Singing Lessons from Miss Lea Michele

[THDavis]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 3:40am

1) As long as you squint while you're singing, you're really into your music.
2) The more you squeak at the beginning of your notes, the more emotion is behind it.
3) Giving yourself nowhere to build during a song by starting out really angry and ending really angry gets you praise.

I'm sure I've missed others, but I'll start using these for now.
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 03:40 AM

[jennafan]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 3:44am

4) THDavid is jealous

[THDavis]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 3:49am

Hahaha, okay.

EDIT: You know, I guess I can say I am jealous. I'm jealous that somebody who can do something like that gets so much recognition. I had a great deal of respect for her towards the beginning of Glee and during Spring Awakening, but she's really altered a lot of her performance and I don't feel it's for the better. I think it's annoying and gaudy. Updated On: 6/14/10 at 03:49 AM

[jsg03jd]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 4:27am

Maybe this thread should be renamed "Singing Lessons by Miss Lea Michele."

Either way, she shouldn't be giving either acting or singing tips to anyone. Even Cory Monteith.

Posted: 6/14/10 at 4:31am

She has read and reviewed your comments and feels terrible. She will be going back to being an all-but-unknown now.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 6:19am

He might be jealous...but he isn't wrong. That's not suppose to be an angry song...but one of empowerment and spunk.

But agreed: so NOT acting lessons.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:41am

#1 was an acting thing. She's definitely a better singer than actress, but she definitely did both terribly last night.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:55am

You know, I find her unwarranted popularity as annoying as the next person, but if she sang "terribly" last night, I'd love to have the blessing of a terrible voice like that!

[silversurfer2]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 8:16am

If anyone wants to hear how that song should be done,{excluding the original} listen to LINDA EDER's version.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 8:30am

Speaking words rather than singing them only works for Julie Andrews. Anyone can speak to music (watch Lucille Ball in Maimed). Your best choice would be to sing the notes rather than speak them.

And we got that you can sing loud and brassy. Why don't you try "People"? Yes we know it's Barbra's signature song, but go on sing it. I dare ya.

[THDavis]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:14pm

Sorry, as a musical theatre student I sort of just batch the entire performance aspect (singing, acting, etc.) into one group, but I fixed it :)

I never said Lea is a terrible singer, she's not at all. Her performances in Spring Awakening were impressive and powerful, I thought, and I really liked her towards the beginning of Glee when she would accent her performances with things like that but now she does nothing but squeak and squint. It's one of those "too much of a good thing" occasions.

[njmasquers]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:24pm

All this Lea Michele complaining is just making the members of the Lea Michele(Safari)Love Museum at Tenafly High School in Tenafly NJ more and more angry!!!

She's an OK actor, but just try to have her sing a ballad. BLAHHH!!

[musicalfandukie]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:49pm

The girl could just blink and people would find a million things wrong with the way she did it. Sometimes it seems like people are watching performances just to find things wrong with it. Sit back and enjoy it some. She's human everything she does isn't going to be perfect. I thought she sounded great last night.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:52pm

You might also say the girl could blink and some people would call it art of the highest order.

I think she's often sounded very nice. Last night I thought she was way off the mark.

No one is going to change anyone else's mind, though, and I'm perfectly happy to know you (and others) enjoyed her performance.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:52pm

Then your ears don't work very well...

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:59pm

5) When not squinting, mix it up a bit by rolling your eyes WAY up like you're serenading your own brain stem.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:01pm

My ears work less well after enduring that performance, probably. It was painful.

[Parks]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:02pm

Ah, this made me LOL. Thank you.

[NYCJUDE2]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:04pm

I went immediately to the boards after the show to see if anyone heard what we heard here at my home...Lea Michele butchering Don't Rain...if she'd been on American Idol I believe the comments would range from "off key", "all over the place", "shouting", and finally, something about the song being "just too big for her". (the comparisons to Ms Streisand are too obvious to mention).

I'm a Glee watcher and appreciate her talent, WHEN she gives us something to appreciate. Last nite was NOT it.

PS Wasn't too thrilled with Morrison's All I Need Is The Girl either. I think the song was performed too fast, the choreography and attitude was forced and Vegas-y. Again, I like him well enough on Glee, respect his talent (loved him in South Pacific, but last nite? Uh, not so much.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:08pm

The number one rule: ALWAYS look and act like you're so pissed you're about to breathe fire.

I generally am a big Lea fan but she looked like she was gonna rip someones head off.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:09pm

6) Make sure your outfit and hair make you look like you wandered in from playing Cassandra in a college production of THE TROJAN WOMEN.

[Felm_heart]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:16pm

Yeah, she looked super pissed.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:29pm

[bluebubbles]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:32pm

Even though I don't think she's right for either part, I wish somebody would throw her a bone and just let her play Elphaba or Fanny so that she would finally shut up about how desperate she is to play those parts.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:34pm

"If God still lives, my marriage will be bloodier than Helens...

*whips out microphone*

"DON'T tell me not to FLY I simply got to...If someone takes a SPILL its me and not you..."