This is just too much fun not to share:
Strings smackdown
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Econoline
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Strings smackdown
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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Totally fucking cracking!!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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This was a side link..
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Really good stuff; a lot of talent in both videos...
The first one reminds me of the kind of thing Victor Borge used to do...
The second one completely blows me away. What an extraordinary prodigy....How that little girl can produce that sound with her little lungs and vocal chords is unbelievable; (and with absolutely no formal voice training) you'd think that somehow it was faked, but apparently not...
The first one reminds me of the kind of thing Victor Borge used to do...
The second one completely blows me away. What an extraordinary prodigy....How that little girl can produce that sound with her little lungs and vocal chords is unbelievable; (and with absolutely no formal voice training) you'd think that somehow it was faked, but apparently not...
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Sue U
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"I looked for songs on YouTube and found some beautiful opera songs, then I just started singing them." 
Finally, a productive use for the Internet.
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Finally, a productive use for the Internet.
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I don't mean to take anything away from the girl's performance -- she had a nice clear tone, hit all the notes well and had pretty decent phrasing (from what I could hear over the applause), and after all, she's only 9; she did a beautiful job on one of the most popular pieces in the repertoire. But if you listen to that aria sung by a real operatic soprano there really is no comparison. To tell that poor child that she sounds like a reincarnation of Maria Callas is certainly flattering but wildly hyperbolic, to say the least; Fleming, Netrebko and Gheorghiu are still pretty secure in their gigs. Although I would love to hear what she sounds like in 10 or 15 years, with some real training.Lord Jim wrote:The second one completely blows me away. What an extraordinary prodigy....How that little girl can produce that sound with her little lungs and vocal chords is unbelievable; (and with absolutely no formal voice training) you'd think that somehow it was faked, but apparently not...
GAH!
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Well Sue, if she doesn't get training, Id bet your wouldn't want to hear what she sounds like then. I've heard of many such "prodigies" who had their voices ruined by not getting competent teaching. Just as one wouldn't start dancing en pointe the first day of ballet (usually you need a couple of years of training to build up the muscles first), singing requires training and support, lest you ruin your vocal cords. She sounded really good for someone her age, but I hope she gets the proper training for her sake.