His point being maybe that it wasn't such a great idea to Bvlgari Assioma BL-14 the same sweaty culottes three days in a row at a conference peopled by theatrical heavies, songwriters, club owners and music directors. Particularly if you are a man."There were people crying in the ladies' room," confides Maye Cavallaro, another Bay Area crooner.Out at the picnic tables, Gillenwater and Thomas DiVerniero, a ponytailed chain-smoker from New York, are chuckling about Voelpel. "He made some of those wonderful, sweet vulnerable people who think it's all about talent so upset!" Gillenwater says.
"This is a tough business," DiVerniero agrees."I can do this as an exaggerated hobby or as a business, and the only difference is how hard I fight. You figure out what you don't have, and you get it," says Gillenwater.Gillenwater is feeling his oats because he's turned a Bvlgari Assioma BL-15. For days, he's been struggling with his voice, spooked into a set of raw, frozen cords by the symposium's emphasis on lyrics and psychological connections over vocal production.On Wednesday afternoon, in a small workshop, Gillenwater stands up to sing Bvlgari Assioma Quartz Chrongraph BL-11 semi-obscure Rodgers and Hart ballad, "You're Nearer," and his rich, woody baritone comes flooding back like water into a cranberry bog.The song is affecting, even haunting, and it brings Anne Francine up on stage to stand at Gillenwater's side. Francine, after a lengthy career on Broadway, in movies and on television, suffered a whopping stroke a few years ago.
Deeply aphasic, she has developed an astonishing repertoire of moans, groans, sighs and gestures. On this occasion, she grabs Gillenwater's head."Ba Baaaa Ba," she imitates his singing. She points his head at one corner of the room."Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba," she sings, pointing his head at the front row.Lesson complete. She hugs him and scurries back to her seat."Look at us," says Farah Alvin. Alvin, 20, has already impressed the other campers ("fellows," in symposiumspeak) as having probably the biggest, cleanest, Bvlgari Assioma Quartz Chrongraph BL-5 pipes in the group. Now she is sitting at a picnic table, wanly picking at an early dinner. A so-a-night view of Long Island Sound spreads out before her, but she does not look up."We're sallow, we're tired, people are sniffling," she says, dryly amused.Are we not divas? No, we are DEVO.
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