Michelle Chamuel

[mercfan3]

We're probably talking about the same thing. Just the ability to switch between the two, and do it as rapidly and accurately as Michelle and Haley do is something that I find is kind of rare, particularly because they don't do it at the end of phrases and for only parts of phrases..it's just interesting.

I think though, we are talking about the same thing, because one of the reasons I thought the jazz influence might have something to do with it is because scatting is where you do hear it. And seeing as they are two people whose voices remind me of instruments (Sax and violin) that makes sense that they would mimic those sounds..which means they'd be likely to be drawn to jazz.

I guess though, what's more interesting to me is where these two have a tendency to choose to switch between chest voice and head voice. Sometimes it's right in the middle of a word (Several times in the middle of a word) or phrase. It's just in a different place than most songs tend to be. (Think "Oh My" during the verses). Most singers chose to make that switch at the end of phrases. And as much as it seems subtle, it's actually really difficult to do. (In fact, the few times current pop singers do that..it's always auto-tuned and during live performances they don't do it.) And it's especially weird for me, because these two vocalists really don't have much in common vocally with the exception of an influence from jazz. (In some ways they are complete opposites. Michelle is incredibly picky over how she sounds. In fact, I get the sense that each note..even in what might typically be a spontaneous run..is well thought out and practiced. Whereas Haley seems to prefer improvisation. I think their musicality is about equal but what Michelle could break down and discuss..probably in mathematical formulas in some cases, Haley just understands intuitively.) So it's just something that I noticed and was curious about.