A singer is a musician who uses his
or her voice to produce music. Usually, singing refers
to vocal melody only, though vocalist is a similar
term which also encompasses non-melodic sounds and
effectively includes anyone using their voice as part
of a musical composition, including spoken word, death
grunt, Hardcore screaming, and rapping.
According to Alfred Alexander (formally
a ENT consultant to the home office), "a singer
is a person of adequate musicality, who is gifted
with a voice of such power and beauty that competent
judges can recommend singing as a career". Alexander
believes that 1 in 50,000 in the UK possess such gifts,
which means in England (800,000 births a year average)
16 people are born with such a voice a year, making
500 "first class voices" active in any particular
generation (taken as 30 years) at any one time.
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging,
usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide
a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant,
a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels have conference
services and meeting rooms and encourage groups to
hold conventions and meetings at their location.
