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<blockquote data-quote="KidCthulhu" data-source="post: 111086" data-attributes="member: 26">I think you're overlooking one very serious factor.&nbsp; Almost no famous musicians are proficient in more than one or two styles.&nbsp; Look at opera singers who try to sing popular tunes (&quot;For All the Girls I've Loved Before&quot;?), look at rock stars who try to play jazz.Sure, it's possible.&nbsp; But some styles of musical perfomance are anthetical to each other.&nbsp; A bard may be able to two a couple of things well, but a bard should be driven to excel at only one style.&nbsp; That's why they become famous.&nbsp; It's called style.I had a voice teacher once who was going around a master class asking each student what they wanted from their voice.&nbsp; One woman said she wanted to go into country music.&nbsp; The teacher basically told her not to waste her time with voice training, as everything about the style of voice used in country is wrong when considered from a classical voice production standpoint.Sure, feel free to make a list of styles.&nbsp; It's a great resource.&nbsp; But the bard himself should focus on one or two.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KidCthulhu, post: 111086, member: 26"] I think you're overlooking one very serious factor. Almost no famous musicians are proficient in more than one or two styles. Look at opera singers who try to sing popular tunes ("For All the Girls I've Loved Before"?), look at rock stars who try to play jazz. Sure, it's possible. But some styles of musical perfomance are anthetical to each other. A bard may be able to two a couple of things well, but a bard should be driven to excel at only one style. That's why they become famous. It's called style. I had a voice teacher once who was going around a master class asking each student what they wanted from their voice. One woman said she wanted to go into country music. The teacher basically told her not to waste her time with voice training, as everything about the style of voice used in country is wrong when considered from a classical voice production standpoint. Sure, feel free to make a list of styles. It's a great resource. But the bard himself should focus on one or two. [/QUOTE]

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