John
Lennon- Stand By Me
Jeff
Buckley - Hallelujah
Willie
Nelson - Always On My Mind
Dick
Gaughan - Both Sides The Tweed
Rab Noakes
- Moonlight and Gold
Adele
- Make You Feel My Love
Chrissie
Hyde - Angel of the Morning
Rolling
Stones - Like A Rolling Stone
Frank
Sinatra - Send in the Clowns
Greatest
Singers (for me)
Oddly the
above!
I might add
Dylan - for his questioning voice.
I enjoy
voices that are real and have substance.
Listen to
some of the greatest recorded singers – singers that use the magnetism, the
tones, and the soft and harder edged subtleties of voice...Billie Holliday, Sinatra,
Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, Buckley, Lennon – and one
thing is clear, great art is about character.
The voice
is one of the best instruments when used well, while beautiful songs matter
too….
Mostly I love the voices of singer songwriters and the passion and edge in singers like Otis Redding or Dylan. It is not simply about perfect technique of voice. Some use inspired phrasing and subtle tones and interpretations of the song. A hypnotic voice means you can be lost in the moment. Some voices simply grab our attention with a magnetism of voice – they make it all seem effortless yet full of passions, moving edge and depth.
QUOTES Jeff Buckley -
‘Music comes from a primal place…
Mostly I love the voices of singer songwriters and the passion and edge in singers like Otis Redding or Dylan. It is not simply about perfect technique of voice. Some use inspired phrasing and subtle tones and interpretations of the song. A hypnotic voice means you can be lost in the moment. Some voices simply grab our attention with a magnetism of voice – they make it all seem effortless yet full of passions, moving edge and depth.
QUOTES Jeff Buckley -
‘Music comes from a primal place…
I’ve
always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song
lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.’
