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qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 09:02 AM

Band geeks can't have all the fun, can they? We vocalists don't need any special tools to make music

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So, I'm a baritone. I lovelovelove singing. I used to be in band, but I can sing 100X better than I can play the trumpet (I could never do the lip buzzing thing). I'm doing conference NYSSMA at the end of the month, I'm kind of nervous. If you're not from New York: 1) you're lame, jkjk 2) NYSSMA is a music evaluation thingy for your voice. It's pretty much all-state.

So post your name and your range (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, contralto, counter-tenor, mezzo-soprano, etc.) and whatever you want to put, mkay?

P.S. yay singers!

jotheoneandonly · 6th May 2009, 09:09 AM

woo!

im soprano/alto and atm, im going on tour to germany with the school musical acadamy of death! its epic

i just auditioned for a soprano part in 'the secret garden' on sunday, whether i get the part or not. i'm expection the call this week!!
ahh, antisipation!

nice to see singers out and about not just the band geeks, oh, but i do play trumpet too. im doing me grade quattro this year.

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 09:13 AM

Awesome! I hope you get the part.

Mr Bojangles · 6th May 2009, 09:16 AM

I've never been in a proper choir. But I like to sing :]

I'm in a band too.

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 09:21 AM

Eh, that's good enough, lol. Your sig got "Let's Dance To Joy Division" stuck in my head. I love that song. I listen to it when I'm sad, it always makes me smile.

Mr Bojangles · 6th May 2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by qisforquinton

Eh, that's good enough, lol. Your sig got "Let's Dance To Joy Division" stuck in my head. I love that song. I listen to it when I'm sad, it always makes me smile.

My band tried it out, but we decided not to play it.

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Bojangles

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Originally Posted by qisforquinton

Eh, that's good enough, lol. Your sig got "Let's Dance To Joy Division" stuck in my head. I love that song. I listen to it when I'm sad, it always makes me smile.

My band tried it out, but we decided not to play it.

Why not?

Mr Bojangles · 6th May 2009, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by qisforquinton

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Originally Posted by Mr Bojangles

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Originally Posted by qisforquinton

Eh, that's good enough, lol. Your sig got "Let's Dance To Joy Division" stuck in my head. I love that song. I listen to it when I'm sad, it always makes me smile.

My band tried it out, but we decided not to play it.

Why not?

I dunno, we were just playing badly and couldn't be bothered to tweak it. We will do it though, I'm pretty sure

.

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 09:52 AM

well good luck with it

Mr Bojangles · 6th May 2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by qisforquinton

well good luck with it

why thankyou

6th May 2009, 10:02 AM

i sing in a choir at my college for a scholarship, and i sing bass baritone and tenor 2 depending on how many parts the song has. let me tell you, switching between clefs during a song is a pain. but its the most interesting part/s

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 10:05 AM

Awesome. I know what you mean about the clef changes. I was never a fan of singing tenor, I usually lean towards bass on SATB pieces. They have funner parts.

6th May 2009, 10:19 AM

you crazy? bass parts are the most boring parts in the world, all they get is root progressions and walking bass lines. and its always a hum or a doo or a la or something while everyone else gets words. i spent all of high school trying to get to the baritone/tenor 2 part lol

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 10:31 AM

Walking bass lines are funn!

Psychedelic Bookmarks · 6th May 2009, 11:24 AM

Wooo, choirs. Love em. I'm a soprano. Anything below a middle C starts getting really hard. I'm hoping to take my RSCM Gold award in the next year or two. Every now and then I madly think I'll try for a choral scholarship at uni, but I know in practice that I'm not good enough for that. But, it's fun, that's the main thing!

qisforquinton · 6th May 2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Psychedelic Bookmarks

But, it's fun, that's the main thing!

Exactly

Shevanel · 6th May 2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Bojangles

I've never been in a proper choir. But I like to sing :]

I'm in a band too.

This Basically, Not in a band though, should be in a band however.

Cool Beans · 6th May 2009, 01:57 PM

I like singing, but I'm kind of a terrible singer. I sing bass in the choir at school, but I despise the director and, to be honest, the only thing I like about being in choir these days is the five or so hot guys.

diegon3 · 6th May 2009, 04:06 PM

I been in my schools choir from 6th grade till now my last yr of high school right now i am a bass mostly bass 1 and i am going to TSSEC (Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest) and my solo is called Zueignung (it's in german and awesome :P)
and i'm also in an ensemble is called Mon coeur se recommande à vous (it's french)

Apple Pie · 6th May 2009, 04:15 PM

I'm currently in band, but I'm getting tired of marching, so I will be in choir next year. Hope it's fun.

6th May 2009, 09:02 AM	#1
qisforquinton Master Thespian Full Member Gender: Maleee Orientation: I like guys Out Status: some friends Location: Lameville, NY Age: 19 Posts: 434 Join Date: Apr 2009	Choir boys (and girls) Band geeks can't have all the fun, can they? We vocalists don't need any special tools to make music . So, I'm a baritone. I lovelovelove singing. I used to be in band, but I can sing 100X better than I can play the trumpet (I could never do the lip buzzing thing). I'm doing conference NYSSMA at the end of the month, I'm kind of nervous. If you're not from New York: 1) you're lame, jkjk 2) NYSSMA is a music evaluation thingy for your voice. It's pretty much all-state. So post your name and your range (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, contralto, counter-tenor, mezzo-soprano, etc.) and whatever you want to put, mkay? P.S. yay singers! __________________ Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'

6th May 2009, 09:09 AM	#2
jotheoneandonly Banned Gender: feeEEeemale Orientation: Claire - "God loves the lesbians" Out Status: meh. Location: Cambridge Posts: 596 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) woo! im soprano/alto and atm, im going on tour to germany with the school musical acadamy of death! its epic i just auditioned for a soprano part in 'the secret garden' on sunday, whether i get the part or not. i'm expection the call this week!! ahh, antisipation! nice to see singers out and about not just the band geeks, oh, but i do play trumpet too. im doing me grade quattro this year.

6th May 2009, 09:13 AM	#3
qisforquinton Master Thespian Full Member Gender: Maleee Orientation: I like guys Out Status: some friends Location: Lameville, NY Age: 19 Posts: 434 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) Awesome! I hope you get the part. __________________ Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'

6th May 2009, 09:16 AM	#4
Mr Bojangles EC's resident Pikey :3 Full Member Gender: Hombre Orientation: Men = WIN. Out Status: Out, I guess. Location: Dubai Posts: 279 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) I've never been in a proper choir. But I like to sing :] I'm in a band too. __________________ ATTACK OF THE GIANT 60ft LESBIAN OCTOPUS. <3 ignoranceisstrengthwarispeacefreedomisslavery

6th May 2009, 09:21 AM	#5
qisforquinton Master Thespian Full Member Gender: Maleee Orientation: I like guys Out Status: some friends Location: Lameville, NY Age: 19 Posts: 434 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) Eh, that's good enough, lol. Your sig got "Let's Dance To Joy Division" stuck in my head. I love that song. I listen to it when I'm sad, it always makes me smile. __________________ Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'

6th May 2009, 09:52 AM	#9
qisforquinton Master Thespian Full Member Gender: Maleee Orientation: I like guys Out Status: some friends Location: Lameville, NY Age: 19 Posts: 434 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) well good luck with it __________________ Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'

6th May 2009, 10:02 AM	#11
paco Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Choir boys (and girls) i sing in a choir at my college for a scholarship, and i sing bass baritone and tenor 2 depending on how many parts the song has. let me tell you, switching between clefs during a song is a pain. but its the most interesting part/s

6th May 2009, 10:05 AM	#12
qisforquinton Master Thespian Full Member Gender: Maleee Orientation: I like guys Out Status: some friends Location: Lameville, NY Age: 19 Posts: 434 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) Awesome. I know what you mean about the clef changes. I was never a fan of singing tenor, I usually lean towards bass on SATB pieces. They have funner parts. __________________ Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'

6th May 2009, 10:19 AM	#13
paco Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Choir boys (and girls) you crazy? bass parts are the most boring parts in the world, all they get is root progressions and walking bass lines. and its always a hum or a doo or a la or something while everyone else gets words. i spent all of high school trying to get to the baritone/tenor 2 part lol

6th May 2009, 10:31 AM	#14
qisforquinton Master Thespian Full Member Gender: Maleee Orientation: I like guys Out Status: some friends Location: Lameville, NY Age: 19 Posts: 434 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) Walking bass lines are funn! __________________ Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'

6th May 2009, 11:24 AM	#15
Psychedelic Bookmarks Helena Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Close family and quite a few friends Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,195 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Choir boys (and girls) Wooo, choirs. Love em. I'm a soprano. Anything below a middle C starts getting really hard. I'm hoping to take my RSCM Gold award in the next year or two. Every now and then I madly think I'll try for a choral scholarship at uni, but I know in practice that I'm not good enough for that. But, it's fun, that's the main thing! __________________ "I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial." (Morissey)

6th May 2009, 01:57 PM	#18
Cool Beans Hardly ever here Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: All but extended family, basically. Location: Philadelphia Age: 21 Posts: 551 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Choir boys (and girls) I like singing, but I'm kind of a terrible singer. I sing bass in the choir at school, but I despise the director and, to be honest, the only thing I like about being in choir these days is the five or so hot guys. __________________ You can call me Dan if you want.

6th May 2009, 04:06 PM	#19
diegon3 just another human or am I? O_o Full Member Gender: thinks (ok so if it's..) yeah i'm a guy Orientation: thinks hummm definatly gay Out Status: imidiate family, and a few others Location: SEATTLE, WA Posts: 171 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) I been in my schools choir from 6th grade till now my last yr of high school right now i am a bass mostly bass 1 and i am going to TSSEC (Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest) and my solo is called Zueignung (it's in german and awesome :P) and i'm also in an ensemble is called Mon coeur se recommande à vous (it's french)

6th May 2009, 04:15 PM	#20
Apple Pie Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Sister, Psychologist, Mom Location: NH Age: 21 Posts: 73 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Choir boys (and girls) I'm currently in band, but I'm getting tired of marching, so I will be in choir next year. Hope it's fun.

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