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08-27-2007, 03:40 PM
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The Lovely Hobbit-Lass
Join Date: Jun 2003
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...I live in a 200+ year old house....
K, not quite the same. Happy: Work is out!!!! Sound the whistle, start up the car, get me home now!!!
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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08-27-2007, 05:50 PM
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08-27-2007, 05:58 PM
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I'm happy because my brother sent me the soundtrack to Rent (with the original cast) for my birthday.
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08-27-2007, 06:06 PM
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08-27-2007, 10:18 PM
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Oooh. Lots to be happy about today.
I'm not so gud with the actual phonetic -sounds- of the IPA alphabet, but I know the letters and their specific names, which no one else did. BOOYA! Of course, knowing the names is pointless if you can't actually use the alphabet, but that's aside from the point.  I've been really diligent about practicing every day since last Thursday, and I'm seeing improvement. Tomorrow I'm going to bump it up to two practices a day, since tonight when I finished vocalizing for 20 solid minutes, I didn't even have the slightest hint of a raw throat, which I do still get a tiny bit of usually. Also my voice has always sort of 'stop/started' every time I move from a pitch below middle C to one at or above it, and tonight it finally stopped doing that! My voice still gets really thin sounding... but that's going to take more time to fix. And what I'm most proud of...  My mommy is still makin' SUPER progress with the singing! I'm really excited, and hopefully she still is too! In three and a half months she's learned to detect pitch with excellent accuracy (and she used to say she was tone deaf ^_^), she now -naturally- flips into the head voice (thank the Lord who is almighty and obviously wants her to sing soprano in choir just as much as I do ), and she's gotten much more confident about her voice.She got a bit annoyed with me tonight, I think, because I kept interrupting her in the middle of her song to fix little things, but they needed fixing as soon as possible to insure they don't become ingrained habits. And hey... we fixed 'em! She still needs to learn to listen to herself a little better, and to feel what's going on more, but heck... three and a half months of lessons (with a student vocalist, no less), and this much progress? Can I get a HELL YAW?! She's a natural-born singer, whether she wants to admit it or not. I wish she had the time/money to see a real voice teacher, but... maybe eventually. I can only imagine the progress she could be making with someone who wasn't 'feeling around in the dark' for techniques to help her.Tonight she sang a soprano line that we worked on from the very first day, and then stopped for a while. It stays comfortably low in the soprano range, but when she first sang it she had to breath every five to seven seconds, and barely made the 'high' note. Well, tonight she sang it again after a long break away from it, and her voice just rang out beautifully--the high note was gorgeous and resonant... it made my ears ring, which is KICKASS! Also... (I know... THERE'S MORE?!) I totally am making friends. Tons of friends. FRIENDS OUT THE WAZOO! Sopranos, baritones, tenors... you name it, they're mah friends  . I get to be around people who are as passionate about music as I am all day, and most of them are TOTALLY sweet and amazing. Some as asses, but hey... they can kiss my baritonal tembre.  I'M SO HAPPY! Last edited by Tessar : 08-27-2007 at 10:21 PM. |
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08-27-2007, 10:48 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Fountain Valley, CA
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Good for you, Tessar! And for your Mom . Quote:
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08-27-2007, 11:01 PM
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lost in the Opera House
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*thumbs up to Tessar*
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08-27-2007, 11:11 PM
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
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I feel betrayed..like I don't know you anymore or something
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08-28-2007, 06:07 PM
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Oh Hector. You're such a drama queen
.I met my new voice teacher today! OMG YAY!!!!!!!!!!! So 'cited! She's really awesome, and showed me how to stand better when I sing, and told me that I have a really beautiful voice, and that I have a large range, and that my diction is horrible, and that I don't place my voice correctly, and that I have a large voice for someone of my age/vocal range, and that I have a really good legato, and that my low notes are awesome, and that I have way too much jaw tension, and that my tongue is way too tense in my mouth, and that I need to fix the way that I 'attack' the note in the first second of sound production for each new note, and that my voice is really flexible... AND THAT I GET TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST STUDENTS TO SING IN FRONT OF THE OTHER STUDENTS THIS NEXT THURSDAY. EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!Now I have to practice, practice, practice, because no way I'm going to remember all of this from just a few practices, and I want to put some of it into effect by Thursday, and I need to write down everything that she said so that I can remember it. I AM SO EXCITED. Also she guessed that I was a lyric baritone, which is pretty much what everyone has been telling me lately (except for a few people who think I'm a tenor). ALSO, I get to sing tenor in the choir because the tenor section has no self confidence, and I don't mind screeching out wrong notes. And a bunch of the tenors told me my voice was awesome. Which is one of those 'grain of salt things' since I wasn't good enough to get into the audition choir . So apparently I'm really good for a non-music major, but kind of sucky for a music major. That's okay. I can work with that. AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! *runs around in circles till he falls down* But omg. So much homework... o.O It burnzzzz us. This is really hard, but at least I feel like it's a 'hard' challenge that I can actually handle. |
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08-28-2007, 06:14 PM
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
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Tessar, sounds like you're having a blast!
Just don't impose your rigid happiness on us. Not good form
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08-31-2007, 11:34 AM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Our son's football team won last night - they're 2 and 0! And I'm really enjoying the games and understanding a lot more. He starts at right guard, and I finally know what that is. I don't even watch the ball - I just watch him, and it's really fun to see how what he does affects the entire play, esp. when he slips out and blocks, and then "suddenly" there's "magically" a hole for the runner to run through - that would NOT have been there if he didn't make his block down field. You never see those things if you're just watching the ball.
Tomorrow I'm having the entire offensive line over for an all-you-can-eat burrito bar and swimming and Madden08 on the Wii and watching the game film. Am I insane or what? I'll prob. need at least 20 pounds of ground beef, plus all the other stuff But he loves when I do burrito bars for his teams.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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08-31-2007, 03:22 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Yay! The pool repair guy just left and fixed the pool pump in time for the party tomorrow! He made a special effort and some extra phone calls and got it done
Yay!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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08-31-2007, 04:53 PM
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
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But it's still something I can handle; it's not so much that the material is incredibly hard (not most of the time, anyway), it's just the sheer quantity that befuddles me.
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Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle |
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09-01-2007, 11:33 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Gosh, I've missed this thread.
Best town fair ever. And people love me. *happy sighs*
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That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May |
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09-01-2007, 11:40 PM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Michigan
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I'm so glad college is in my distant past.
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Music is like candy............. It's much better when you throw away the Rappers. |
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09-01-2007, 11:51 PM
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Elf Lord
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Life is long, Old One.
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That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May |
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09-02-2007, 12:02 AM
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Elven Warrior
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Experiences are my teachers now Sis. (May I call you that?)
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Music is like candy............. It's much better when you throw away the Rappers. |
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09-02-2007, 03:20 PM
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Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale
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I want to learn Russian, Norwegian, native-level English, improve my German, study business management, human resources, economics, psychology, playing contra-bass, piano, learn how to sing properly (teach me oh mighty Tessar!), learn how to read even faster, learn how to properly and effecitvely talk to people on a formal level. Also want to learn Korean, more Japanese, Arabic oh and I should learn proper Dutch >_<
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Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply.
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09-02-2007, 03:34 PM
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Sis is fine, although longtime posters sometimes save that for SisterGolden Hair, I believe. I also go as siscuz, and Lief thinks I'm a man named Earl, due to confusions unique to him. Just don't call me late to dinner.
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That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May |
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09-03-2007, 06:53 AM
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Elven Warrior
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SisCuz it is. Thanks. Although Earl kinda cracks me up a bit. HMM, maybe I'll go with Earl just 'cause.
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