. I've listened to my Les Miserables recordings so many times that I can do a pretty dead-on impression of Colm Wilkinson... my friend and I like to sing Les Miserables, and her mother has never heard any Les Mis except for that which issues forth from our mouths. So one day, we were in the car and I begun singing "One Day More" (this was about two months since the last time my friend's mother had heard me singing Les Miserables), and she groaned, "Oh, NO, Schmerg. Not HIM again."

Tobiasragg-- Too bad you haven't been compared to, you know, any BIG-name performers or anything...

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Updated On: 9/19/08 at 09:07 PM

i've been told by numerous people that i sound like a disney character... oh well.... at least they all said i could sing and that's all that matters.. haha

I've been told I sound like Frederica von Stade.

I want to know what would happen if I sounded like George Hearn.

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Not necessarily that I sound exactly like a performer, but that I sound British when I sing. Probably because I learned to sing to my mom's records of Camelot and The Sound of Music (movie soundtracks, though I think she had both that and the cast recording for Camelot and Julie Andrews singing Disney songs. Some have said I picked up some of her vocal traits from listening to and singing along with those. (I know it made it hard to blend in with my church children's choir in Nashville, TN!! LOL.)

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Sarah Palin....

It's a major problem.

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i am always compared to Gavin Creel (singing) or Matthew Brodrick (acting). Which is a huge compliment.

Most recently I was compared to a young Maria Callas.

Acting wise, I was once described by a guy in the audience as a "young George Clooney." I'll take it as a compliment, though I have to admit I'm not too familiar with his work. And when I played Tevye, someone said that they way I completely became the character reminded them of Johnny Depp. I WISH I could be that good, but again, I'll take the compliment.

As for my singing, I've never really been compared to anyone, though I've heard some similarities between my own voice and some things I've heard other performers do, so maybe I'm influenced by things I've listened to forever. I'd like to think that I have my own sound, and that it can't be compared to anyone's voice, but I know I'm nowhere near good enough to be there yet.

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theaterkid...i have the same problem.. ive been told I sound like a cross between Todd Palin and a pitbull.

ok fine. I didn't want to admit it but, I sound like Emma Zaks.

I have no idea who I sound like... I'm not really a singer and don't listen to myself enough to know. But if I could sound like anybody... probably Kelli O'Hara.

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