Radhika Nair

Radhika Nair (away) posted

When George suggested that i should open my entry in Self Assessment, much as i wanted to do so, my reaction was that its too early for me to do so since i havent been around here for long. But when he said that maybe early on itself, it might make sense to get others views to better my singing – i thought he had a point.

So here goes…

My short term goal: Be a singer who doesnt make basic errors like in pitching, beats, notes etc.
My long term goal : Be a singer from whom consistent performance is guaranteed and who is continuously improving in terms of quality and preferences.

Strengths:
1)I can connect well to whatever i sing. Emoting comes naturally to me and most of the time i dont have to consciously try and bring in feel to my voice & singing.
2)When am in control of my voice(pl see related point in weakness), i do decent modulation of my voice.
3)Mid range and low range is decent most of the times
4)I like to push myself beyond the limits of what i can do with ease and hence my song selection is not necessarily limited to what i can do well.(At times this can be at the
cost of you guys who are listening though :) )
5)Not to fish for compliments – but a month back, am certain you wouldnt have found this entry from me in my strengths. Honestly till i came here i had never thought high of my voice myself bec i considered it to be very different and not necessarily accepted by all. But now,i do think that i have a generally accepted distinct voice. Though at times i have heard feedback of sounding similar to Asha Bhonsle or Geetha Dutt when i do their songs, I believe i have my own different
voice and its just that the tonal quality sometimes seem to bring in a semblance.

Weakness:
1)Gravest of my crimes – at times i tend to slip to off notes. That way , am not a natural who without practice can hit all the notes right all the time.
2)At times i dont seem to have full control over my voice throw which tends to bring in the off notes.Now that i have started to use my voice more regularly after joining here, i think am getting better in this aspect – but not yet where i wish to be.
3)When i sing semi classical, am not able to bring out clarity of all the notes that iam touching( its related to point above)
4)High range need to improve. The strain in the voice can be felt when iam singing at higher range.
5)My voice doesnt suit all kinds of songs.
6)Hindi diction – till i came here i thought i had a decent Hindi diction :) , but i realised that i have a lot more to improve
7)Since i have always been exposed to mostly Indian music, i take time to open up to other genres of music. Am getting better, but i can be more open

Even though you havent heard me long enough, would greatly appreciate your views on my self assessment.

Posted on April 23, 2009