by The following quote is from Alyn Shipton’s book, Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter. Percussionist Ray Cooper is describing Harry Nilsson’s voice. Imagine having a voice like this:
“The voice was extraordinary and clear, a boy’s choir voice in a man. Absolutely beautiful – a surgical instrument because it would heal you. You felt an overwhelming wave of warmth … that voice would come through and you almost couldn’t play, it was so beautiful, seriously beautiful.”
Sigh. If I can’t have a voice like that, I wouldn’t mind a next door neighbor who sang like that, someone I could listen to from time to time. Also, Ray Cooper is an extremely articulate, poetic man. Such an evocative description.
A quick snapshot from choir rehearsal on Tuesday. We have a lot of new singers this year. John, our director, said 60 people auditioned! I think around 12 or so made it in. We must be up to a billion singers by now.
