(.... putting his oar in the water briefly,.....)

Even though I, too, have my own semi-horrified reactions to not only this thread but the entire mindset that has been growing up (puns intended) over the past decade or two in the singing biz, I believe it's almost a cyclical-type of thing.

Granted, yes - the technology which CAN assist people in a nanosecond if they but use it wasn't around until relatively recently.

But I seem to recall my last voice teacher (who got 'discovered' by Merola himself back in The Last Century) had stories of how SHE had seen this same type of befuddlement/laziness/call it what you will starting back in the late 30s and early 40s.

What goeth around, cometh around, I guess.

My take is, it's the singing equivalent of Darwinism at its finest:

Come a few years down the road, only the fittest singers will be still standing and singing (and singing well), and with a bit of luck and perseverance, be transmitting the much-needed skills it takes to carve out a niche in this bidness.

Or I could be totally wrong about everything and live long enuf to see great art reduced to cookie-cutter sameness and everyone bewailing about how good things USED to be.

shrug

Whaddyagonnado.

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