Absolutely fucking obsessed with Mother Mother’s album Oh my Heart.
I accidentally had two instances of Body playing and the cacophony was just like “yes, this is indeed what the chronic pain feels like.”
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I just found out that Tom Paxton parodied his own song and made “George W. Told the Nation” about [modern wars in the middle east], holy shit
For clarity, I knew about “Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation” and only just learned about the modernized version, not the other way around.
I just found out that Tom Paxton parodied his own song and made “George W. Told the Nation” about [modern wars in the middle east], holy shit
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Someday I will have the range of the guy from Disturbed.
Also as holy shit as his low range is, his upper range is also fucking batshit. That deserves to be said.
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Went looking for some tenor pieces to add to my repertoire and searched for contralto pieces out of curiosity. One song recommended for contralto auditions came with a very emphatic disclaimer about how low it goes, and it sounds like the very bottom of the performer’s voice, but it sits pretty tidily within my low range and is easily obtainable.
It’s fascinating to measure my own vocal journey against the voices and performances of other singers. I feel very affirmed as a tenor and feel so very inclined to stick a very big middle finger at all the resources that claim that “women” fundamentally cannot be tenors because their chest cavity changes the timbre of their sound, hence the distinction between countertenors and contraltos, because I’ve got me pro low marching brass lungs, a great control over chest voice, a low range to rival cis men, and really fucky hormones.
I think the fact that I can successfully perform songs now that previously went under my range is a really good indicator of how fucky my hormones are, though. For context to those who are not aware, I’ve never done Trans Hormones, but I’ve been noticeably undergoing a journey similar to microdosing results ever since I had one of my hormone-producing organs removed, despite medical sources saying it doesn’t work like that (but tangible anecdotal evidence online saying it does).
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I read a review of the 2012 Les Mis movie that was super enthusiastic about how authentic the singing was, and how there was absolutely zero autotune.
Everything else aside, there, uh. There is autotune. There is a massive amount of autotune. You just can’t hear it because that’s how autotune works–you’re not meant to hear autotune. “Autotuned” pop songs are actually deliberately sung off-pitch so that the pitch adjustment becomes that much more drastic and obvious. I realize that the vast majority of people don’t have a musician’s ear for music, but there is very much obvious (as in obvious for trained auralists, not obvious for the general populace) autotuning/pitch stabilization during like all the sustains–they’re so unnaturally unwavering and on point. There is very much so autotune used in Les Mis.
Which is fine. People can leave whatever reviews they want on movies, and it’s certainly true that the singing sounds genuine, and that’s really all that matters.
It just hits my detail-oriented sensibilities in a weird way to realize that people think of autotune as that unnatural-sounding thing that pop musicians use instead of being a very subtle tool that, as intended, adjusts pitchiness to be more pleasant sounding. Like people are just genuinely unaware that autotune is a thing that gets constantly used nowadays and it’s not always immediately recognizable and that’s… fine? I realize this just makes me seem like a music snob but like. Autotune does actually work the way it’s supposed to.
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rules: spell out your url with song titles and tag some friends
tagged by: agigabyte
Mariah - The Smothers Brothers (cover)
In and Out of Love - Armin van Buuren (ft Sharon den Adel)
Sofia - Alvaro Soler
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Rebirthing - Skillet
(The) Impossible Dream - from Man of la Mancha
Antidote - Kenny Ward
Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Axis of Awesome (cover)
Housewife - Jay Brannan
O Fortuna - from Carmina Burana
(The) Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Elegance - from Hello Dolly!
Tagging some folks off the top of my head who I’ve interacted with recently or who might be interested in sharing music. Obviously participation/tagging is not required, and you can go ahead and participate anyways even if you weren’t tagged (or even comment “tag me!” and I’ll edit the post to include you if you wanted to be tagged but you slipped my mind).
@intimatopia @butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway @warriorsdebt @fatalism-and-villainy @my-psychological-tower @silver-and-ivory @gostaks @i-guess-that-happened
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