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MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Wednesday, July 18 2007 @ 09:17 PM CDT
Here we go, the first round of the Voice4Choice Challenge begins now!
The song chosen for the first round of the Voice4Choice Challenge is an old Irish standard and one of my favorites, "The Minstrel Boy." The lyrics were written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) and set to an older melody known as "The Moreen." This tune has long been in the public domain and many, many renditions of it have been recorded. Now its your turn! Two versions of the vocals have been provided, male and female. Your guests vocalists for this round are esteemed MacJammers rschletty and rebsie, each of whom has graciously provided a brilliant performance just begging for accompaniment. Richard Schletty belts out a lively and proud performance. Rich's voice is clear and confident, perfect to capture the spirit of the male Irish singer. Rich was also my ideal go-to guy for this song because he's performed it before. His original rendition, recorded back in 2005, remains one of my all-time favorite MacJams songs. V4C01 Male C 95bpm -http://www.macjams.com/song/33643  In contrast to Rich, Rebsie transforms this martial tune into a drifting and atmospheric lullaby. Rebsie's gentle voice invokes visions misty evenings and softly rolling Irish hills. Her performance is remarkably tender and lovely. V4C01 Female A 75bpm -http://www.macjams.com/song/33644  The lyrics are arranged in two verses, each with four melodic lines based on just two melodies: aaba aaba. (See above links to notation for each of the vocal perfomances.) Your fellow MacJammers have provided the vocals, now its up to you to create the music. Download one of these outstanding performances and create your own version of this venerated Irish standard! Be sure to post a link to your song in this forum when you have it uploaded so we all know where to find it! Entries for Round #1 01] The Minstrel Boy by Illuminati 02] The Minstrel Boy (V4C01) w/Rebsie by apb 03] R2D2,C3PO+V4C01 w/ rschletty + rebsie by Diviner 04] The Minstrel Boy w/ Rebsie and R.Schletty by Bud 05] The Minstrel Boy (Rebsie Vocal Mix) by VicDiesel 06] Minstrel Boy V4C01 by lengold 07] Minstral's Kiss/V4C01 by the r.a.d. project 08] The Minstrel Boy w/Rebsie vocals by Rik Berryere 09] Minstrel Medley by peacepiano 10] Minstrel Boy by JohnnyCalling 11] The Minstrel Boy by Jim Bouchard 12] The Minstrel Boy by Sudra 13] The Minstrel Boy w Rebsie vocal by Henri Roger 14] Minstrel Boy by rob 15] The Minstrel Boy by five_extra_arms 16] Minstrel Boy A Go-Go w/ R.Schletty by alfalpha 17] Minstrel Boy V4C01 (w/ rschletty) by Faelin 18] Minstrel Boy (with Rebsie) by Dick Langford 19] Minstrel Boy w/R.Schletty, Rebsie & Jamorama V4C01 by Jamorama 20] Vocal Salad by DJ French Toast 21] Mister Minstrel by The Infinites 22] Minstrel Boy w/R.Schletty, Rebsie (V4C01) by cchaplin 23] The Minstrel Boy by dajama 24] All The World Betrays Me by biba_nova 25] The Minstrel Boy w. Rebsie by jgurner 26] The minstrel Boy (Richard stand still) w/V4C01 Male by Skean 27] Minstrel Boy (Girl Version) by five_extra_arms 28] The Minstrel Boy (soundtrack mix) by Mystified 29] Soul Of Love w/Rebsie by alfalpha |
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Thursday, July 19 2007 @ 02:18 PM CDT
I think that Rebsie's take is actually at 139 bpm. Or rather, 69.5 bpm, but I couldn't get it in sync at 75 bpm.
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Thursday, July 19 2007 @ 02:35 PM CDT
Odd! If anyone else notices technical issues please post thtem here. Thanks for the tip Jim! |
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Thursday, July 19 2007 @ 09:50 PM CDT
There have been just over 21 downloads of the challenge vocal tracks in the first 24 hours since posting - outstanding! Thanks to all of you who have decided to play along thus far. To everyone else... what are you waiting for?!
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Friday, July 20 2007 @ 07:19 AM CDT
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Friday, July 20 2007 @ 08:01 AM CDT
Perhaps the backing track had a sample rate of other than 44.1 kHz file and there was that time alteration that happens when you drag a different sample rate file into GB. But my understanding is that these things are all about challenges, so it certainly is no problem for me. |
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Friday, July 20 2007 @ 08:47 AM CDT
I have this track and have been trying out either 140bpm or 70bpm. Thre's maybe a little creep at that BPM but I've now chopped up the audio a bit in Logic so you'd never notice.
My version's this huge psychadelic opus (well, it is in my head at least). I'd rather be listening to Revolving Doris's new EP. |
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Friday, July 20 2007 @ 09:05 AM CDT
Yeah, on further working with the track, it does appear to be in 70 or 140. My version so far is fairly martial, but I've got some more psychedelic things in mind...
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Friday, July 20 2007 @ 09:29 AM CDT
Game on!
Thanks Brian for organizing this new challenge - I can't wait to get started. It's better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't done. |
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Re:MJ Vocals Game :V4C01
Friday, July 20 2007 @ 09:54 AM CDT
This sounds very cool! I'll download the tracks when I return from my vacation. I'm hoping to fit them into a song I started a week ago. It's at 77bpm, so hopefully I can make it work. |
