I've been compared to a lighter Terrence Mann a few times. I have a strange and versatile voice, so I've never been compared to just one person a whole bunch.
I've thought on this for years, and my own ponderings combined with the observations of others have led to a conclusion of Marni Nixon. Although obviously nowhere near as good.
The creepy thing is when I sing guy-songs in 'Singstar', I usually end up channeling Norbert Leo Butz, and I've received several compliments on my well-honed guy-voice. I feel like I'm letting the soprano side down... ;_;
It's funny, I said in my first post that people say I sound like Judy Kuhn. Well, my mom was reading over my shoulder and she asked who Judy Kuhn was, so I went and played a recording of her singing "I Dreamed A Dream," and my mom goes "... are you sure that's not you?"
Granted, it wasn't one of Judy's better performances...
My sister also thinks I sound exactly like one of the extras on the OBC recording of Les Miserables, but she can't remember which one.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
I've been told I sound like idina Menzel a lot... but then again, it's a skill of mine. I can sing like: Idina Menzel, Linda Eder, Caissie Levy (in WIcked L.A.), and a bit of Julia Murney. And when I sing in my head voice, I sound a lot like Leslie Henstock... that animated sound.
But mostly Idina, since I have a higherish speaking voice and a natural high belt. And I sing along to her way too much than I should.
The weird thing about my voice is that it's almost all head voice-- my sister is an alto, and her head voice starts about six or seven notes higher than mine (she can only sing about two or three notes in head voice). I only have a few notes in chest voice-- and I can sing much lower and much higher than my sister-- but my head voice is more powerful than my sister's chest voice (though I think she's a better singer overall). I've never learned to belt, though... I'm still not entirely sure how one goes about doing that.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
You're lucky, Tateh! A powerful rock tenor is always useful. (And I adore John Treacy Egan, by the way... he doesn't get enough love on BWW.)
bwaylvsong-- I'm starting a new voice teacher soon. My previous voice teacher said that I didn't need to learn how to belt because I had a very strong head voice, but it was hurting my chances in some less-classical musicals.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy