Featured songs for the week included those by Cranberries. And I love the Cranberries!
The original goes like this:
My version is this:
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Gender-Bending Contest Round 1 Entry - Three Times a Lady
I managed to get into the Round 1 of Gender-Bending Contest...
The rules were:
Not sure about the energy/excitement...The only pop male songs I knew were Tears in Heaven and Three Times a Lady. How much can i put into such a slow song? And there were not too many male songs listed there that I knew how to sing...I know I could not make myself sound like a man here...my voice is soprano 1. Meaning, alanganing alto, alanganing soprano (mas mababa kesa sa soprano 2).
I used to be in the high school choir, and all the while I thought I was alto...but when we did the voice exercises for the first time upon joining, my voice was distinctly of a higher pitch than the rest of the alto's. So I was placed among the sopranos, but I felt so out of place there, because I knew I did not have the high range that they did, nor did I know how to do falsetto as well as they did...I decided to quit after a while...I just could not (or did not know the trick/method to) do falsetto with as much clarity and control as the others did.
So I scrolled some more and found this old old song. Rhythm of the Falling Rain...thought I'd give it a try. The pitch was okay as to let me "sound" a bit like a man...
The rules were:
Look here and pick a song to duet with Roland Bowman (our resident SingSnap guitar virtuoso):
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchAndListen/recordingsForUser/ae1f8f3
Remember to Bend those Genders!
1) You may only select songs that have no singing on them currently. (I'm pretty sure none of Roland's do, but just in case)
2) For this round no layering or voice overs.
3) No pre-records. All songs must have been recorded 11/19/2007 or later.
4)This round you will be judged on three things:
* Energy/Excitement
* Appropriate Song Selection
* Entertainment Value
Not sure about the energy/excitement...The only pop male songs I knew were Tears in Heaven and Three Times a Lady. How much can i put into such a slow song? And there were not too many male songs listed there that I knew how to sing...I know I could not make myself sound like a man here...my voice is soprano 1. Meaning, alanganing alto, alanganing soprano (mas mababa kesa sa soprano 2).
I used to be in the high school choir, and all the while I thought I was alto...but when we did the voice exercises for the first time upon joining, my voice was distinctly of a higher pitch than the rest of the alto's. So I was placed among the sopranos, but I felt so out of place there, because I knew I did not have the high range that they did, nor did I know how to do falsetto as well as they did...I decided to quit after a while...I just could not (or did not know the trick/method to) do falsetto with as much clarity and control as the others did.
So I scrolled some more and found this old old song. Rhythm of the Falling Rain...thought I'd give it a try. The pitch was okay as to let me "sound" a bit like a man...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
How Do You Keep the Music Playing - Patti Austin & James Ingram
Riffraff is one of the contestants in the Duet contest, but who was partnered with someone else. He is such a good singer that I couldn't help singing with him when I found his open duet.
In My Life - Bette Midler
Well, I was actually looking for something else with the lyrics "In my life, there is no harmony to help me through the song..." or something like that. But I ended up with this, tinuloy ko na...'
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