sir_quirky_k (![[info]](http://www.iziblog.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sir_quirky_k) wrote,@ 2008-05-24 11:22:00 |
On music, primarily vocal in nature
Thursday night: mostly better than Tuesday, although Bulgaria was probably the most intense sensory assault ever seen on British television. No warnings whatsoever on the night; I turned off both nights before voting started, so don't know if there was a warning for Bulgaria on Tuesday, but must presume not.
Tonight is the concert; my piece isn't in it but I can see why and am excited about the rest of it. Performing on the stage I've watched so many others perform on is pretty special. The lead soprano for my piece has a solo, she's singing a Leona Lewis album track (
(Deliberate choice of words, there; it is she that performed
Much more like it; Answer. This is the new song I'm working on with Helen, and it suits my voice very well (after transposing down an octave, natch). My voice is rather suited to soft and low, this proves it, and the obvious leap upwards (from C4 to A4, as written; that line eventually reaches C5) is one that Helen thinks should be an opportunity for a register change. Would work better up a fourth (F4 to D5, or as I'd sing it, F3 to D4, the highest then being F4 - which I've sung 'normally' precisely twice, details of both in this blog...)
Incidentally; comedy comparison, after a quick peek in the city's music shop (yes, the only one in the city of a quarter of a million people, apart from those catering exclusively to guitarists and their ilk). The highest note in
And another thought: sooner or later, the Lowe package for BBC News is going to have to be replaced. The precedent set - and it's one that was missing in the 'virtual studio' package, for it consisted of essentially rearranging the One and Six themes in the same mould as the Nine, and tweaking the Nine somewhat - is for one very simple theme (in this case, an electronic 60bpm metronome) and many variations. The NBC News package by John Williams is not dissimilar, though far more subtle. It would make some sense for a noted British composer to write the BBC's most important music package.
Hmmm. Andrew Lloyd-Webber to write the BBC News music?
Thursday night: mostly better than Tuesday, although Bulgaria was probably the most intense sensory assault ever seen on British television. No warnings whatsoever on the night; I turned off both nights before voting started, so don't know if there was a warning for Bulgaria on Tuesday, but must presume not.
Tonight is the concert; my piece isn't in it but I can see why and am excited about the rest of it. Performing on the stage I've watched so many others perform on is pretty special. The lead soprano for my piece has a solo, she's singing a Leona Lewis album track (
Footprints In The Sand), and from chatting to her this morning she is rather regretting that choice; it covers a range of F3-A5 (!!!) and although she's changed one line so it doesn't go quite as low, it's still awkward for her. Guess what? She's nervous, and she's now admitted she 'slightly' regrets her choice... I'm planning on doing a solo next time, and I will not make the same mistakes that she did...
(Deliberate choice of words, there; it is she that performed
Beautiful Disasterin our last concert, and she possesses, as I do, a copy of the
Breakawaysheet music.)
Much more like it; Answer. This is the new song I'm working on with Helen, and it suits my voice very well (after transposing down an octave, natch). My voice is rather suited to soft and low, this proves it, and the obvious leap upwards (from C4 to A4, as written; that line eventually reaches C5) is one that Helen thinks should be an opportunity for a register change. Would work better up a fourth (F4 to D5, or as I'd sing it, F3 to D4, the highest then being F4 - which I've sung 'normally' precisely twice, details of both in this blog...)
Incidentally; comedy comparison, after a quick peek in the city's music shop (yes, the only one in the city of a quarter of a million people, apart from those catering exclusively to guitarists and their ilk). The highest note in
Wuthering Heightsis F5. The highest note in
Defying Gravityis F#5.
And another thought: sooner or later, the Lowe package for BBC News is going to have to be replaced. The precedent set - and it's one that was missing in the 'virtual studio' package, for it consisted of essentially rearranging the One and Six themes in the same mould as the Nine, and tweaking the Nine somewhat - is for one very simple theme (in this case, an electronic 60bpm metronome) and many variations. The NBC News package by John Williams is not dissimilar, though far more subtle. It would make some sense for a noted British composer to write the BBC's most important music package.
Hmmm. Andrew Lloyd-Webber to write the BBC News music?
