[WednesdaysChild]

The thing that bothers me about FM (hey maybe I should post that under the pet peeves thread, haha) is that while they are great songwriters and musicians, they do not take care of their voices. Besides her work with Robin in the late 70's, Stevie hadn't taken a voice lesson until the period after Street Angel. She always just belted things out--any singer knows that is bad. You need to warm up your cords just like you would your body if you were a runner. She's said now that she regrets not doing more exercises and said that when she'd be sounding so bad, it was because she was screaming out the notes, or else she couldn't sing at all. This is horrible! Lindsey--same thing--people are saying his vocals are getting weaker as the tour progresses. They can do great harmonies, only they have to really practice hard. That is what I love most about singing--working really hard to nail a harmony and then getting it and it's like WHOA, I did it and it sounds great!