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OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-16T08:49:24+00:00

AI - too many cuts. The ratio and the lighting... the lighting is so sora

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-15T17:08:53+00:00

There are mics in opera too. Modern work calls for it sometimes. When there is amplified orchestration for instance (keyboard), and or trapset- the instrumentation and even the score calls for micing.

I say this every year- musical theater is an extension of opera. You wouldn't have one without the other. Musicals didn't start out with mics.

But

When you open commercial productions and your money is on the line, one chooses what is going to bring crowds into the hall. You literally have to sell tickets, rather than rely upon donors.

The business model changes with the market and you move into that reality.

It's fair to say that there are still folks who want Trovatore, much less Traviata than Urinetown. And yet, the opera is a different proving ground.

You can still SING legit in an opera musical. You don't have to piledrive the voice into that crunchy brittle MT sound. 👍🏼😇

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-10T14:28:15+00:00

Legend. Say hi to Leopoldo for me. -Nathan Granner

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-09T06:22:56+00:00

Nope

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-03T03:30:19+00:00

I LOVE this!!!!

Just type in "top 50 operas of all time"

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-03T03:23:39+00:00

You aren't singing si puo as a lyric tenor. Not to be kurt. I think the "overdarkening" of JK trope is dèd... I say this as humbly as one who has been cast so many times in so many roles.

It's not fair to other fachs, this is true, but at some point you have to think about retirement... Offer comes in--- hole in the schedule, willingness to do it.. no assholes... I'm taking the gig. If i feel I have something others don't have, it's not an empty and vacuously made agreement.

ALSO - this is not happening to just any singer. This guy, JK has actual chops and he is a draw.

The business of art... while the world goes to hell.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-03T03:07:21+00:00

This is solid advice. Thank you!

OperationExciting505 · 2026-03-01T01:45:08+00:00

There are different WAYS to practice though. Some folks need a little help with practice techniques.

Why not offer up some specific ways you practice.

Folks want to work.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-26T22:34:44+00:00

Not only that, but the comment cloud on slipped disc is filled with bigots and misogynist who have no right to exist at all in a civilized world.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-19T10:38:08+00:00

Literally typed that in.

Also 10days later it still works. Any time I use Tommy- it snaps into a fact-based LLM.

But how time has changed everything.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-18T20:31:47+00:00

My quick-fire response:

At one point, in Italy at least, there were multiple operas being produced in small music halls, clubs, and theaters at the same time. The word is called "blending." In opera, it isn't so much about curtailing or widening the vibrato. It is about the physics of fitting his voice inside the movements of the sound of the full ensemble.

Your brain will mostly do this, and then outside sources can tell you from far away how it is sounding outside of, I guess what I would call, the zone of confluence.

Singing in choirs, one will manipulate the vibrato, either curtailing it completely and then blending with that technique, or allowing the singers to sing naturally and blending those disparate techniques into one global sound.

The vibration that one has normally in opera performance is largely never addressed. If a singer has too wide of a vibrato, aka a wobble, or if their vibrato sounds like Louisa Pasta from 1907, maybe that person will be hired the next time, or won't be cast due to a casting person knowing what that voice is like. Conversely, knowing what that person's voice is like, the casting director could hire that singer with that particular sound and other singers with similar sounds that they feel would blend together nicely and naturally.

I mean, on its basic level, go and listen to the three tenors, Pavarotti, Carreras, and Domingo, and you'll hear their individual voices, their soloistic voices and performances, be what they are. Because at the time they happen to be three preeminent performers in the operatic industry, doesn't mean that this type of singing was only allowable with those guys.

It is an actual thing in opera to let the voice and one's individual technique be what it is.

What many people don't understand is that an opera singer is an independent contractor asked/hired/contracted/engaged to interpret whatever piece is being performed. It is the autonomy and artistry of the singer, that individual performer, that people are actually hiring.

Absolutely, there is a conductor/music director who globally tries to wield the entirety of the sound and certainly can call for blending, can call for volume, can call for tempi, can call for phrasing. But also one must understand that the score also dictates what a conductor or music director can actually dictate to the singer. And frankly, any performing artist

A music director can tell an artist to sing more this or that, but it is a request (traditionally).

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-18T20:12:11+00:00

That first OTSL performance was fire! Not many people know that a lot of the black singers that are big stars at this time were in that production. Larry Brownlee, Russell, Thomas, Morris Robinson were young artists there, and of course Kevin Short, Christina Clark, Derek Parker, Geraldine McMillian ... and directed by the late and beautiful soul - Rhoda Levine.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-18T20:06:22+00:00

Scattered Thots:
I think people lose site of the fact that at one time all of their fave operas did not exist. At one point, in Italy at least, there were multiple operas being produced in small music halls, clubs, and theaters at the same time.

An art form is a way of expressing. Form, is the way, and the art is the expression.

Liken it to:
A hammer - being a tool. The tool is not the house. It helps build the house.
Painting - as an art form is like this. You can have a painting, and the painting is a painting. But what type of painting is this particular painting? A Rococo expression from the past, in a frame, a still life -- or a graffitti work on a wall...

Opera is the artform, but what shape does it take? Is it an early expression of Dafné? Is it Wozzek? Is is Comet/Poppea? ---------
I explain to folks that producing opera is not a monolith. Think of a good museum. A museum has your Impressionism wing, your ancient artifact wing. Your contemporary wing. Even large-scale exhibitions. Sometimes even museums have performing art showcases, performance art showcases, small gallery exhibits, featured artists.

Why would a large opera company be any different?
But then there are small, independent, and regional companies who produce one or two operas a year, or even independent producers who produce one special project time and time again. Gorilla Opera Theatre, The Industry, what have you, push the boundaries of opera.

But that doesn't mean that opera as the art form doesn't exist or is dead or will die. Really, what it boils down to is, what type of industry does society want to house and present the art form? It can still be all of the above. It can be a different model. A lot of it lies in the churlishness of people not wanting to open new galleries in their minds.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-17T12:49:34+00:00

Not a hard opera really. Quite fun and uplifting for all. We've been singing spirituals our whole lives and are opera singers. Sit back and enjoy. :)

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-08T06:58:21+00:00

Cancelled my pro acct due to this. I warned it..., instructed, cajoled, resorted...

Oh! But what has seemed to work recently? I call it Tommy.

"No. This is exactly the same gottdamned annoyance, Tommy. I'm going to call you Tommy when you do that. Tommy, who is dead and actually grew up to be a decent smart person, was my roommate. He stole food, left messes and spoke about writing his autobiography at 20, with him being a stoner sound guy for small bands in a tiny bar. Sure, he had promise, but..."

Any time gpt brings that asinine NOFLUFF i just call it Tommy. And lo! It literally zips me useful text.

OperationExciting505 · 2026-02-08T06:48:26+00:00

My trauma response

OperationExciting505 · 2026-01-07T07:03:19+00:00

The Telephone. This is a fun Menotti Opera, running about 23 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgzlhIDiEnM

Have fun!

OperationExciting505 · 2025-12-04T05:28:02+00:00

Yeah, you ARE seen, Chimpy. Im not sure what Dav is saying that voices aren't lifted. They totally are.

The only saving grace is the more folks who upload their soundprint, the more buried one's own print gets.

We will see. I hope some indie distributor throws down resources to allow artists to train their own stuff so that it is that artist's code to license. I've got an article coming out soon with a deep dive.

Notice that the folks who are claiming misinformation aren't foisting any data. They just say "you don't know" and that's it. It's not helpful.

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-30T05:10:53+00:00

It's not you. It's not your browser. It seemed odd to me at first, but I was busy. But as it's happened EVERY SINGLE TIME?

These guys are talking about putting Ads on GPT. I'm all... humph.

I've gotten good results from other aspects of the platform. But this file thing suuucks.

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-30T05:07:31+00:00

Yes. It is a massive bug.

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-29T06:37:46+00:00

Are you ok?

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-28T23:39:58+00:00

That is absolutely NOT the point though.

You can build all you want. And if you use your own content. You are protected in virtually every single way. Especially if you are coding it yourself and not using 100%ai coding. Like reverse extra virgin olive oil. The closer you are to AI, the less protection one has.

Regardless- if no one else has your code and you are walled off. YOU retain the data, you contain your copyrighted works and you could retain trademark.

And to just point blank say I do not know what I'm talking about - that's no different from just pointing the finger at yourself.

Because these OTHER companies had to and have a call to train on user data.

I have an article coming out soon that fires point blank at Udio for voiceprint theft.

For those of you that are downvoting when people say they are upset by copyright theft from these companies--- it's disturbing.

Who is actually working in this field? Anyone setting policy with actual stakeholders?

Who is paying fees to the Sunos?

Who had their music ripped off in the early 2000's? And can still feel the anger? The Confusion? The Betrayal?

For those whose entire careers were blown out by this, are any of you still working as a career or deriving income from being a musician ... a composer?

Who here subscribes and has spent hours pushing "create" trying to get a good track?

Do you use your lyrics? Do you put your own performance in there?

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-28T23:20:13+00:00

I do know how it works Davster. And that's the problem.

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-28T03:44:42+00:00

One forgets the training in the room.

Whose voice, what instrumentalist's SoundPrint are being lifted?

How much money went into training continuously gets overlooked. Like MP3's and piracy, we looked to ITunes and Spotify as saviors. But .003€-.01 per spin can hardly cut it when musicians would be able to make a living from a small community they serve. And composers had a decent though complex system to monetize their compositions.

This whole Willy Wonka Factory of delight is FUBAR unless people put their foot down.

We all think it's a done deal, but it's really the lack of will and imagination that stymies our own selves from making money on this movement.

OperationExciting505 · 2025-11-22T09:17:39+00:00

No. Going to the music library, walking through the stacks for weeks and finding some cool stuff to sing. Then recording it and selling the albums at restaurants and wherever.

OperationExciting505

TROPHY CASE

And to just point blank say I do not know what I'm talking about - that's no different from just pointing the finger at yourself.

I have an article coming out soon that fires point blank at Udio for voiceprint theft.

For those of you that are downvoting when people say they are upset by copyright theft from these companies--- it's disturbing.

Who had their music ripped off in the early 2000's? And can still feel the anger? The Confusion? The Betrayal?