Serious Ethnomusicological Question

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:35 am

Interesting, I know many women who are inclined to drone on but are not as cute as this lady is.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:01 pm

I'm waiting for the MAN that can channel Olive Oyle!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:33 pm

Golly, to culture a voice like that would take, what, six, seventeen packs a day for ten years?

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:51 pm

Ever run into a discussion of the contrabass voice and "Fry tones"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry

Throat singing is practiced all over the place, not just in central Asia. Here's cowboy singer Arthur Miles doing it--and I suspect he'd never heard of Tuva...

http://khoomei.com/mp3s/amiles1.mp3

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:28 pm

Don't forget the epiglottal musings of Tibetian monks.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:56 pm

I prefer the equisite trappings of Brewist monks.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:20 pm

windshieldbug wrote:I prefer the equisite trappings of Brewist monks.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:56 pm

Mae Questel ( 1908-98 ) = Olive Oyl

Jack Mercer ( 1910-84 ) = Popeye

I heard somewhere that Mae Questel actually did Popeye's voice but Jack Mercer got the credit because no one would believe a woman could talk (or sing) like that. This proves that it was possible! Incidentally, Jack was hired by the Fleischer brothers to work as an in-betweener. He often sang like Popeye during breaks... Richard Fleischer heard it and he became a voice actor! He later did several voices in the 1960 Felix the Cat series.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:46 am

I haven't gone looking for throat singing much, but that first posted vid was pretty darned cool.

I'll have to try recording myself to see if what I think I'm doing actually comes across as clearly as it does in those videos. I can hear pitch changes in the overtones as I vary an "R" sound, especially while "humming" through my open mouth.

Cool stuff. Now I have something to shoot for (and to annoy everyone else.. lol).

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:10 pm

There's a guy here in town who can do that; even though I knew he did it before I heard it (in a musical meditation session) it still took me a while to realize that it wasn't someone playing a whistle in perfect harmony.
Really cool sounding.
MA

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Serious Ethnomusicological Question

Is this woman the reincarnation of the woman who was the voice of Popeye in the old B&W cartoons?

Serious Ethnomusicological Question

Is this woman the reincarnation of the woman who was the voice of Popeye in the old B&amp;W cartoons?

Is this woman the reincarnation of the woman who was the voice of Popeye in the old B&W cartoons?