Born to Sing: singing lesons, The Ultimate Voice Training Course (4 tapes + book)

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Summary: Don't waste your time on this.
Review: I don't even know where to start in describing how bad these "lessons" are. Do yourself a favor and look elswhere.

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Summary: Don't waste your time on this.
Review: I don't even know where to start in describing how bad these "lessons" are. Do yourself a favor and look elswhere.

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Summary: Don't waste your time on this.
Review: I don't even know where to start in describing how bad these "lessons" are. Do yourself a favor and look elswhere.

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Summary: Born To Sing
Review: I have read and used this old version - I agree that it had some rough edges. No one can approach the total picture from a book or tapes and this particular one may not be right for everyone. This now comes in CD form and has been much improved. Elisabeth is a phenomenal internationally reknown teacher of commercial pop vocal technique styles and should not be dismissed so completely (by the first reviewer). Her technique and excercises have made the careers of major stars on Broadway and elsewhere. If you want to do Musical Theatre Belt safely then I think this series may be right for you. In any event I don't believe anyone who is serious about singing should be self taught. A private teacher is a must!

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Summary: this was one of the best things rthat has happend to me
Review: i think the book and tapes were great they really helped me and i think this is one of the best voice lesson books i have read

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Summary: Born to Sing...but who?
Review: The first reviewer of Born to Sing admirably summed up this work with one star. I did get a few useful tips out of the book/cassettes but as a self-tution book it is seriously flawed. The first weakness is the quality of the singing on the tapes. Maybe it's my ear or the technology of the cassettes but at times the two authors sound like donkeys braying at each other from separate fields.
I could get over that if the structure was better. There is no attempt to teach the beginner a song, merely various bits of technique. Even simple things like numbering the tapes is missing, so that once you remove them from the case, you have no idea which order they're in!
I could live with all this except one of the authors will rattle off an impossible piece of singing and then, deadpan, say "Now you try it"!
There are some better books w/cassette/CD available. by Susan Sutherland, pub by Teach Yourself (NTC Publishing Group), for instance, is cheaper and better, though you'll have to put up with her archly Brit accent! Nothing's perfect.
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