From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #221 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, February 15 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 221 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Melisma [Jamie Zubairi Home ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:40:23 +0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Home Subject: Re: Melisma My favourite instance of Joni's melisma is in Troubled Child "They open and CLOSE you" which happens around 1.44. It's only small and it's only subtle but she does it again in "Some are gonna KNOCK you", both instances, it subtly highlights the word, technique and grace not overpowering the content. Beautiful On 16 February 2012 00:19, Betsy Blue wrote: > Melismatic singing isn't the same as belting. Joni did some: > > The wires in the wall are HUMMING. > All romantics meet the SAME fate. > He comes for CONVERSATION. > Not like you love your FREEDOM. > > She's very subtle about it, and it's not just about vocal ambition. It > often emphasizes a plot point in the song. > > The ones that give me chills are her pairs of ascending triplets in > Coyote's "no compreHENDING" and "dark GLASSES." Its not as easy as it > sounds. > - -- Jamie Zubairi Actor, Voiceover, Painter, Photographer. Acting Agent: Pelham Associates 01273 323 010 Facebook VoiceOvers SpotLight Twitter Showreel Recently completed a successful run of Orwell's *Burmese Days *for Theatre 59E59 in New York for Aya Theatre. Currently working on *'Unbroken Line*' a solo performance for various festivals in the UK in 2013 ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #221 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------