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	<title>Comments on: What makes Michael Phelps Win?</title>
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		<title>By: Anna L Weber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anna L Weber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, I haven&#039;t had time to check out your singing training.  I am training to do taxes 2008 for low, middle income and senior citizens at no charge.  I will be busy through April efiling returns.  Last year I efiled over 1800 returns so you can see I was very busy.  Would like to look at your training when I get thru this season.  Ann</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, I haven&#8217;t had time to check out your singing training.  I am training to do taxes 2008 for low, middle income and senior citizens at no charge.  I will be busy through April efiling returns.  Last year I efiled over 1800 returns so you can see I was very busy.  Would like to look at your training when I get thru this season.  Ann</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great thoughts Jay.

I agree with your point that physically, there may be &quot;limitations&quot; that prevent us from being Michael Phelps but those limitations may be assets in another sport or another endeavor. 

When it comes to singing, I believe an essential, vital part of singing is your passion, energy and desire to communicate the song&#039;s message to your audience. Give me passion over technical perfection any day of the week. 

One of my favorite singers is James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers. He has a great voice IMO but definitely has so much intensity and passion that you can&#039;t help but listen to him. Same thing with people like Freddie Mercury. Even John Denver, beautiful voice that he had, was intense in a more subdued, less obvious way. Still, you knew he believed in what he sang and that he believed in his songs because of that passion.

It makes a huge difference in any performance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great thoughts Jay.</p>
<p>I agree with your point that physically, there may be &#8220;limitations&#8221; that prevent us from being Michael Phelps but those limitations may be assets in another sport or another endeavor. </p>
<p>When it comes to singing, I believe an essential, vital part of singing is your passion, energy and desire to communicate the song&#8217;s message to your audience. Give me passion over technical perfection any day of the week. </p>
<p>One of my favorite singers is James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers. He has a great voice IMO but definitely has so much intensity and passion that you can&#8217;t help but listen to him. Same thing with people like Freddie Mercury. Even John Denver, beautiful voice that he had, was intense in a more subdued, less obvious way. Still, you knew he believed in what he sang and that he believed in his songs because of that passion.</p>
<p>It makes a huge difference in any performance.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good article, except I have a couple of comments:

Not everyone, even with the right attitude and hard work, has the right body to become an olympic swimmer.    

Not everyone, even with the right attitude and hard work, can expand their vocal range to sing a Tenor high C.  

Having the right attitude and willingness to put in the time and effort to developing one&#039;s vocal ability is great.  However, if the physical structure of your voice is such that your natural limit is, say, a High B flat on a good day (rather than a C) then you are not going to be able to attain the High C.   

My point here is that, when it comes to range, result will vary.  It may be that Per&#039;s results take his own voice up to a High D and beyond, and maybe Per has, say, a 3 octave range without using falsetto, but it doesn&#039;t mean that everyone&#039;s voice is going to develop the same amount of range, even with the same amount of effort and the same attitude.   Unfortunately, all voices are not created equal when it comes to vocal range.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good article, except I have a couple of comments:</p>
<p>Not everyone, even with the right attitude and hard work, has the right body to become an olympic swimmer.    </p>
<p>Not everyone, even with the right attitude and hard work, can expand their vocal range to sing a Tenor high C.  </p>
<p>Having the right attitude and willingness to put in the time and effort to developing one&#8217;s vocal ability is great.  However, if the physical structure of your voice is such that your natural limit is, say, a High B flat on a good day (rather than a C) then you are not going to be able to attain the High C.   </p>
<p>My point here is that, when it comes to range, result will vary.  It may be that Per&#8217;s results take his own voice up to a High D and beyond, and maybe Per has, say, a 3 octave range without using falsetto, but it doesn&#8217;t mean that everyone&#8217;s voice is going to develop the same amount of range, even with the same amount of effort and the same attitude.   Unfortunately, all voices are not created equal when it comes to vocal range.</p>
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		<title>By: misha</title>
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		<dc:creator>misha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Per. You need to blog more often! I love the comparisons  you make with sports and singing/ Opens my mind every time. Makes so much sense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Per. You need to blog more often! I love the comparisons  you make with sports and singing/ Opens my mind every time. Makes so much sense.</p>
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		<title>By: Jess</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a great way to learn and it makes total scence. Great job Per Bristow!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a great way to learn and it makes total scence. Great job Per Bristow!</p>
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		<title>By: Mo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve always wondered before...pplz chopin and liszt, they&#039;re crazy good pianist..they got famous since they were like..7 years old. did they just &quot;have the talent&quot; or worked really hard?

then stuff happened and i started to realize..talent=practice correctly+hard work

not ganna give up singing no matter how much my family hates me doing those weird vocal exercises...XD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve always wondered before&#8230;pplz chopin and liszt, they&#8217;re crazy good pianist..they got famous since they were like..7 years old. did they just &#8220;have the talent&#8221; or worked really hard?</p>
<p>then stuff happened and i started to realize..talent=practice correctly+hard work</p>
<p>not ganna give up singing no matter how much my family hates me doing those weird vocal exercises&#8230;XD</p>
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		<title>By: Griffin's Tutu</title>
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		<dc:creator>Griffin's Tutu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just want to sing sweetly.  What the Olympians&#039; stories tell me is that this may and probably will not happen the first time.  Don&#039;t give up keep trying.  I will sing in tune in church for my Mom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just want to sing sweetly.  What the Olympians&#8217; stories tell me is that this may and probably will not happen the first time.  Don&#8217;t give up keep trying.  I will sing in tune in church for my Mom.</p>
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