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Working with a singer is a challenge in itself. Each singer is his/her world and it's a guitarist's job to find that world, and to make it stronger, sound better and all without calling undue attention to yourself.
But sometimes a singer just hears things in a different way. You have 12 tones that are fixed onto the fingerboard of your guitar. singer has no such encumbrances.
What are you gonna do?
Just to remind you, there is exists between heav'n and earth than imagined by a guitar's notes:
On national TV so it MUST be serious.
A valiant comper earning his pay
Keep a whammy bar on your L-5 the next time you take a last minute fill-in gig with a singer?
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07-24-2021 07:26 AM
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Love the first comment on the first video: "Well at least she can say she doesn’t use pitch correction"
Edit: wow, so many good ones. Also this one: "She hit all the right notes, just not in the right order"
Video is worth it just for the comments.
Edit 2: second one chock full of funny ones ("This national anthem has more keys than my school janitor").
Seriously, thanks for posting as I am having some great chuckles with my morning coffee!
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I guess she is exploring and breaking the barriers, rules, and ear drums; she is ahead of her time.
Hence, my favorite comment: "This is what Jacob Collier’s music is going to sound like in 2 years."
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Lol at the first video. Who tf helped her make a video singing out of tune the entire time? I can't tell if it's serious or a joke.
Lol at the 3rd video. Guy got hosed. I think he was trying to find which key she was in.
And the feeling of spring in the air!
It's like watching an animal get tortured.Last edited by Clint 55; 07-26-2021 at 01:05 PM.
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07-24-2021, 07:23 PM #5joelf Guest
I love good singers, and have supported some damn fine ones. 2 memorable gigs for me were a steady with the excellent NYer Deanna Kirk and especially a month with the wonderful singer-pianist Hadda Brooks. She used to give me chills doing The Thrill is Gone---up to the front mic; rubato; me strumming, Morris Edwards bowing.
You HAVE to be the kind of player that wants the other person to sound good. If you have an ego put it in your pocket. Nancy Wilson wisely (and somewhat diplomatically) said 'there are pianists and there are accompanists'. And you listen; listen; listen---and wait for space to 'comment', just light punctuation will do. But then they may want you to be more engaged or, if unconfident, to even lead. You need to be ready for anything. And no harm in telling them they sound good, and for collegial, not selfish reasons.
But I can't resist a musician joke:
A singer wanted to sing a song on a gig, asked the pianist how he wanted to do it.
'Let's do 2 bars of 11/8 and 3 of 5/4---and you sing a 4th away from the key I'm playing in'.
'Wha? How'm I gonna do THAT?!'
'Easy. Just do what you did last night'...
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More Sarah Brand.
I am a singer-songwriter and director from Malibu, California. I write primarily pop music infused with sociological introspection spanning topics such as religious hypocrisy, inequality, and romance. I write all my music, as well as direct and edit music videos. I am currently living abroad in England for a Master of Science in Sociology at the University of Oxford. I received my B.A. in Sociology from UC Berkeley, with Highest Honors, and a minor in History.
My musical journey began when my poetry began coming to me with accompanying melodies. Then, I began to dream every night of playing the guitar. On my birthday, I got a guitar and proceeded to teach myself both guitar and piano. My mission is to write socially conscious music to promote compassion and introspection through different perspectives in musical and visual content.
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^ Is she serious?!!
Originally Posted by joelf
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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She don't need no education; she don't need no thought control. I expect her friends, those people in the videos, will tell her she is marvellous, and not to listen to the haters.
It is a pity she is learning from YouTube comments lessons a singing teacher would have taught her.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy blue note
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Larry Goldings
CPAC National Anthem FAIL - YouTube
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Originally Posted by Jimmy blue note
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Having nothing better to do today, I read through the comments on the red dress video. This one really made me laugh:
Tried this song as an alarm tone set at 5am, now i have to wake up at 4:30am just to get ahead of it before the song starts playing.
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Everybody gets a trophy.
This is the result.
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07-25-2021, 11:43 PM #16joelf GuestOriginally Posted by dot75
Wait, they DID...
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I can't help thinking that Sara Brand is doing this on purpose for some reason. There's no way she can listen to her recordings and not hear how far off she is.
She's either playing everybody or she has some serious issues.
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Originally Posted by Clint 55
She is the very definition of a "mission statement" !!!
(BTW-did ya notice that she was from Malibu? Probably a bored trust fund brat.Last edited by Doug B; 07-26-2021 at 02:51 PM.
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Originally Posted by Jack E Blue
I'll take door number two, Chuck.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
"She's not just hitting the notes, she's beating them up."Last edited by Clint 55; 07-26-2021 at 02:07 PM.
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Originally Posted by Jack E Blue
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I always refer to one having “a great sense of rubato, with a free-floating tonal center.”
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Ummm… yea… her pitch correction unit went WTF? and Poof.
and she doesn’t even fill out the red dress well.
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Originally Posted by grandstick01
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Originally Posted by Clint 55
My neighbours are gonna think I'm going nuts-I can't stop cackling out loud! lol!!!
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