@makila7715

6 months ago

About HATERS and BULLIES If you chose to pontificate on the dos and don’ts of a revered artist, you should be prepared for the heat. You think you can criticise Dimash relentlessly in one video for no good reason, but call commentators, who take objection to your views, HATERS, and pillory them? You should learn to distinguish between criticism and hate speech. Still, the title of your video (Lip-sync, Fake Performance) should have been a trigger warning. The graph only shows that I, like others, have watched this song so many times since its release before we happened upon your negative reaction so that I didn’t need to verify again and again if he strained his neck or lip-synced authentically enough. We all noticed his calm and stylised performance and we all scrutinise his every utterance and move (obligatoire – Dimash, like Freddie Mercury, is an artist you want to watch perform, not just listen to). So, by the middle of the video, your gratuitous assault on Dimash got VERY annoying. For me there’s something incongruous about your criticism of a bona fide world class artist of the likes we haven’t seen before, despite his young age. And he got there without you…So the graph naturally declines in the second half since fans don’t like to listen to having their icon taken down – it’s not because I didn’t bother to listen to it. It’s a song of late that I adore and I’ve watched regularly, just not on your channel. So much for the premise of your 'analytical' graph. You are also showing surprising naivité over Chinese regulations for artists performing on TV and in contests and, moreover, arrogance, to impute that Dimash should/could/would use his fame or popularity to bend Chinese rules. This reveals a big gap in your comprehension of the close bond between Dimash, China and those millions and millions of Dears who launched his world fame. He's much too respectful, humble and gracious to abuse that bond. What he certainly can’t do is edit an official CCTV release !!! Do you expect him to justify his every performance??? Should we expect him to provide a separate video in which he explains the exact context. Surely, he is not obliged to label his video releases and indicate if they’re autotuned, lip synced, studio etc. However he does it, he never disappoints. If you pay for a concert, you get live Dimash, full stop. To my imperfect knowledge, Dudarai was performed before a live audience on CCTV1, and regulations forbid lip syncing. In the video one can also catch glimpses of the rest of the orchestra and the audience. However, it is not my job to spoon feed relevant information to reactors. And expertise cannot be based on supposition because even if you reiterate your respect and love for Dimash, it is still peppered with your scathing criticism. I am sorry I triggered your defences and you felt you had to provide proof of your expertise. But just because you're a vocal coach and happened upon a "studio" video of Dimash's - whose fault is that ? - certainly not a misleading stratagem by Dimash!!! You could have simple decided not to 'analyse' because it wasn't in your line of expertise. What really got me in your rant about Dimash’s “lip-synced travesty” were the stabs at his allegedly pushy ‘coercive’ management team, his tendency to overdo it and overstep the limits of his capacity, to spend his voice unnecessarily, and how you want to save him from an early demise due to his evolving performance practices (paraphrasing here). Are you angling for a consultancy position on his team? Just wondering. We are dealing here with the world’s most qualified, uncompromising, humble artist, who has skirted the global music industry to prevail among sharks and still spread his music and message … his way… not shackled by his team or industry dicta or driven by limitless ambition; just driven by his love for music and his special gift he wants to share with the world (and generously supported by his Dears). He also knows to whom he owes his loyalty and who truly loves him – his producers/parents, teachers and friends, not to forget China, which is why it’s one of his priority performance venues. It does not behoove any of us, reactors included, to tell him what to do or to question his choices. What is evident is his integrity and his humility, as well as his boundless energy. Generations of young and old fans/singers/musicians/coaches find inspiration in Dimash. He has already revolutionised voice training and shown what a human voice can do, and created a new musical genre. Do you really think he doesn’t know how to take care of himself and his voice? Concerning Dudarai, Dimash's performance was flawless, not a word mal-synced or a beat missed, presenting two distinct styles to perfection with a novel jazzy composition that promises future revelations. You have chosen to call me out publicly on the cover of your video. FYI, I’m not some frivolous, gung-ho dude or wide-eyed Dear lost in admiration, but a woman with a broad spectrum of long-term musical exposure and immersion who hails from the city of Mozart. Reactors should not preach from a bully pulpit enabled by and paid for in public subscriptions. Your expertise does not give you authority to bear down on the criticism of what you seemingly presume to be clueless commentators. 🙏 PS Reactors serve their purpose - as entertainment. Most use artists for a first or secondary income stream - fair enough. But monetised fandom somehow cheapens it and invites disingenuousness. Some (of the many) excellent voice teachers edify Dimash’s sophisticated vocal techniques, though I have yet to find one who could improve upon them. Most just revel in seeing sophisticated music theory performed to perfection.

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