Re: Gonna play piano, guitar and bass!

"Mike Rieves" <mriev@hotspam.com> wrote in
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> "Benj" <bjacoby@iwaynet.net> wrote in message
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>> On Feb 1, 12:13 pm, rakmanenuff <rakmanen...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> > I even like to sing: it's the people listening that don't like it!
>>>
>>> That's one better than me then My vocal range has a huge
>>> gap in the middle, I can reach the low notes or go high with
>>> falsetto, but I just can't reach the middle notes that all the
>>> pop singers, male or female, are singing.
>>
>> I always feel sorry for people like that! I'm one of those freaks
>> that used to have a 3 octave vocal range! I could never understand
>> why people always bitched and moaned about singing the Star Spangled
>> Banner or could only sing songs in "their" key! I'm like, "who cares
>> what key it's in!"
>>
>> My problem was always "lack of pipes". A voice with a rather nerdy
>> quality to it even with some (minimal) training. These days I'm
>> happy to report that although my vocal range has narrowed somewhat,
>> my pipes are sounding better all the time! And best of all, times
>> have changed. Back in the old days of Sinatra an Crosby etc. singers
>> were rather expected to have a "voice". Today I see loads of dudes on
>> TV singing with pipes the same or even WORSE than mine! I think the
>> singer-songwriter thing sort of brought this about. Fine with me.
>> I'll never sound like Bing...although my dad did! (used to sing on
>> the radio) I guess it wasn't hereditary!
>>
>> Benj
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> That's me, a 3 octave range, and not a decent vocal sound anywhere in
> it!
>
>
>
>

We'll work on that. I bet you can squeal over at least five octaves.



Bertie

 

"Bertie the Bunyip" <AA@AA.AA> wrote in message
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> "Mike Rieves" <mriev@hotspam.com> wrote in
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>> "Benj" <bjacoby@iwaynet.net> wrote in message
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>>> On Feb 1, 12:13 pm, rakmanenuff <rakmanen...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > I even like to sing: it's the people listening that don't like it!
>>>>
>>>> That's one better than me then My vocal range has a huge
>>>> gap in the middle, I can reach the low notes or go high with
>>>> falsetto, but I just can't reach the middle notes that all the
>>>> pop singers, male or female, are singing.
>>>
>>> I always feel sorry for people like that! I'm one of those freaks
>>> that used to have a 3 octave vocal range! I could never understand
>>> why people always bitched and moaned about singing the Star Spangled
>>> Banner or could only sing songs in "their" key! I'm like, "who cares
>>> what key it's in!"
>>>
>>> My problem was always "lack of pipes". A voice with a rather nerdy
>>> quality to it even with some (minimal) training. These days I'm
>>> happy to report that although my vocal range has narrowed somewhat,
>>> my pipes are sounding better all the time! And best of all, times
>>> have changed. Back in the old days of Sinatra an Crosby etc. singers
>>> were rather expected to have a "voice". Today I see loads of dudes on
>>> TV singing with pipes the same or even WORSE than mine! I think the
>>> singer-songwriter thing sort of brought this about. Fine with me.
>>> I'll never sound like Bing...although my dad did! (used to sing on
>>> the radio) I guess it wasn't hereditary!
>>>
>>> Benj
>>
>> That's me, a 3 octave range, and not a decent vocal sound anywhere in
>> it!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> We'll work on that. I bet you can squeal over at least five octaves.
>
>
>
> Bertie

Nope, 3's my limit, and I don't squeal, I roar.

 

"Mike Rieves" <mriev@hotspam.com> wrote in news:9CSpj.91365$K27.66658
@bignews6.bellsouth.net:

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> "Bertie the Bunyip" <AA@AA.AA> wrote in message
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>> "Mike Rieves" <mriev@hotspam.com> wrote in
>> news:31Poj.89382$K27.64152@bignews6.bellsouth.net:
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>>>
>>> "Benj" <bjacoby@iwaynet.net> wrote in message
>>> news:7db6663b-c372-48b4-b212-c09a79565e53
>> @d70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com.
>>> ..
>>>> On Feb 1, 12:13 pm, rakmanenuff <rakmanen...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> > I even like to sing: it's the people listening that don't like
it!
>>>>>
>>>>> That's one better than me then My vocal range has a huge
>>>>> gap in the middle, I can reach the low notes or go high with
>>>>> falsetto, but I just can't reach the middle notes that all the
>>>>> pop singers, male or female, are singing.
>>>>
>>>> I always feel sorry for people like that! I'm one of those freaks
>>>> that used to have a 3 octave vocal range! I could never understand
>>>> why people always bitched and moaned about singing the Star
Spangled
>>>> Banner or could only sing songs in "their" key! I'm like, "who
cares
>>>> what key it's in!"
>>>>
>>>> My problem was always "lack of pipes". A voice with a rather nerdy
>>>> quality to it even with some (minimal) training. These days I'm
>>>> happy to report that although my vocal range has narrowed somewhat,
>>>> my pipes are sounding better all the time! And best of all, times
>>>> have changed. Back in the old days of Sinatra an Crosby etc.
singers
>>>> were rather expected to have a "voice". Today I see loads of dudes
on
>>>> TV singing with pipes the same or even WORSE than mine! I think
the
>>>> singer-songwriter thing sort of brought this about. Fine with me.
>>>> I'll never sound like Bing...although my dad did! (used to sing on
>>>> the radio) I guess it wasn't hereditary!
>>>>
>>>> Benj
>>>
>>> That's me, a 3 octave range, and not a decent vocal sound anywhere
in
>>> it!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> We'll work on that. I bet you can squeal over at least five octaves.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bertie
>
> Nope, 3's my limit, and I don't squeal, I roar.
>
>

Nope, you're squealing like a stuck piggie Jacko Wastorious.


Bertie
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