[Magdalen] Finally! FFJ!!!

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

A surefire way to tell is to make a recording and listen to yourself.  Even
when you don't hear the intonation problems as you sing, you'll detect it
in a recording.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I cringe to think of what a recording of me singing the RVW Five
> Mystical Songs at our former parish's 50th anniversary concert would
> sound like. I guess I did an OK job (along with the choir and small
> chamber orchestra), but I really wouldn't want to hear it again. I'm
> no Sir Thomas Allen.
>
> And I really didn't get a lot of direct feedback one way or the
> other...a few compliments, and one hearty "Scott, I didn't know you
> had it in you!" but a couple people I expected would have something to
> say about it chose not to. I shouldn't project, but perhaps where they
> sat, I didn't come through too impressively. Or it was horrible! <sob>
>
> It fulfilled a dream for me, though. I was very glad to have the
> opportunity.
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:21 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My hearing is failing, and I fear a loss of pitch sense. I can sympathize
> > with a person who thinks she can sound better than she does, and others
> > attend her concerts just to laugh at her behind her back.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>