AnneC
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I just recently got Audacity before my motherboard went kaput, and I still have yet to play around with it much. I may have to pick a few brains here once I get it going.
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I think I know what you mean, or maybe I'm using a variation. I have a work in progress that uses the phrase "so far" in its various meanings, such as indicating distance and alluding to the passage of time.
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Whaddya know?! It looks like it would fit in carry-on luggage for, say, a trip to Glasgow?
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Sure, I liked the numbers theme... I go away for ONE DAY and I'm overruled!
Honey, Don't --- Carl Perkins
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John brought up an interesting point that actually I was thinking about yesterday (but not while I was online). I despise listening to so many of the recent crop of pop-tarts because so many of them sound so similar and like they're bored out of their minds.
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I agree, Finn. Numbers could go on for a while.
59th Street Bridge Song --- Simon & Garfunkel
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I'm glad you brought this up Jules, as I kind of wanted to bring up something along the same lines. In my opinion both as a vocal musician and a listener, I think vocals are essential. But as Steve was saying there are two types of 'quality' regarding vocals music. One has to do with the overall sound of a voice, and one has to do with the more technical aspect (stay tuned for more on this).
Bottom line in regards to the original question.... a song can be brilliant with great lyrics and a wonderful melody and instrumentation that is first rate, but if the vocals are lacking it will turn me off in a heartbeat.
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I'm Eighteen --- Alice Cooper
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Breakdown --- Tom Petty
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I'd Love To change The World --- Ten Years After
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Run Through The Jungle --- Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Come To My Window --- Melissa Etheridge
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April Come She Will --- Simon & Garfunkel
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You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine...
Oops, wrong association!
Blue On Black --- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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Why Don't We Do It In The Road? --- The Beatles
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It's Electric --- Metallica
(forgive me)
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Doctor of what, I'd like to know!
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Lazz, for what it's worth, I find that I too tend to write in the AABA form, or often an A-A-B-abbreviatedA form. For some reason it just seems to be a pleasant way for a song to progress. If I want to stretch things out a bit I'll do an AABABA but not very often.
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Keep Pushin' --- REO Speedwagon
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Maz, what we do in this game is look at the previous answer and use the words of the title and/or artist to think of a new answer. For example, I responded to "Man on the Moon" by REM with "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison because REM made me think of dreaming. You can respond with any song really, just building on the last answer. Just put the title and artist. Also, we try not to repeat the same answer too soon but we're really not too strict about that. Clear as mud?
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In Dreams --- Roy Orbison
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Do you write out the parts? How? Do you have any examples we can look at? Or can you explain the process you work to?
I'm really quite interested in this!
Well, personally I write out parts but I don't write band music... yet. I really started thinking about this because I'm interested in doing just that and I wanted some input as to how the old pros around here do it.
For those who haven't read previous posts of mine, I currently write choral music. If anyone is interested I could find a way to post up some of my sheet music and possibly some commentary of how it took shape.
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One thing I have noticed over the past few years, is my voice has changed! I used to be able to sing very high falsetto , now I can't sing falsetto at all! But I can also not sing any lower than I could before!
The Incredible Shrinking Range.
My voice is definitely lower than it used to be. I used to be one of those women who could reach the stratosphere with no problems, and now if I go above a D6 I'm getting iffy. That is, unless I don't know how high I'm going, then I might hit a G6 without much problem. On the other end, I've gotten lower too. A Bb3 used to be the bottom of my range, and now it's about an F#3 if I'm pushing it.
G5 used to be the crack of my voice where I'd switch between head tone and chest voice. Now I think it's dropped to about an E, and that troubles me.
As far as range extension goes, I'm not greatly familiar with those techniques but I think the time is coming that I'll need to look into them. I'm not quite a spring chicken anymore and without doing something my range will probably sink more. I don't want to get into a situation where the highest I can sing is 2nd tenor! There's not much call for a modern chanteuse anymore.
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Lunatic Fringe --- Red Rider
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I came across a program called "Band Minus One". Anyone know anything about it? For my needs, BIAB would be rather more than I'd need and I couldn't justify the price so I've been looking at alternatives. I may check into Andrew's suggestions too. Thanks!