[QUOTE=munky_magik]And you abandoned MX for [i]that[/i]? :p[/QUOTE]

Oh, hush you. :p

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Is it in the R&M?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's on page 2 now but a friendly bump would be appreciated.

[QUOTE=Moses]Yeah, it's on page 2 now but a friendly bump would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]

I'm there. :thumb:

[QUOTE=Moses]This is really off subject but Steerpike, I have a Rachmaninoff thread you might be interested in.[/quote]

I keep forgetting to read that. :o

Anyway, the uploads won't do me much good. I'm short on disc space due to the episodes of MST3K I dowloaded. I need to get a new DVD burner so I cna clear up some space.

[quote]Hmmmm..... tell me about magic. It's not the duel card game that you're talking about is it?[/QUOTE]

No. I'm talking about street magic. I picked up a trick deck and worked out a couple routines. And I just signed up for Ellusionist newsletter, and am saving up for some of their instructional videos.

To make a routine, I mix up the trick itself with usual brand of off-beat humor.

An example is one trick called Kill the King. I present the King of Diamonds and say, "This is the King. You know what's special about him? He was just assasinated." I then present the Queen of Diamonds. "Queen's pretty upset about it. So the royal investigators are called in."

I then shuffle the deck and fan it out in one hand. I ask an audience member to pick out a card, then show it to me. "Nope. That's not the culprit." Repeat that a few times.

Then I shuffle the deck and speculate a little. When I fan out the cards again, the Queen of Diamonds is missing, which I point out. Ad-lib a few lines about the missing Queen, then reach into my pocket and pull her out.

"Huh. Apparently the Queen tried to skip town she was the one who really killed the King. Apparently he kept leaving the seat up."

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Ah, modesty.... ;)
What kind of stuff do you usually sing? PM?[/QUOTE]

Some power metal, some classic metal, a little punk. I think I actually do a very stirring version of Believe by Savatage.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]What I need to figure out is how to segue to it better. You know my musical tastes. A lot of it is a hard sell on some people.

The problem is that I tend to talk in geek-speak. To me, it all makes perfect sense because this stuff is so familiar to me. To others, it's all Greek. Fixing that little problem has been a bit of a slow process.

On the topic of singing, I haven't had any real lessons, though I've had vocal coaching. It seems that the easiest thing for me is switching styles. I can go from a vicious snarl to a clean wail very easily. I also have a very melodramatic voice. It's easier for me to get a lot of feeling into my singing.[/QUOTE]

Pardon me, but what the heck is geek speak?

Hurray, vocal talk...my singing voice sucks and is untrained :p

And for the late two cents on mental disorders, I have been told that I have a compulsive fear of losing people I'm close to and grow too attached to them, because of my father. Or something like that.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Pardon me, but what the heck is geek speak?[/QUOTE]

Talking in geek jargon that the general populace would be totally ignorant of. Any indepth analysis of film or music, for example. Any non-household-name author also.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]
Some power metal, some classic metal, a little punk. I think I actually do a very stirring version of Believe by Savatage.[/QUOTE]

Awesome! You should enter some comps or something. I'm sure there's more people here that are interested in hearing you sing.

Street magic, pretty awesome. :thumb:

I wish I could sing higher notes, but I have trouble with those.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Talking in geek jargon that the general populace would be totally ignorant of. Any indepth analysis of film or music, for example. Any non-household-name author also.[/QUOTE]
I know someone who talks exactly like that.

Needless to say, he doesn't have [m]any friends.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Talking in geek jargon that the general populace would be totally ignorant of. Any indepth analysis of film or music, for example. Any non-household-name author also.[/QUOTE]

Ohhh...I can be like that, especially with sports.

My singing voice is...well, I'm not sure how to put it, but I don't think it's very good.

Does anyone want a link to the new Children of Bodom song? I'm uploading it now for someone anyway.

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Awesome! You should enter some comps or something. I'm sure there's more people here that are interested in hearing you sing.

Street magic, pretty awesome. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

I don't have any training is the thing, nor do I have proper recording equipment.

[QUOTE=Kurtz]I know someone who talks exactly like that.

Needless to say, he doesn't have [m]any friends.[/QUOTE]

New user name?


NP: Seu Jorge - Starman

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Some power metal, some classic metal, a little punk. I think I actually do a very stirring version of Believe by Savatage.[/QUOTE]
I sing anything and everything I can. I'm doing vocals for the Tool cover competition even though they need some touch ups. I like singing Deftones because my voice is kind of like Chino's and same for Mudvayne. I have way better dirty vocals though. I like doing death growls on the way to anywhere I'm going.

Also about training, I usually just use free lessons online. Even here.

[QUOTE=magicbus]New user name?[/QUOTE]
New user name.

I was getting sick of the length of my old one.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]I don't have any training is the thing, nor do I have proper recording equipment.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know how that is. We had a sucky microphone on the ground, and went through one horrible recording program until we rerecorded twice and found a good one. :rolleyes:

[url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41Q03WA2[/url]

Nobody answered, here is is anyways. :D
/fangirl

Random Upload: In Your Face - Children of Bodom

[QUOTE=Moses]I sing anything and everything I can. I'm doing vocals for the Tool cover competition even though they need some touch ups. I like singing Deftones because my voice is kind of like Chino's and same for Mudvayne. I have way better dirty vocals though. I like doing death growls on the way to anywhere I'm going.

Also about training, I usually just use free lessons online. Even here.[/QUOTE]

Well can you point me to the best lessons for developing a good head voice and vibrato? Those are my weak points.

As a singer, I'd say my biggest influences are Jon Oliva, Glenn Danzig, and Matt Barlow.

Jon Oliva makes quick transitions from clean to dirty easily and has a very melodramatic style.

Danzig is the world's only metal crooner and I love that way it gives him such a ghoulish tone.

And Matt Barlow has superb range and sustain. His ability versatility of style is also admirable, one I try to emulate.

The lessons on the site are actually pretty good.

[QUOTE=Moses]The lessons on the site are actually pretty good.[/QUOTE]

Any ones in particular I should know about?

[QUOTE=Steerpike]I don't have any training is the thing, nor do I have proper recording equipment.[/QUOTE]

I have proper recording equipment, but I think I need lessons. Badly.

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So, I watched White Chicks last night, and I have discovered the Hollywood formula!

Basically, men dressing up as women is comedy gold! But it's more than just that...

Tootsie/Mrs. Doubtfire featured one white guy, dressing up as a white girl. But, if one cross-dressing white guy is funny, 3 cross-dressing white guys is hilarious.

However, black guys are mathematically 5 times as funny as white guys, due to their outrageous antics and ability to use slang. Hence we get Big Momma's House, which features one black guy dressing up as a black girl. Hilarity presumably ensues.

Then a producer-genius in Hollywood hit the big time. If one black guy dressing up as a black girl was hilarious, then two black guys dressing up as white girls must be the funniest thing this side of Monty Python! And thus, the amazing movie of White Girls was born.

Next we can only predict what will happen, now that the trans-race wall has been breached. I can only predict that we will get a black and a white guy dressing up as Asian women in [i]Geisha Guys: Undercover[/i].

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]So, I watched White Chicks last night, and I have discovered the Hollywood formula!

Basically, men dressing up as women is comedy gold! But it's more than just that...

Tootsie/Mrs. Doubtfire featured one white guy, dressing up as a white girl. But, if one cross-dressing white guy is funny, 3 cross-dressing white guys is hilarious.

However, black guys are mathematically 5 times as funny as white guys, due to their outrageous antics and ability to use slang. Hence we get Big Momma's House, which features one black guy dressing up as a black girl. Hilarity presumably ensues.

Then a producer-genius in Hollywood hit the big time. If one black guy dressing up as a black girl was hilarious, then two black guys dressing up as white girls must be the funniest thing this side of Monty Python! And thus, the amazing movie of White Girls was born.

Next we can only predict what will happen, now that the trans-race wall has been breached. I can only predict that we will get a black and a white guy dressing up as Asian women in [i]Geisha Guys: Undercover[/i].[/QUOTE]

Sounds kind of like my analysis of soap operas.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Movie rant[/QUOTE]
It wasn't that bad a movie, I saw it a few weeks ago. It had its moments. Besides, almost all Hollwood humor is inane like that. :)

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]
Next we can only predict what will happen, now that the trans-race wall has been breached. I can only predict that we will get a black and a white guy dressing up as Asian women in [B][i]Geisha Guys: Undercover[/i][/B].[/QUOTE]

Nice. :lol:

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]I have proper recording equipment, but I think I need lessons. Badly.

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So, I watched White Chicks last night, and I have discovered the Hollywood formula!

Basically, men dressing up as women is comedy gold! But it's more than just that...

Tootsie/Mrs. Doubtfire featured one white guy, dressing up as a white girl. But, if one cross-dressing white guy is funny, 3 cross-dressing white guys is hilarious.

However, black guys are mathematically 5 times as funny as white guys, due to their outrageous antics and ability to use slang. Hence we get Big Momma's House, which features one black guy dressing up as a black girl. Hilarity presumably ensues.

Then a producer-genius in Hollywood hit the big time. If one black guy dressing up as a black girl was hilarious, then two black guys dressing up as white girls must be the funniest thing this side of Monty Python! And thus, the amazing movie of White Girls was born.

Next we can only predict what will happen, now that the trans-race wall has been breached. I can only predict that we will get a black and a white guy dressing up as Asian women in [i]Geisha Guys: Undercover[/i].[/QUOTE]

Ever seen Bamboozled?

/kind of related question.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Any ones in particular I should know about?[/QUOTE]
There's a thread in the Jam sessions thread dedicated to vocals somewhere I'll post a link.

Heh, I was looking all over for it and it was stickied at the top of the page.

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=370155[/url]

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Nice. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Just imagine the dialogue.

Random scene: (White Guy = WG. Black Guy = BG)

WG: This guy wants me to blow him! What's this all about?

BG: Da[font=]mn, nigga, you don't know whatta Geisha is? Fo' real!

WG: My only experience with Geisha's is playing Shogun: Total War back in High School.

BG: Dam[/font]n nigga! While you was in rich-boy high, I was selling dope to dumbarse crackas. Fo' real!
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And of course, the inevitable ending.

WG: Wow, I'm so glad we got out of that exploding warehouse alive!

BG: Ya know, I really 'spect yo booksmarts and honour!

WG: And I have come to admire your streetsmarts and skills at stealing cars.

BG: I think we've all learned a lesson here, nigga. Fo' real!

WG: Let's share a strictly heterosexual hug.

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[QUOTE=Illmatic]Ever seen Bamboozled?

/kind of related question.[/QUOTE]

No, I haven't. Good, bad?

Lovely. Absolutely lovely.
It hurts when I laugh. :lol: Thanks, Jason!

Also if you're still here Cipher Hour:

The technique Maynard uses to scream in Ticks and Leeches is the wrong way to do it.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Just imagine the dialogue.

Random scene: (White Guy = WG. Black Guy = BG)

WG: This guy wants me to blow him! What's this all about?

BG: Da[font=]mn, nigga, you don't know whatta Geisha is? Fo' real!

WG: My only experience with Geisha's is playing Shogun: Total War back in High School.

BG: Dam[/font]n nigga! While you was in rich-boy high, I was selling dope to dumbarse crackas. Fo' real!
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And of course, the inevitable ending.

WG: Wow, I'm so glad we got out of that exploding warehouse alive!

BG: Ya know, I really 'spect yo booksmarts and honour!

WG: And I have come to admire your streetsmarts and skills at stealing cars.

BG: I think we've all learned a lesson here, nigga. Fo' real!

WG: Let's share a strictly heterosexual hug.

[/QUOTE]


I think I have seen this somewhere before *cough* maddox *cough*

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]
No, I haven't. Good, bad?[/QUOTE]

It's really good.

It's a Spike Lee movie about a black writer (played by Damon Wayans) at a TV network who keeps pitching ideas for a TV show that is a "Cosby Show"-like take on a black family, but he keeps getting rejected. Frustrated out of his mind, he pitches a new idea out of protest: A minstrel show where all the white actors are in black face and all the black actors are in black-er face. To his surprise, it's greenlighted and becomes a hit, and all the people the black writer knows call him a traitor, and so on.

Some people were annoyed by it, but I thought it was really well done.

I dunno, your comment on black actors in whiteface and asianface (if that makes sense) made me think about that.