I am not Steeleye Span. It's sad, but it's true.

Due to this incontrovertible fact, this was the best I could manage:

http://download.orphi.me.uk/Music/Voice/Gaudete.mp3

It's not great, but never mind. Rejoice!

PS. I recorded this about 10 minutes ago. In my car, in a layby down the 
road. This was the first take. (There *is* a second chorus, but I cut it 
because it doesn't sound very good.)

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Am 14.12.2015 um 21:04 schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> I am not Steeleye Span. It's sad, but it's true.
> 
> Due to this incontrovertible fact, this was the best I could manage:
> 
> http://download.orphi.me.uk/Music/Voice/Gaudete.mp3
> 
> It's not great, but never mind. Rejoice!

Nice one!

Some echo effect might help to come closer to the "original"(*). Also,
you /do/ have to somehow coax some lass to sing along. Don't care where
you find one. Kidnap one if you must ;)

(*Heck, why do I even bother to use quotes there? Said version /is/, for
all intent and purpose, the original ;))


Did I ever mention that I /love/ polyphonic accapella music?

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On 14/12/2015 08:52 PM, clipka wrote:
> Nice one!

Thanks.

This song is actually harder than I expected. For a start, the top line 
is a bit too high for my voice. I can easily sing it starting from A3, 
but to be able to fit the harmonies in, it needs to up go an octave. 
That's rather uncomfortable for me. So here I'm singing in G-minor 
instead, which makes a surprisingly big difference.

The other thing - and this I did not realise - is that the meter 
alternates between 4/4 and 6/4 time. Which makes it near-impossible to 
build a suitable click track. So there's that.

Also, having a surprising amount of trouble with breath control. And I'm 
not really sure why. This doesn't *sound* like it should be 
challenging... but it is. I don't get why.

Still, being slightly rough around the edges makes it sound slightly 
more "authentic", no? :-} Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! :-P

> Some echo effect might help to come closer to the "original"(*). Also,
> you /do/ have to somehow coax some lass to sing along. Don't care where
> you find one. Kidnap one if you must ;)

Heh, I could probably coax my singing teacher into accompanying me. Her 
voice type would fit well too...

> Did I ever mention that I /love/ polyphonic accapella music?

I took up singing lessons FOR A REASON. ;-)

I, too, love the sound of big block vocal harmonies. I love ABBA, the 
Beach Boys, old doo-wop music, choir music, anything.

Unfortunately, I will never be as awesome as any of these luminaries. :-(

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On 12/14/2015 8:04 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> PS. I recorded this about 10 minutes ago. In my car, in a layby down the
> road.

Not a lot one can say about that. ^ ^

Not bad though.

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     Stephen

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On 14/12/2015 11:19 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 12/14/2015 8:04 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> PS. I recorded this about 10 minutes ago. In my car, in a layby down the
>> road.
>
> Not a lot one can say about that. ^ ^

Yeah. Other than that I need to find a better recording studio. 
Somewhere I can *stand up*. And not be freezing cold. Because both of 
those are highly limiting when it comes to trying to sing.

> Not bad though.

Thanks. :-)

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On 12/15/2015 8:32 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 14/12/2015 11:19 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 12/14/2015 8:04 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> PS. I recorded this about 10 minutes ago. In my car, in a layby down the
>>> road.
>>
>> Not a lot one can say about that. ^ ^
>
> Yeah. Other than that I need to find a better recording studio.
> Somewhere I can *stand up*. And not be freezing cold. Because both of
> those are highly limiting when it comes to trying to sing.
>

Isn't that one of the reasons you bought your own flat?

>> Not bad though.
>
> Thanks. :-)

I don't know if I should thank you. I had the Flying Pickets going 
through my head for hours. ;-)

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Regards
     Stephen

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On 15/12/2015 09:10 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 12/15/2015 8:32 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> Yeah. Other than that I need to find a better recording studio.
>> Somewhere I can *stand up*. And not be freezing cold. Because both of
>> those are highly limiting when it comes to trying to sing.
>
> Isn't that one of the reasons you bought your own flat?

Nah. The walls are made of cardboard. I can clearly hear my neighbours, 
so there's little reason to suppose they can't hear me.

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Am 15.12.2015 um 10:10 schrieb Stephen:

> I don't know if I should thank you. I had the Flying Pickets going
> through my head for hours. ;-)

There are worse fates in life ;)

Presuming, of course, that your head provided more space for them than
just their 1983 hit.

This one, for instance, smells like fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK7-YTRuFgk

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On 12/15/2015 6:05 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 15/12/2015 09:10 AM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 12/15/2015 8:32 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> Yeah. Other than that I need to find a better recording studio.
>>> Somewhere I can *stand up*. And not be freezing cold. Because both of
>>> those are highly limiting when it comes to trying to sing.
>>
>> Isn't that one of the reasons you bought your own flat?
>
> Nah. The walls are made of cardboard. I can clearly hear my neighbours,
> so there's little reason to suppose they can't hear me.

It is your house and you have nothing to be ashamed of.
Give it laldy ;-)

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Regards
     Stephen

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On 12/15/2015 6:32 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 15.12.2015 um 10:10 schrieb Stephen:
>
>> I don't know if I should thank you. I had the Flying Pickets going
>> through my head for hours. ;-)
>
> There are worse fates in life ;)
>
> Presuming, of course, that your head provided more space for them than
> just their 1983 hit.
>
> This one, for instance, smells like fun:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK7-YTRuFgk
>

Sorry but after listening to that and about 20 minuets of you tube. 
Colour me hard to please. I would rather listen to mouth music or the 
Irish lilting, even.



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Regards
     Stephen

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