Teacup Café XVIII

[klatukatt]

Tessar is awesome! We should have mangaled kareoke night in the Teacup!

Walk to Your Audition
(Sung to the tune of “Walk Like an Egyptian” by the Bangles)

All the young actors on the prowl
They check out Craig’s List don't you know
If the ad’s too slick (oh whey oh)
They're dropping down to the casting call
All the wise old men on the stage
They start to building on the set
You flip the page (oh whey oh)
The cast is all out for Juliet
Doing Bard from cold read is hard
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk to your audition

Blonde techie gals take their tape
They turn around and they mark the floor
They light your moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your cue then you’re out the door
All the ingenues sick of looks
They get from pedestrians
When their agent rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking to their auditions
All the time it’s like “Chorus Line” say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk to your audition

Straighten chin up and cheat out your feet
Face the house then you’re doing fine
The part’s hard you know (oh whey oh)
So clear your throat then you say your line
If you want to get all the parts
You better learn your piece by heart
You sing and dance (oh whey oh)
That makes you cool, such a triple-threat
All the directors with their men
They say the words “Kid, you’re in”
And the Chorus knows (oh whey oh)
They’re walkin’ fine to audition

Equity just like you and me we say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk to your audition
Walk to your audition

And Sane, my car is doing great actually.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm late for a meeting because of the moot.

[trolls' bane]

*yawn*

Cookies, anyone?

[jammi567]

No thanks, i have enough of them on my computer as it is.

[klatukatt]

Bleah. I am so sick. I'm gonna go munch on Garlic and destroy some humans.

[E, LoR]

Klatukatt is sick? I just knew I would infect the whole board!

[me9996]

Originally Posted by klatukatt

Bleah. I am so sick. I'm gonna go munch on Garlic and destroy some humans.

Be shure to watch out for humans with shotguns, those things can cause some real damage!

[Tessar]

O.o

Holy Shizzlefitz!

My sweet little, 'cant sing to save her soul,' mother vocalized over three octaves tonight. Keep in mind that I was considered, a "kind of okay-ish" singer when I started lessons, and I only had about 2 octaves of vocalizing range. It took me a year of training to reach three octaves.

She really got into it, too. I had her do some whacky stuff that I wasn't sure she'd be willing to do, but she did it, and it got some results. This is going to be VERY interesting to be a part of... I can't wait to see how the whole thing plays out.

The slightly annoying thing is that since her vocalizing range IS so big, and her voice is still so breathy and unfocused over all of it, I have NO IDEA where her real voice is. She seems to have a somewhat strong chest voice, but then once I taught her how to access her head voice, she picked up some power there, too.

Also she claimed to be comfortable singing low, and singing high. I have no clue what she is. But for right now I'm just going to take a wild stab and say possibly a lyric mezzo soprano, based on where she felt the vibrations (chest, throat, head) at various places in her range. Not that it matters, but I just personally am really curious.

Also: IT IS UNCANNY HOW MUCH SHE SOUNDS LIKE ENYA. Omg. I thought she sounded like her before... but now she REALLY sounds like an 'untrained' Enya. o.O



... you do not know, 'weird,' till you are standing in front of your mother, bellowing, "YES! Good! Okay, up a half step... You dropped the support--breath into the stomach. Yes! Good! Okay, that was off... more support... yes... close, very close... YES! Great job!"

[sisterandcousinandaunt]

I'm betting mezzo. Untrained natural altos head for an A like little homing pigeons, lol. And roost. They don't go 3 octaves.

How really fabulous! A great mother's day gift, Tessar, for her to be able to see your strengths in this area, and for you to help her.

[trolls' bane]

*enters*
Me9996? Why? Why have you bestowed upon me this thread slowing ray? I've accidentally shot it at no less than six boards, and with great effect it worked!

[Tessar]

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

I'm betting mezzo. Untrained natural altos head for an A like little homing pigeons, lol. And roost. They don't go 3 octaves.

Really? I've never actually met an untrained alto in person... I just have the general idea of what their vocal range should be.

What voice do you sing? I'm guessing you must know, since you seem to know more about voice than I do .

... re-reading that sentence, now... this comes to mind:

"And here we have a lovely soprano, who... OH! Look over there! It's the rare, fabulous, Untrained Alto! Cricky, it's a big one, too! Look at the jaws on that gurl! Oop! We've startled 'er, an' she's retreating to the A... her safety point. Cricky, that was exciting, though!"

My mother actually sang from the C below Middle C, up to the A below Soprano C. So yes, just a tiny bit under three octaves, but damn close. In the American keyboard system, it would be from C3 to A5, for those of you who know it. So that range, coupled with the places she seemed to have her 'breaks' at, makes me think Mezzo. I'm glad you agree with me!



Like I said, this is going to be interesting. Once I've trained her for a bit, I think I'll make a bigger push for her to go see a real voice teacher. It seems that she may have a fair bit of talent in there that just needs some bringing out.

How really fabulous! A great mother's day gift, Tessar, for her to be able to see your strengths in this area, and for you to help her.

I'm honored that she wanted me to teach her. What an experience... she gets to discover her voice, and how good it can be, and I get to train someone's voice, try new techniques, and further develop my teaching style. I think it'll be a win-win both ways, assuming she sticks with it... I hope she wants to stick with it!

This is very exciting for me, and she definitely seems to have an untapped gift for it.

[klatukatt]

I used to be first soprano before my testicles dropped.

I'm second soprano now. They get cooler harmonies.

[Tessar]

So... I'm guessing they didn't drop very far, then?

[Mari]

same here, I used to be a fairly high soprano, but I now sing mezzo/alto. It kind off depends on what is necessary at the moment, since I can sing both without much problems.
I am now practicing a song from the sound of music, which is interestingly arranged, but it's also a bit weird:
the alto part goes from a low A# to a high D... and not gradually, but with big jumps.
A challenge!
I wish I had someone to teach me how to sing properly though.

[E, LoR]

I've got a good range... but I'm basically a soprano

[klatukatt]

Now that I'm addicted to the Moot again, why does everything go so slow?

[jammi567]

Probally because everyone has work commitments, school, or college.

[me9996]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

*enters*
Me9996? Why? Why have you bestowed upon me this thread slowing ray? I've accidentally shot it at no less than six boards, and with great effect it worked!

So that's what happened to the thread slowing ray!

At least we never built it to doomsday scale...

[The last sane person]

Katt, you have testicles?

....I knew there was something off.

[klatukatt]

I can have testicles if I want to. It's a free country.

How is Mimi? I can't get up there this weekend, but I'm coming up for folklife. I can love her then.

[The last sane person]

Mimi is very turtlish. And rather grumpy since Rosie wont stop pecking at her tank.