How does the artist find her own voice? Is that voice the same over multiple medias? As a concept, I value a vocal tone that is focused but with plenty of overtones, neither breathy nor wavering in tonal focus (no guessing at what note she is singing). Agility is important, but lyricism is more characteristic. In vocal terms this is a lyric mezzo voice more than one of coluratura.
Does this correspond to photorealism in any way from a painter's perspective? How does use of decoration blue strait forward presentation of concept? Can you compare a song to a painting or photograph? How about a dance? Can a dance remind you of a painting? What references must be in place for their to be a link? "Sunday in the Park with George" - Sondheim's musings on a painting come to mind.
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Do you mean voice as used in music? Voice as used in literature and poetry? Voice as used in any of the arts more generally? Here voice relates more to the actual signiture of the artist [work], that is, something related to manner of expression, issues of style, a distinctivness in the character of something.
The connection between vocal tone and tone in photorealism is difficult because one is a spatial art and the other a temporal art. This is not to say that bridging words cannot be found. Voices are said to have a certain color, lines have visual rhythms, while dancers use color and line as part of dance definition.
However,placing music in the mix of the arts is especially challenging because it is both a temporal system and a sound system. Given your questions in these paragaphs, my little diagram might be helpful in sorting some of this out.
I want to hear that mezzo voice on a CD!
The second paragraph involves seeing linkages and finding appropriate words to encapsulate them. This is really interesting stuff. Here one soon gets into the metaphorical use of language.
I think donnaspa gets right to the heart of the question. Training and technique are important to what artists produce; some aspects are also a reflection of the artist's personality (itself conditioned or modified by many influences, and changing over time). Perhaps finding one's own voice relates to finding the expression that's closest to the "natural" or closest to the personality?
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