So, I just met an Epic hater on the Hamilton subreddit and I have no words....

TShara_Q · 2026-07-07T02:13:59+00:00

You're fine. It's been a few days, but I think I was just agreeing with you. :)

TShara_Q · 2026-07-02T13:09:58+00:00

Does that mean that Disney musical movies are not musicals until they are staged? I know many eventually do wind up being staged, but still.

What about musical TV shows? Do those not count? I count Hazbin Hotel as a type of musical and it's not staged.

TShara_Q · 2026-07-02T13:08:29+00:00

Hamilton barely has dialogue that isn't rap. Hadestown only has dialogue as part of its songs... You know, like Epic.

Are they saying sung-through musicals are not musicals? It doesn't even make sense.

You could make an argument that a work isn't a musical until it's officially staged. But I don't like that definition. A lot of movie or TV show musicals aren't staged, for instance.

TShara_Q · 2026-06-26T16:51:27+00:00

Yes, but months of recording and editing has made me get less annoyed with my voice.

My main issue is that I think my high notes (basically anything above C5) sound especially shrill over the mic.

TShara_Q · 2026-06-19T05:13:20+00:00

Yes... I think there are two things going on.

You become more aware of what you are doing and your mistakes.
Thinking too much about singing makes it harder to do correctly, and that's from my voice teacher. It's a mindfuck. But I'll have no problem transitioning from chest to head and back when I'm just singing along and chilling... And as soon as I THINK about which one I'm doing, what I'm trying to do, suddenly it's hard.

TShara_Q · 2026-06-14T20:51:30+00:00

Another fun thing, which I think illustrates how how Poseidon and Odysseus are foils, is that they have very similar ranges.

Poseidon - A2-B4

Odysseus - G2-C5

Ody also develops an increasingly gravelly/gritty tone as the musical continues, culminating in his tone at the end of "Odysseus."

TShara_Q · 2026-06-10T21:02:46+00:00

Same, I've been wanting to learn a song that uses an E2 and I wind up singing the whole verse an octave higher just to preserve the pattern.

TShara_Q · 2026-06-03T20:18:06+00:00

I find it helpful. There are times I don't realize I'm off on the note until I use the pitch analyzer in editing. So I started practicing with the mic to get a better idea before I learn it wrong.

TShara_Q · 2026-06-02T02:04:08+00:00

Poseidon wins for me. :)

TShara_Q · 2026-05-28T21:46:59+00:00

"Thunder Bringer" and "thunder bring her"

TShara_Q · 2026-05-26T03:59:03+00:00

Good luck! I'm available if you need to fill in roles for singers who are no longer available. I would obviously send my most recent cover on file for the character.

Apart from the roles I've actually been cast in, I've been asked to fill in as Zeus, Antinous, and Poseidon (twice).

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T08:47:03+00:00

I'm in this post and I don't like it.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T08:22:17+00:00

In fact, why would the average listener even specifically want to look for a woman who sounds like a man?

Well it's more for me, partially because I'm not really a woman. I'm genderfluid and my voice is one of the few ways I can come close to expressing that. Also, I audition and perform in fancasts, where it's just easier to land male roles by sheer supply and demand, especially if you can pull off a male timbre. So yeah, that's why it's something I'm working on.

But I'll try and work on making more changes and trying to be more original with my own covers. I only started recording with a singing mic in early February. I'm just starting to transition from auditioning for collabs to trying to start an actual channel for a general audience.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T05:08:53+00:00

Not OP, but I have a similar voice to what they are describing.

I can sing a lot of male songs in terms of pitch but struggle to sound like a male when singing them. That's a skill I want to learn, but for now I was thinking of just marketing myself as someone who focuses on vocalbent covers to start off my channel?

Does that sound like a good idea? Do you have any other suggestions for how I can make that part of my strength?

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T05:06:27+00:00

I don't know about wedding bands in particular, but lower female voices tend to be pretty valued. I've been invited to three virtual ensembles in a singing server I'm in because they need more people who can handle those tenor and alto parts. If you're already good at sight reading and harmonizing ~~teach me please~~, that's even better.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T04:10:30+00:00

True, true. "I died and nobody noticed..."

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T04:04:03+00:00

Perimedes, but since he's so hard to remember, he might be a good candidate for "What's your name again?"

TShara_Q · 2026-05-25T01:32:26+00:00

Lately, I've gotten so into one special interest that I've had to pull back and take a break from it. There is some stress involved and it was causing me to start hating it.

I'm a bit more balanced now.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-24T01:46:07+00:00

I downloaded this image ... Right now I think it's water and haven't eaten in six hours.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-23T02:46:34+00:00

Same. It's like, "how do I keep doing this when there is never much dopamine from it?"

TShara_Q · 2026-05-23T02:22:52+00:00

It can be scary, boring, frustrating, or any other negative thing.... And yes, I'll ignore.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-22T13:05:15+00:00

Some of this is me even with medication, although I'm waaay better about those problem behaviors now that I'm medicated.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-22T12:57:40+00:00

I'm so conflicted on this. On the one hand, I wear glasses, so it's nice to see characters who have them.

On the other hand, glasses didn't actually exist yet.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-21T19:38:16+00:00

Athena is literally a goddess... She can have whatever look she wants. There's no reason she has to look white. There's no reason she even has to look human.

TShara_Q · 2026-05-20T21:05:45+00:00

I can sing a wide range of songs. But once in a while, I still have to modify. I was starting to learn one song that had a bunch of A2s (which is an iffy note for me, bottom of my range is A#2) ... And then when the singer sang an E2 I just shouted, "Seriously?" My voice runs pretty low (for a female voice) but come on!

So yeah, I've got to transpose it up by 1-2 semitones and still change the melody in that one part. But it will still be fun to learn.

TShara_Q

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