Bette Midler by thedivinemisterd (cc by-sa)
I'm a trained singer. There are a few things that cause a singer to sound flat even when that singer is perfectly capable of singing perfectly in tune ... Fedward on hooded timbres, blue notes, and more in answer to a question about Bette Midler's singing.
The Brox Sisters tune their radio
I'm working on a performance bit that uses 1920s diction, but there's something I'm missing. What are the elements of the popular radio voice that make it distinctive?
Some interesting answers to monkihed's interesting question, Linguists: what makes the 1920s voice so distinctive?
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