Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 By accident on the drive in to work today, I hit the wrong button on my satellite radio and suddenly an FM station was playing a song I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nick. Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 Melody/Music then Vocal Meloday then Lyrics. Being a huge fan of classical music, I believe music to transcend words, so that is why I work in that order. Then I feel the song, and an emotional feeling for the lyrics, then I can mold from there. I'm not one for limited phrases or words, so it's not a difficult task once I get to words. Of course once the lyrics come in, that governs the final melisma and rhythm of the vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2011 I just listened to the latest guest host on satellite radio channel 71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 7, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 7, 2011 love it I love where the last of the 'and rhymes occurs in mid-sentence and the sentence finishes with a setup for another, different rhyme and, it was grand just to stand with his hand holding mine. . . to the end of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2011 Love your comments, Lee! (Always do). I also appreciate your latest tag line -- the quote from my namesake Mark Twain: "A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation." Funny thing, I'd just been reading another thread here, and a quote from one of our new members made me recall a personal favorite of his sayings (a paraphrase, from memory): "When I was 17," (said Twain) "I thought my father was an ass; when I was 24, I was amazed at how much that man had picked up (learned) in just seven years!" Now why did I come here? Oh yes. Satellite radio a moment ago played my favorite version (sorry Frank) by Peggy Lee of COME BACK TO ME -- a song that will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 A rainy stay-at-home Saturday (my favorite day to listen to satellite radio) and I was flooded with memories from my youth a moment ago, when they played POOR BUTTERFLY. Indulge me in a ramble? I grew up in Ottawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 9, 2011 Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 I love this tune! I used to have a 78 rpm recording of the Benny Goodman Sextet doing it. Lionel Hampton on vibes, Charlie Christian on guitar, Teddy Wilson on piano,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0c8YdF1PFA LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Visconti Posted July 9, 2011 Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 I almost always write a chord progression and begin to fit in a melody. I just find it more difficult to have amelody and then find the correct chord changes to lie underneath it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 9, 2011 Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 Had to upload this for anyone interested. Marvelous Tony Bennett performance, beautiful tune. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 I can't thank you enough for this, Lee Charles Kelley. If I ever get to the 'Apple,' drinks are on me, you hear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 13, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 Ah, to be in NYC . . . especially tonight at seven! A friend in Yorkshire England (of all places) provided me with a "Broadway" link to a musical happening "in the park" -- not far from where you are, Lee Charles Kelley (you lucky fellow). To me this would be like the proverbial "Christmas in July" and, to coin a phrase: I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams! ---- "All in Good Time: A Celebration for Jonathan Schwartz" will be held at River to River Festival. Presented by Battery Park City Authority. WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 7:00 pm WHERE: River to River Festival at Rockefeller Park (River Terrace and Warren Street) TICKETS: FREE. WEBSITE: www.rivertorivernyc.com orhttp://www.rivertorivernyc.com/event...-and-jessica-m WHY: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey host and star in this tribute to Jonathan Schwarz, WNYC and SiriusXM's keeper of the flame of American Popular Song. The lineup features a stellar collection of the world's finest singers and musicians, including Bill Charlap, Meredith D'ambrosio, Tony DeSare, Rebecca Kilgore, Hilary Kole, Jay Leonhart, Tony Monte, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Tierney Sutton. For more information and a complete schedule of River To River Festival programming, please visit www.RiverToRiverNYC.com. Read more: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Joh...#ixzz1RzloijMi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 13, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 As if to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 13, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2011 ^^^^^ one of my favorites. Ira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 Originally Posted by Mark Blackburn What I didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 13, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 First a big thank you to my two favorite "LEE's" -- Mr. Knight, 'cause I know you love Ira "above all others" and I fell off my chair laughing at that Bill Withers' quote( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 Ah, yes, Tierney Sutton. She's coming to town later this month for a week at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center, 19 - 24. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 13, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 She mentioned that! I wrote that part of the interview down -- didn't know why I bothered; until I read your words, Lee. After mentioning that she'll perform with pianist Bill Charlap "without any time for rehearsal" the satellite radio show host said, "You're in Geneva tomorrow at four o'clock in the afternoon?" TIERNEY SUTTON: Well it's just about like that! I have to do a concert in Geneva Switzerland on the weekend; then fly right back: I have to be at Lincoln Center, at DIZZY'S. We arrive back at one o'clock on Tuesday, go through customs, and go straight to our sound check! And I'm hoping I can use Wynton Marsalis' dressing room -- where I can shower. Otherwise," she told Mr. Schwartz with a smile in her voice, "you may find me (when you introduce me on stage) UNshowered and smelling of chocolate & cheese. Straight from Switzerland." JONATHAN SCHWARTZ: "And I'M the gentleman who will get to say, 'Ladies & Gentlemen . . . Tierney Sutton'." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2011 Three reasons the world is better today than ever before (in no particular order): The WIKI(free-online-encylo)PEDIA; the google search engine that brought me to its ever-growing riches; SIRIUSLYSINATRA satellite radio where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 A moment ago satellite radio played Natalie Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2011 Just thought of one more reason why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 Nelson Riddle wrote great arrangements for musical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SexWithRobots Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 There are lots of great modern lyricist. I think the Singer from circa survive has good lyrics or the band Thrice. Leave out the meaning this time Let tensions evolve Intimate groove confused In childish tantrums Your feelings were sacrificed For a greater cause, and if you forget what you saw, you'll be forgiven. But there isn't a chance... That I could do this on my own. Now our perceptions have grown. Branches and petals of paper and metal. Amber tinfoil forest confines us... And we disconnect like this is the end we disconnect like this is the end For everybody else's sake For everybody else's sake Set your mental alarm You think it's safe to rely on (Let them sleep!) But there isn't a chance... That I could do this on my... We do a childish dance. Your feelings were sacrificed For a greater cause, and if you forget what you saw, you'll be forgiven. But there isn't a chance... But there isn't a chance... For everybody else's sake For everybody else's sake Let tensions evolve Intimate groove confused In childish tantrums of youth Let tensions evolve Intimate groove confused In childish like you always do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 Originally Posted by Mark Blackburn my grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted July 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 Thank you, Lee Charles Kelley. (What did we do before YouTube? What would this techno-dinosaur do without your kind assistance?) I agree with what you said: Oscar Hammerstein's lyric is one of his very best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 How funny. It was only about 4 minutes ago when I was poking through the lastest posts in this thread. And just now I realized that "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" had just come up in my Rhapsody playlist (which currently has 236 tracks in it) -- although by the great Jo Stafford, instead of the redoubtable Ms Lee. It's a funny world held together by interesting connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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