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I have abnormally good memory in some respects. Dates, time-passed-since, and sources are hard to remember, but stories, phrases, quotes, noteworthy or unexpected events, and some portions of conversations are accessible word-for-word years later - an example would be telling an amusing story to a friend who'd been the original source of the story, and using the same words they did to describe it to me years ago, which more than a little unsettled them.
As far as I can tell I have no feeling of this kind of memory as opposed to any other; it all feels constantly available, there's no 'lookup' or 'let me think' feeling at all. Up until recently I have never had the 'tip of the tongue' phenomenon (it's either available or not and I automatically know which without question), but I've been practicing trying to remember things I think I can't, and I think I've had this feeling once or twice.
That reminds me; while I tend to remember techniques and equations easily enough, my software has a bug where people with similar occupations and similar initials are easily confused with one another, even if they look very different from one another.
I think the classic example was the time I mistook Britney Spears for Beyonce.
This may be more common than you think.
I know two women who are close friends and whose first names begin with the same uncommon letter. One is white, the other is black. One was plump, the other was slender (they've converged to some extent since, but I'm talking about a while ago). One has a loud voice, and the other a soft voice.
People would confuse them with each other.
<snark> -- is there really much of a difference? -- </snark>
A profoundly massive one, yes.
How can a link to a video of one of two people show that there is a difference between them? Or usefully illustrate that difference.
My guess: you are claiming that Beyonce is a better singer than Britney Spears, but it could be any number of other things.
Yes, Beyonce is an explosively better singer. That's about the only thing I'm qualified to judge. Comparison added to parent.
That is awesomely put.
Please please take this and run with it.
I don't know that I have much to say about it. It would be hard to name an aspect of vocal technique or musicianship that Beyoncé doesn't do better than Britney. Beyoncé has a naturally beautiful voice and is in near-total control of every sound that comes out of her mouth -- flawless pitch, lots of different colors and effects. She also is an excellent musician and has ideas about how to perform a given song in a way that's engaging and effective. She has what singers call good "diction," i.e. clear pronunciation of words. I wouldn't even be tempted to say any of those things about Britney.
You might enjoy reading this blog post. A classical voice teacher was given some examples of heavy metal singing to review (from the point of view of vocal technique) for a metal blog. In addition to being interesting reading, I think a lot of people appreciated the point that many of the kinds of skills needed for good singing are constant across wildly different genres.
If you wanted me to comment on something more specific, let me know.
That was great, thanks.
Digression: If you ever wanted to do a long blog post about the influence of modern R&B on new rock music such as Dirty Projectors, I'd totally read it.
Ok, I'll stop derailing the thread now.