i am finally on the blog!!! woohoo! i'm also upset that i didn't sign on earlier since i LOVE bruno mars (gotta support the hawaiian boy!)

i'm going to blog about a relatively obvious topic: the influence of pop music on voice. as part of an a cappella group, i often feel that the need to follow the rules of good and healthy singing are not as important, especially because a lot of a cappella is replicating sounds and encompassing the feeling of the music with only voices. even when you listen to mainstream pop artists, you find that very few, if any, of them follow the rules of good singing themselves. now i know that this is a stylistic choice made by the artists, record labels, and consumers which does not necessarily need to be carried forth into the more classical styles of voice training, but i find myself so used to these bad habits that i can't shake them. even if i do work on fostering good habits when singing less contemporary pieces/showtunes/what we work on in class, i can't carry these sounds/ideas forward when i'm singing for myself. is there a specific place and time for singing with these rules, or should we always use them no matter what we're singing?