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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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Lifting the corners of your mouth might make you look like an angry house cat.
But, as Janie Macchiaroli will tell you, the stretch to your facial muscles also enriches vocal quality. "It creates more resonance than you would have otherwise," Macchiaroli said.
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Written by CASA NewsLink
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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If there was one thing neighborhood kids of the 1950s learned from their impromptu a capella street-corner “concerts was the concept of “less is more.” They quickly discovered how to shape raw talent into tight vocal harmonies becoming, in essence, instruments as well as vocalists. It was music in its purest form. It was all they knew how to do because they didn't have anything else. Most came from meager backgrounds and it didn't cost a dime to take up a little space on the street corner.
Once on that corner, they tested the musical waters by blending tenors and baritones with that one guy who could really hit those falsetto notes-with that other guy who could dig deep to nail the bass. And if the group was lucky enough to do all of it well, they quickly moved from street corners to recording studios to concert halls.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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In the mid 1950s, the Doo Wop genre emerged from the streets of northeastern cities. Disadvantaged Philadelphia youth who could not afford instruments used their own instruments -- their voices -- to make music. Their playful yet passionate style of nonsense syllables evolved into an intricate class of group harmony that delivered some of the most popular hits of its time. On Saturday, August 9, 2008 from 1:00-7:00 p.m., Penn's Landing Corporation proudly celebrates this historic, charming genre in its birthplace at the Philadelphia Doo Wop Festival. Visit the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, located on Columbus Boulevard at Chestnut Street, for a rare opportunity to hear some of the greatest names in Doo Wop for FREE during this fabulous event produced by the Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service Education Center.
While entrance into the Philadelphia Doo Wop Festival is free, donations will be accepted for the Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service Education Center. This non-profit organization aims to provide employment, training, and related educational services to all facets of the community, especially Veterans, regardless of their station in life. In addition, they offer social and human services counseling and referrals to less fortunate clients experiencing barriers in finding their way back into the mainstream of society.
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
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Jay Mednikow had considered the usual hobbies of the Southern gallant, but riding around on golf carts or horses didn’t much appeal to him. With three kids and a huge jewelry business to attend to, there wasn’t time for a lot of country club outings.
He just wanted to sing. Music was a reasonable escape from the world. The anti-work. A cathartic expression of the soul. It made him happy. It made his wife happy.
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