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What are you talking about?

I agree, how she ever became famous is bond me, but the instant Disney finds some one younger and hipper she's done for. Mark my words

I hate her because I'm a classically trained singer who may very well end up as a music teacher in the future. Given I'm considering a career in music education and the fact that I have spent almost three years being trained to sing opera and other forms of classical music, I have grown to understand vocal technique and how the voice works.
I've watched Miley sing. She breathes to her chest. As far as proper vocal technique goes, this is incorrect. When taking a proper, vocal breath, the chest and shoulders should not move. Rather, the stomach should expand. If Miley can't grasp even that most basic concept she shouldn't be singing.
She loses her ending consonants. A big "no-no". Enunciation is extremely important.
Her tone is stretched and nasally. By my teacher's standards (and therefore by my standards), unacceptable. Even in pop, there is no excuse for nasally singing. In my field, there is no excuse for a stretched tone, either. A nice, rounded tone is expected.
The microphone? Where would Miley be without it? Nowhere. She needs big, powerful amplifiers for her voice to carry. Not good. It may interest you to know that if you were to go to the Metropolitan Opera none of the singers have microphones, and yet they can still be heard over a full orchestra in the back of the theatre. Because there's this thing called projection that a singer should be able to understand. When I perform at my vocal teacher's concerts, I never have a microphone and the people in the back of the room can still hear me. Again, power and projection are expected.

That is why I don't like her from the standpoint of a classically trained singer. Because she clearly lacks the skill required of those pursuing careers in my field.

From the standpoint of a possible vocal coach, I dislike her because she is a poor role model for future singers and advocates poor technique. I don't want to see children running around with nodes and other disorders because they tried to imitate Miley and engaged in potentially vocally unsafe practices.

Once again, why are we talking about Miley Cyrus? She is a little spoiled girl who is the current "it". Just like every other "it" she will fade. Hopefully when she isn't famous anymore she will learn to be a little less self righteous. Example: anybody remember the Radiohead incident? Very funny. Just goes to show you that children should not have careers like that until they can appreciate things.

I was fourteen when I started singing and I was perfectly capable of understanding vocal technique. It's very simple.
There's a right way to breathe and there are wrong ways to breathe. Miley breathes incorrectly.
Sounding nasally isn't acceptable. Miley has a nasally tone as well as a stretched tone.
Singers should be able to survive without a microphone because they should know how to project. Miley needs gigantic amplifiers.
As for her acting? I've seen much, much better.

Ditto...this thread is making me want to vomit.

But what do you write about? Do you write science fiction, fantasy, drama, romance, etc...
That's what we want to know.