#singer at large

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY to Elvis Presley. When he turned 11, his mother Gladys took him to the Tupelo Hardware Company Store and bought him his first guitar: A 1947 Kay flat-top K19. He’d play this guitar throughout his school years and at his first Sun recording session. Also on this day: In 1956 his double-A single “Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog” went to #1 and stayed there for weeks. Fast forward to 1993 and the United States Post Office issued an Elvis Presley stamp. 

Sidebar: 1n 1976 David Bowie demo’d the song “Golden Years” with Elvis in mind to cover it (for unclear reasons Elvis nixed it even after making a demo). Rewind to 1960 when Elvis recorded the song “Black Star” (later re-titled “Flaming Star”). That song directly inspired the Black Star theme of Bowie’s final work, and it’s remarkable that Bowie was also born on the same day as Elvis.

In 2022 Baz Luhrmann released the ELVIS film, a biopic that most people think “got it right,” portraying Elvis as channeling Pentacostal church rapture with juke joint energy into one voice, one vibration. He looms over me, be it through mindful study or cultural resonance—in 1989 I named my back-up The Rover Boys after the surname for The Million Dollar Quartet a.k.a Elvis’s legendary 1956 jam session with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. Like many professional musicians, I started with cover bands playing in bars, and I’m certain I’ve learned many Elvis hits + in my solo set I do gospel songs that he favored.

Elvis’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” is based on “Plaisir d’Amour,” a 1784 French chanson by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, re-written by hit-making team Hugo & Luigi w/George David Weiss. The lyrics are informed by poet Alexander Pope and Bible verses. I always enjoyed the tune, but when I heard Bob Dylan cover it, I became inspired to play it. Dylan gave it a gospel flair, and that triangulation with God’s love is what I aim for when I do it. Here’s my cover of it with stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEeb6uPiQWI&t=217s Meanwhile, HB EP 

#Elvis #Presley #birthday #black #star #DavidBowie #GoldenYears #Martini #chanson #HugoandLuigi #DavyJones #Monkees #Epiphone #johnnyjblair #Kayguitar #HoundDog #Dontbecruel #king #milliondollarquartet #Johnny #Cash #JerryLeeLewis #CarlPerkins #BobDylan #Dylan #singeratlarge #postage #stamp

#johnny j blair #singer songwriter #music #singer at large #san francisco #pop rock #monkees #davy jones #Elvis Presley #black star #birthday #David Bowie #Epiphone #hound dog #carl perkins #Bob Dylan

[radioactivebat]

i could have a blog of gene simmons eating sweets if i wanted to , there is a lot

comically large bowl for comically large spoon.

#gene simmons #kiss army #kiss band #1970s #1980s #ace frehley #peter criss #paul stanley #eric carr #kissblr #eric singer #tommy thayer #bruce kulick #vinnie vincent #glam metal #glam rock #comically large bowl

[heliosphere-underthesky]

out of all the heliosphere characters which one was the hardest to do? Like in terms of desing, personality,overall role in the series,dynamic with other characters, etc

Thanks for asking! For the main cast, I'll be honest... it's Venus. I'm not sure if it's obvious enough, though. Luna was far easier to handle as a character, by comparison.

Don't get me wrong, I love Venus so much! It's just that I didn't know how to make her fit in when I first made Heliosphere, especially with the main cast. I wasn't sure either what direction to take for her besides being (formerly) femme fatale who's the voice of reason of the Solar System.

But now, she fits in a lot better. I made it so that she's still the voice of reason and also sort of Mercury's mentor! It was never that formal, one day he just boldly asked her "please make me your protégé!" and Venus just accepted it without hesitation, kind of nonchalantly. She may sound like she doesn't care, but she really does care. She's just not as emotive as Earth is. (Earth is extremely emotive)

She and Earth are exact opposites but they get along really well, but she and Mars are both introverted. Main difference is Mars is more emotional, she's more rational. And that she hides her pain a lot better than Mars ever does (reference to her thick atmosphere that hides intense pressure and heat deep inside).

Here is her relationships/links page with other characters in Toyhou.se! (could be subject to change anytime as I see fit)

Oh yeah. And I made her an opera singer! That's going to be an main trait of hers from now on. She and Haumea shared the same deal that I didn't know what to do with them, until I thought Haumea should be a ballerina (thanks to my best friend's suggestion) and she was fleshed out from there on out. I think they should totally hang out.

#long post #asks #anon #anonymous #haumea being a dancer and her being a singer. and haumea being the fastest rotating large object thus far + her being the slowest #i think it's kinda cute #she and uranus are pretty okay friends though. it's a new concept i came up with #but she and pluto didn't seem to have enough time to get to know each other before he got demoted #as for neptune? for majority of the planets he just kind of... exists #tag commentary

[red-hemlock]

|| Theme Songs for Your Muse. ||

Standard Theme: Psyche (Flash Treatment) - Massive Attack

Battle Theme: She Moves Like a Knife - Perturbator

Boss Battle Theme: Sleepless Fever - Sea Oleena

Emotion Theme: Torn in Two Directions - Waterstrider

Bonus Singing Voice: Dh’èirich mi moch madainn cheòthar (I arose early on a misty morning) - Julie Fowlis

Bonus Lyric Theme: Bleed for Me - Digital Daggers

You won't taste the poison Hidden in my kiss You won't face the darkness So I'll just walk right in You can't outrun the wicked I'll keep you standing still You refuse to be the hunted But I'm out for the kill So I creep To watch you bleed for me So I creep To watch you bleed for me Bleed for me Won't you bleed for me On your knees for me Won't you bleed for me Bleed for me Won't you bleed for me On your knees for me Won't you bleed for me

Tagged by: (I actually forgot who I stole this from whoops. Dx;;;;) Tagging: @corvidamned, @frostise, @cxpperhead, @bluefeathrs, @sanguine-salvation, @question-marked, @cxpedcrusxder, @ghosts-of-gotham (For Nora!), @mute-call, @the-rorschach-mask, @king-crane, @behindslaughter, @ofwealthandtaste, @twcfaces, @ofdeomnes

#Kill City Killer ( Riverisms ) #Headcanon #(Be careful about the Perturbator song. The one I picked ISN'T one but their other album covers can be kinda Nsfw. Song's a banger tho!) #(Boss Theme is a bit slower. I imagined it like one of those story-driven fights that happen during an emotionally-intense moment.) #(Such as Riv deciding to go large-scale villain-mode and mass-make her poison to use on Gotham or deciding to join back up with her fam.) #(Emotion Theme is a bit of her feeling torn between assassin-ing and stopping it; and part coming to terms with what happened to her. 80) #(Singing voice was REALLY hard cuz I HC Riv not being a great singer but a good hummer. She deffo can't hit the high notes in this. Dx;;;) #(This is probs the closest I'll ever get plus it's how I HC Riv sounding when she speaks Scottish Gaelic. Julie's a great singer tho. 8'D) #(Bleed for Me is a total 'job' song and Psyche... I could go forever on this song it's her theme forever. <3 But this is long enough lol!)

[commodorez]

ASR-33 Teletype & Singer Friden Model 80

Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) - mact.io - Pittsburgh, PA

#lssm #large scale systems museum #teletype #asr-33 #singer friden model 80 #singer #friden model 80

[pikslasrce]

pros of living in a region with a tumultuous past: has a political framework through which to comprehend international crises and the reaction of the international community to the aforementioned

cons of living in a region w a tumultuous past: constantly reminded of the hypocrisy of the international community AND the hypocrisy of your own country

#sorry looking at all this unfold and thinking abt the nato bombings in 1999 and how palestine is getting basically the same treatment #AND OUR OWN COUNTRY. IS TRYING TO REMAIN NEUTRAL ON THE MATTER .... it hurts. and it esp hurts bc i understand why #and that is bc if we make the tiniest misstep itll be defcon 2 over at nato or whatever... but not to make it abt us. its still sickening #the only real pro palestine protest i heard of here happened in a town in the south of serbia w a large muslim population #and belgrade? dead silent. our government? dead silent. THE FIRST THING THAT POPS UP IN THE GOOGLE SEARCH TAB WHEN U TYPE IN 'IZEA #'IZRAEL I PALESTINA'?? A FUCKING RAP SONG WHERE THE SINGER DESCRIBES A HOT/COLD RELATIONSHIP AS THE CONFLICT #its terrible its making me mad angry even full of rage

[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy birthday in the afterlife to Shintaro Katsu!

#shintaro katsu #zatoichi #the hoodlum soldier #actor #singer #filmmaker #the tale of zatoichi #the new tale of zatoichi #zatoichi meets Yojimbo #Hanzo the razor: sword of Justice #hanzo the razor: who’s got the gold #samurai vendetta #zatoichi at large #japanese cinema #an actors revenge

[astranauticus]

Borrow - Mao Buyi (借 - 毛不易) Translation

Finally figured out how to tackle this song I've been obsessed with for years. Enjoy!

借

Borrow

借一盏午夜街头 昏黄灯光

A streetlamp, casting hazy yellow light at midnight

照亮那坎坷路上人影一双

To illuminate the pair of silhouettes on the uneven pavement

借一寸三九天里 冽冽暖阳

An inch of frozen sunlight from the dead of winter

融这茫茫人间刺骨凉

To melt the frigid cold of this endless world

借一泓古老河水 九曲回肠

A scoop of water from an ancient, twisting river

带着那摇晃烛火 漂往远方

To take that swaying candlelight drifting far away

借一段往日旋律 婉转悠扬

A stanza of an old song, gentle and melodious

把这不能说的轻轻唱

To quietly sing this which cannot be said

被这风吹散的人说他爱得不深

Those blown apart by these winds will say that they never loved deeply

被这雨淋湿的人说他不会冷

Those caught in this rain will say that they will not be cold

无边夜色到底还要蒙住多少人

How many more people will be enveloped by this endless night?

它写进眼里 他不敢承认

It lingers in the mind, yet he dare not admit

借一抹临别黄昏悠悠斜阳

A glimpse the setting sun in the moment of farewell

为这漫漫余生添一道光

To add some light to the rest of this life

借一句刻骨铭心来日方长

A simple 'we have plenty of time' etched into the soul

倘若不得不天各一方

To prepare for the chance of forced separation

被这风吹散的人说他爱得不深

Those blown apart by these winds will say that they never loved deeply

被这雨淋湿的人说他不会冷

Those caught in this rain will say that they will not be cold

无边夜色到底还要蒙住多少人

How many more people will be enveloped by this endless night?

它写进眼里 他不敢承认

It lingers in the mind, yet he dare not admit

可是啊

And yet

总有那风吹不散的认真

There is a sincerity that cannot be blown apart by this wind

总有大雨也不能抹去的泪痕

There are tears that cannot be washed away by this rain

有一天太阳会升起在某个清晨

Some day, on some morning, the sun will rise

一道彩虹 两个人

Under a rainbow, two people will stand

借一方乐土让他容身

An acre of land for him to call home

借他平凡一生

An ordinary life for him to live

#cpop #cpop translations #chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #mao buyi #translations i made #im fully cheating btw bc you're supposed to insert the word borrow before each 'a (noun)' #at least thats how the original lyrics are written #but like... bc chinese just kinda lets you omit the subject of sentences but you cant really do that in english #so this was the only way ive figured out to make the lines work while still maintaining the air of #almost.. detachment? distance? i just really didnt want to insert a pronoun there basically #im just hoping people get the hint from the title pretty much #its pronouns and verb tense thats the two things english has in spades but chinese just *doesnt* #theres just a lot of educated guessing involved in translation i guess but i always feel like im assuming something i shouldnt #this is one of those songs that make me think 'im a translator not a poet but i feel like i should be' #bc this song? this is poetry #considered putting the video of the performance of this song on singer at the top of the post but #tbh i dont really like how they did it there #its too... grand. too large #this is not a Large song #this is a song that's supposed to quietly sit at the back of your brain and Haunt you for ages (a lot of mby songs are like that) #Spotify

[relnicht]

I don't like it when the worship leader has a mic on and the mic is quite loud so you hear nothing besides his singing and piano. like yeah you can sing but this is not a concert. i wanna hear the congregation:(

#i could be objectively wrong like I'm not some great christian and i know nothing about church customs and etiquette #but i prefer it when you can hear the congregation and you hear everyone singing together rather than us all singing along to this singer #like i get it's a struggle when the church is too large or the congregation too small but i think I'd rather have the singing be a little #quiet and awkward idk but i acknowledge that's personal preference #so yeah just me being rude and complaining about nothing! not doing very well with kindness and love and christianity and thankfulness lol #tw religion #tw christianity

[indexcard]

one thing about me is that i'll rotate songs intensely for a roughly two-week period and when that happens to overlap with a period of travel (usually a conference in my line of work lol) then those songs are eternally pasted over a virulent strain of time and place. for example "all choked up (methyl ethyl remix)" by broncho, "frankenstein" by editors, and "half smoke" by walrus are all inextricably linked with walking across harvard bridge from the green T station somewhere in the city (i'm sorry i don't know boston THAT well) to the MIT campus where i was attending conferences for two weeks... i can't listen to a single one of these songs without being on that bridge

#blah blah blah #that was also the conference where [sirens blaring] #i feel largely ambivalent towards boston but i cannot deny i've had some of the times of my life there #who was there that afternoon when i ditched my friends outside the aquarium to go to the ICA. that was the right move #i love the ICA so much i need to back soon... #'i need to go to boston' not a phrase often uttered but here we are #but i missed the singer sargent at the MFA i deserve this #and to visit miss isabella of course...

[ruinxl0ve]

Lyra Stemorrhages

#ocs #wips #monster ocs #moth girls #moth ocs #based off the Large Emerald Pearl moth! #Lyra Stemorrhages #shes also a singer btw

[singeratlarge]

SATURDAY MUSIC VIDEO MATINEE: “Act Naturally”—Singer-songwriter and comedian Johnny Russell came up with the early 60s Bakersfield country music scene—famously with Buck Owens, who hit the big-time after recording Johnny’s song “Act Naturally.” In this video I tell the humorous and surprising “back story” of how that song wound its way through obstacles and objections before becoming a hit for Buck as well as Ringo Starr and The Beatles. It’s a lesson in sticking to your songwriting instincts even if it means breaking a hot date with your girlfriend! 

#JohnnyRussell #BuckOwens #TheBeatles #RingoStarr #ActNaturally #Bakersfield #countrymusic #rockabilly #twang #popmusic #singersongwriter #hotdate #DonRich #Buckaroos #VoniMorrison #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge

#johnny j blair #singer songwriter #music #singer at large #pop rock #san francisco #Johnny Russell #Buck Owens #Beatles #Ringo Starr #Bakersfield #rockabilly #twang #Don Rich #Youtube

[supercantaloupe]

anyway i'm totally vindicated in my opinion that verdi with a smaller orchestra works better because this pit is like half the size of the original called for instrumentation and it works great

#sasha speaks #i think the pit itself might be too small to accommodate a larger orchestra #but i'm not sure if the other theater they performed this at was different in that regard #plus i think too large of an orchestra would overwhelm some of the singers (gilda is weirdly quiet?) #but it might be the space again this hall is kinda small #anyway it's not small enough that i'd call it a true chamber orchestra tonight but it's pretty small for verdi and it really works

[freddieandersen]

thanks to that post I’m now playing all my hozier lps at 45rpm and some of the songs gain new dimensions when you can imagine Dolly in them

#i think a large part of why it works is the accents #like obviously the vocal ranges and orchestrations have to make sense #but it’s not just ‘hozier sped up sounds like a female singer’ it’s specifically dolly #and I think that’s because to my Standard American ear #Hozier’s Irish accent when singing and Dolly’s Tennessee accent when singing sound like reflections of each other #the whole ‘US southern drawl is just slowed down Queen’s English’ thing #US north-Southern accent when mellowed by singing and southeast Irish accent mellowed by singing are not far off #tree.txt

[sephirocks]

If anyone's interested in knowing what T can do for your voice lmfao

Note that when I started T my range was like

F6-Ab2 so I wasn't exactly a vocal slouch or anything, and I have recordings of me hitting both of those apexes as a youngster. I was what you'd call a freakish dramatic soprano.

But then I did T for like a year and a half in 2018-2019 and it dropped my range from the above to like F2-F4 which was DEVASTATING. That halved my range.

But now, five years later? After stopping T in June of 2019 due to heart issues and severe voice grieving and dysphoria? My range is FIVE FUCKING OCTAVES and I can sing to the bottom of the piano yo!!!

I'm not saying everyone can do this that goes on T.

T is a process and it will likely change your range DRASTICALLY. But new things can come out of it. If I had never gone on T I wouldn't have gotten to tour in Europe as a lead bass in a choir or do some of the non profit musical work I've done.

I thought T ruined my voice for a long time. And I still miss being able to sing phantom of the Opera high notes some days. But I think what I can do now is sorta hella cool.

#vocalist #vocal range #singer #extreme voices #the exact opposite of a dog whistle #extreme vocal range #extreme vocalist #large vocal range #transition #transmasc #transgender #ftm #testosterone

[foxgirltail]

Ohhhh wait I think I figured out why I'm not enjoying the v8 and v9 albums as a whole as much as previous volumes:

Other volumes had songs where the lead singer sounds drastically different. To me, v8 and v9 all sound like it's the same person in the same voice. There's not as much diversity in vocals

Which is why listening to a song by itself or shuffled in with the other volumes I like them more than if I'm just listening to one volume at a time

[coming back to this after listening to a few older songs] or maybe there's just more diversity in the song styles in general, these past 2 volume's songs just feel very samey to me in a way I'm not really able to articulate. I get bored trying to go through the new ones when I don't for the older volumes

#li recognize that casey has largely been the front singer the whole time but on older volumes she can sound different from song to song #rwby spam