Nah, just a little topic for my little "music thing from the 80'ties" since the other forum is going to be closed XD, that's all.
The music without the vocals (In my opinion, this version will be the best one for a looooong time) : http://www.furstreet.com/xss/music/Princes%20of%20the%20Dreams.mp3
JP Morris' try with the lyrics on the chorus : http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/test/podchorus2.wav.mp3
Gaby's try with only the vocals : http://www.files.bz/files/1336/PrincesOfTheDreamsVoiceFull.mp3 : too bad I don't have good material to mix it with the music -_-
And with the music (thou you don't hear it very well) : http://www.files.bz/files/1336/PrincesOfTheDreamsWithLowBackground.mp3
In my case, I've been working during the last weeks on my version of the song with the vocals, I hope to finish it soon XP.
And the lyrics :
While evil is rising somewhere far away,
Old prophecies say nothing can be done.
Yet some legendary hero goes into a journey.
You know the rest of that story, and as always you have won.
A life of bounty hunter : (or "being a warrior for hire")
You've always agreed with that.
Easy money made on weak demons falling in your traps.
But from now on and forever, (or "but engraved by fire")
Truth will follow you days and nights.
A blood legacy stating your preys were of your own kind.
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CHORUS
Come on, come on : let's spread our wings so we can fly.
Far from the ground, above the seas.
Let's go high, let's go and tear the clouds in the sky
We're the princes of the dreams.
Grab my hand if you're afraid to fall.
Don't deny what you will always be.
Follow your true feelings to be free.
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So tell me how do you feel now you belong to my world ?
Or are you just so afraid you're looking for a way out ?
No turning back anymore,
Voices inside, speaking so loud.
I guess what they're telling you :
That you have a dangerous might.
That your parents never explained why was you life built over lies.
But one thing I know for true :
Nothing could ever change your mind
The flame in your soul will be the same for all the time
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(CHORUS)
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Hello boy,
Will you follow me in the night ?
Don't be afraid, I don't belong to the wrong side.
And we won't fall.
We'll be the ones to rise.
We'll still be here at the very end of time.
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(CHORUS)
Let it go, you no longer need me.
Fly on your own now you are free.
Follow the true path of your destiny.
We are the princes of the dreams.
And...And that's all! XD
Hmm. I should attempt this, if only to scare people off :-)
I tried mixing the voice with the music using Audacity and they turned out to be in different tones. O_o It seems I've been using the wrong background music to sing along with. I guess I'll have to re-record it.
Edit: I made it! I downloaded the new background music, opened it with Audacity raised the pitch 2 semitones (or 1 tone, but the scale was in semitones - the new background music was lower than I could handle, sorry), exported it as MP3, listened it while recording a new voice version, amplified the new one because my sound card has lame input, removed some of the resulting noise but only in the voiceless bits, then added the voice to the project that had the background (which required several zoom-ins to synchronize it) and then exported it again. Here's the result!
http://www.files.bz/files/1336/Princes-of-the-dreams-final.mp3
No offence, but should this be moved to the art section?
QuoteNo offence, but should this be moved to the art section?
Er...Wait a minute, all the clockworkmansion is for DMFA? o_O Ok, I thought clockworkmansion was a group of different forums, like thenice, and amoung them there was one for DMFa "doh!!!" -_- Okay, so now, how can I move the whole topic without having to recreate it? '.'
QuoteEdit: I made it! I downloaded the new background music, opened it with Audacity raised the pitch 2 semitones (or 1 tone, but the scale was in semitones - the new background music was lower than I could handle, sorry), exported it as MP3, listened it while recording a new voice version, amplified the new one because my sound card has lame input, removed some of the resulting noise but only in the voiceless bits, then added the voice to the project that had the background (which required several zoom-ins to synchronize it) and then exported it again. Here's the result!
Hey, not bad, I like what you did with the background music and Audacity! I have to download that program and try on my computer! There's an odd effect, I don't know how to say it in English...The sound of the background music, it goes loud, down, loud again, down again...Like "sea waves" o_O. Quite of funny!
Well, thanks :mowsmile, can I put it in my webpage (I'll do it within some days, maybe weeks...If it's OK for you, of course!)
Of course it's ok! As long as you don't change my name to something else. :P
I'd still love to try it...
would you mind horribly my slightly changing the lyrics to make it fit better? (Follow your true feelings to be free- when singing that, you need to rush part of the sentence, which throws off the tempo a bit, not to mention just being damn hard to pull. and maybe in some other bits, but if not I'll see if I can figure out how to do it without that.)
There are several parts when the lyrics don't quite fit the music (like "journey" in the 3rd line), and some parts where they would if you changed the phrasing a little (like "you know the rest of that story", "true will follow you days and nights", and "I don't belong to the wrong side"). I recorded it just as I heard it because I didn't think XSS would want anything changed, but if he doesn't mind, I think it would be nice to hear different versions.
Quote from: Miaka on July 19, 2006, 08:27:16 AM
I'd still love to try it...
would you mind horribly my slightly changing the lyrics to make it fit better? (Follow your true feelings to be free- when singing that, you need to rush part of the sentence, which throws off the tempo a bit, not to mention just being damn hard to pull. and maybe in some other bits, but if not I'll see if I can figure out how to do it without that.)
In mine I changed it to "Follow your
true feelings to be free". I made a number of other changes to help it fit the music in my notes. I can dig those out tonight if anyone wants them.
I might be a very very weird weirdo guy, but...I don't have problems saying the lyrics with the music and with the good tempo, while English is not my native lenguage XD. And well, I'm too lazy to change the lyrics myself, so...If you want to change them a little bit, change them how you want, there is no problem! ^^ After all, this is just a little fan-theme music thing XD
In the meantime...
OHMYGOSH!!!! Audacity is wonderful!!! O_O Oh, thank you Gabi for having showed me such a great thing! "Jumps on Gabi, hugs her, tickles her, hugs her again" : they should do with you the same as they should do with Jyrras, do a pupeet version of yourself which will probably be sold to more than a million of copies around the world XD
Ok, "crazy attitude OFF", let me explain you why I'm so happy. I hate my voice : I can't stand no more to hear my DMFA theme song, and with my vocals on it it's worst. I don't sing to bad, the huge problem is just my voice : even when I talk I sound like a stupid guy who tries to imitate a women voice, and of course who fails, so it sounds ridiculous and..."ahem", quite horrible XD (now I udnerstand why some people in real life think I'm an total idiot XD) But with the "Holy Grail Audacity", if I raise the pitch of my voice a little bit with two demi tones, more or less, I end up with...With a quite cute sexy girl voice which sounds natural! :mowhappy I even had a lot of fun listening my own song with my own vocals that way! ^^ No, I'm not crazy! :mowdizzy And I know it sounds stupid, but that's a good idea! (after all...What do you think I'm doing with all the musics I love? Rising the pich or lowering it, just to change the "gender" or the voice when it's possible! Yeah, I'm playing like a stupid kid!) ^^ It won't be great great great, but from the "crap" it was it's going to be "nice" XD So, lemme work on that for a few days, and within a week, I think it will be OK.
Oh, and you guys who are doing the DMFA radio project, I don't know if you already thought about it, but with that kind of program...Someone could do the voice of a guy and a girl (well, it depends on his/her voice : with some of the songs I tried, when you rise the music it sounds not natural at all : it depends on the voice of the person...).
Well, anyway, I'm HA-PPY! >^.^<
Nice try, Gabi. You must have been singing along to the version Xss sent us, which is indeed 2 semitones higher than the instrumental one that he posted. The guy's got a really high voice. The music may actually work better with a female vocalist.
Quote from: Xss on July 19, 2006, 05:51:01 AM
Er...Wait a minute, all the clockworkmansion is for DMFA? o_O Ok, I thought clockworkmansion was a group of different forums, like thenice, and amoung them there was one for DMFa "doh!!!" -_- Okay, so now, how can I move the whole topic without having to recreate it? '.'
Not all of it is DMFA, but we're sharing it with DMFA's sister (or should that be "brother"? :mowwink) webcomic, CVRPG, and the admins are all one big happy family. PM one of them (e.g. Damaris) and ask to have it moved to the Tower of Art.
QuoteThere's an odd effect, I don't know how to say it in English...The sound of the background music, it goes loud, down, loud again, down again...Like "sea waves" o_O. Quite of funny!
Yeah, there's some kind of sweeping phaser effect on the music. It's so regular that it sounds like a intentional filter rather than, say, a weird compression artifact. Either way, it's quite distracting...
Quote from: Miaka on July 19, 2006, 08:27:16 AM
I'd still love to try it...
would you mind horribly my slightly changing the lyrics to make it fit better? (Follow your true feelings to be free- when singing that, you need to rush part of the sentence, which throws off the tempo a bit, not to mention just being damn hard to pull. and maybe in some other bits, but if not I'll see if I can figure out how to do it without that.)
Heh... I had the same problem when I tried to sing it. There are way too many parts of the song where you have to scrunch multiple syllables into a single note, and I just wasn't wasn't able to pull it off. :mowdizzy Eventually, I went the route that you and JP were suggesting and started rearranging the lyrics to fit the melody. Then I figured that, if I was doing that anyway, I may as well fix the odd grammatical constructs. Then I started wondering if I shouldn't replace the words that kinda rhyme in a French accent but don't in mine. By the end, I was making up lyrics as I went along for no good reason. :sweatdrop The moral of the story is: Never let Tezkat edit your writing. :mowtongue
In the end, my vocals were terrible and it didn't matter anyway. :neko
Quote from: Xss on July 19, 2006, 02:37:01 PMI hate my voice : I can't stand no more to hear my DMFA theme song, and with my vocals on it it's worst. I don't sing to bad, the huge problem is just my voice : even when I talk I sound like a stupid guy who tries to imitate a women voice, and of course who fails, so it sounds ridiculous and..."ahem", quite horrible XD
Aw... I kinda liked your singing voice. It still sounds quite good when you lower the pitch a bit, by the way, if you want to fiddle with filters to make yourself sound more masculine...
QuoteOh, and you guys who are doing the DMFA radio project, I don't know if you already thought about it, but with that kind of program...Someone could do the voice of a guy and a girl (well, it depends on his/her voice : with some of the songs I tried, when you rise the music it sounds not natural at all : it depends on the voice of the person...).
It's actually not that easy... Usually, when you try to raise a male voice by more than a semitone or so, it starts to sound very cartoonish and chipmunky. The sex change via pitch shifting trick only works for male vocalists that are already using mostly headvoice, since the biggest difference between male and female voices is not pitch but timbre. There are also noticeable differences in speaking style, though many of those gender differences are masked while singing.
Most men, even those with naturally deep voices like mine, can learn to imitate a female voice, even without pitch shifting. It's a bit harder for women--men just use less of their voice box, while women have to compensate for vocal cord length that just isn't there---though many female VAs can pull off awesome young boy voices with a little training. For the record, I've been able to pass myself off as a woman on the phone or Skype, :erk but that took a lot of practice. :mowhappy
Quote from: Xss on July 19, 2006, 02:37:01 PM
Oh, and you guys who are doing the DMFA radio project, I don't know if you already thought about it, but with that kind of program...Someone could do the voice of a guy and a girl (well, it depends on his/her voice : with some of the songs I tried, when you rise the music it sounds not natural at all : it depends on the voice of the person...).
Well, anyway, I'm HA-PPY! >^.^<
It does indeed depend on the voice. In some of the early drafts of DvP I tried to make myself female to do the 'Oh great Ti'fiona!' line (but this was an act of desperation). I have also used Audacity's pitch-shifter for some effects, I slowed down Aaryanna's voice for instance. For Dark Pegasus I used the realtime shifter on the Zoom RFX-2000.
On the song 'Vampires in reverse' I recorded the counterpoint for the section at the end with the tape running around 10% too fast, so it went really bass when played back at 15ips. As a rule, tape varispeed sounds smoother than digital resampling.
I'll probably pitch-shift Jyrras into adolescence when we do the flashback with Dan.
As mentioned in the Project thread on The Nice, you can make Bono of U2 sound kind of hot by playing 'Mysterious Ways' about 7% (or was it 14%) fast. But it doesn't work with Bal Sagoth. Ever.
woot, I recorded my doing the chorus at while I was at Kaos' earlier. not my best, I didn't warm up, my breahings utter s***, but other than that I kinda like it and it gives you an idea of my singing voice. whenever he puts that(and the lines I did) up.
QuoteThe guy's got a really high voice. The music may actually work better with a female vocalist.
Yep, that's why I'm going to do my little thing with Audacity! XD
And for the high voice, maybe that's the good thing after having spend years screaming on the loud music I put on my room XD More seriously I didn't have the choice : I tried to sing it lower and it turned out terrible (wierd wierd voice...and it was shaking a little bit, like if I was unable to control it). I had to put it that high and almost scream XD I killed my voice that day, had problems to talk after that (and same thing with my new version of the vocals).
QuoteNot all of it is DMFA, but we're sharing it with DMFA's sister (or should that be "brother"? ) webcomic, CVRPG, and the admins are all one big happy family. PM one of them (e.g. Damaris) and ask to have it moved to the Tower of Art.
Okay, I'm gonna ask him X3.
QuoteHeh... I had the same problem when I tried to sing it. There are way too many parts of the song where you have to scrunch multiple syllables into a single note, and I just wasn't wasn't able to pull it off.
Well Ok, maybe it's because I'm French, and I just pronounce badly some words, so I manage to put a lot of syllables in a single note XD, and so on and so on XD.
QuoteIn the end, my vocals were terrible and it didn't matter anyway.
Aw, too bad -_- . Well, thanks anyway for trying. Though I think that by changing the pitch of my vocals it could turn quite well for a change.
QuoteAw... I kinda liked your singing voice. It still sounds quite good when you lower the pitch a bit, by the way, if you want to fiddle with filters to make yourself sound more masculine...
Lol, well thanks, even if it won't change my mind XD. I even get to the point where I recorded my own voice talking, just talking, and it was like "Oh my God, this is how I look like when I'm talking in public! :erk" :laugh
Filters to change my voice? o_O How, with what? On Audacity? Well, to have some fun (and for curiosity) I could try X3.
QuoteAs mentioned in the Project thread on The Nice, you can make Bono of U2 sound kind of hot by playing 'Mysterious Ways' about 7% (or was it 14%) fast. But it doesn't work with Bal Sagoth. Ever.
Hm, I should try! B3
Does someone here knows the band Toto? The song "White sister", sung by Bobby Kimball? Jesus, you rise the pitch (or make it go faster) a little bit with audacity and it really sound like a female voice, and a relly good one! OhmyGosh, I love that program! ^^
Quotewoot, I recorded my doing the chorus at while I was at Kaos' earlier. not my best, I didn't warm up, my breahings utter s***, but other than that I kinda like it and it gives you an idea of my singing voice. whenever he puts that(and the lines I did) up.
Wiat if I understood it. You want me to mix it with the song and upload it on the net? Well, I'll be glad to do it, but there is a little "ahem cough" problem ^^". See, Gabi sent me her vocals one day, and I was unable to mix them with the song in a good way (putting the lyrics in the good place it will sound at the good time). Too complicated and too long for me to explain why (but if you really want, I'll explain XD), but if you know how to mix yourself your lyrics with the song it will be better.
Just wanted to say, nice work so far. :mowsmile
Unfortunately, Windows default voice sings better than I do so I can't really do anything to help. :|
Quote from: Xss on July 20, 2006, 03:52:32 AM
QuoteNot all of it is DMFA, but we're sharing it with DMFA's sister (or should that be "brother"? ) webcomic, CVRPG, and the admins are all one big happy family. PM one of them (e.g. Damaris) and ask to have it moved to the Tower of Art.
Okay, I'm gonna ask him X3.
*cough* Her, I believe. Darkmoon is a him, Amber and Damaris are hers. Unless I'm mistaken?
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on July 20, 2006, 05:57:50 AM
Quote from: Xss on July 20, 2006, 03:52:32 AM
Okay, I'm gonna ask him X3.
*cough* Her, I believe. Darkmoon is a him, Amber and Damaris are hers. Unless I'm mistaken?
When in doubt use 'them' or 'they'... :)
Llearch is right, check the photo album. :U
*Hugs XSS back.* I' glad I could help. I'll see if I can record a fee version one of these days.
By the way, what's your native language? It seems to me that people who speak different languages perceive the song in different ways. My native language is Spanish, and I didn't have that much trouble crunching two or three syllables into one note, but I was a bt put off by the parts where the accents of the words were altered (like journey instead of journey, or belong instead of belong).
I just did the chorus though, I was just saying that... >>
and no, you wouldn't need to mix this version, just say if my voice is any good/if you'd want me to learn and record the whole song. then I can see if I cand do that myself, but I somehow doubt I'll do any good. >>
QuoteBy the way, what's your native language? It seems to me that people who speak different languages perceive the song in different ways. My native language is Spanish,
Pues mira por donde, menuda casualidad : mi lengua materna tambien es el español, jo, yo creia que eras americana (vete a saber porque XD).
...Ok, let's go back to English XD. Spanish because of my mum (who's Spanish), and French because I've been living in France since my birth, and English because of the studies XD.
QuoteJust wanted to say, nice work so far.
Unfortunately, Windows default voice sings better than I do so I can't really do anything to help.
Thanks! ^^ What is that thing about "windows default voice"? o_O
About the song, I'm still working on it, the biggest chalenge is to make it sound well (sometimes the music is more loud than the lyrics, sometimes it's the contrary), and I have some weird bugs...Like to vocals going faster than the original music when I try exporting them again and again in MP3 and Wav to work with it in the two different programs! :erk
Quote from: Xss on July 20, 2006, 08:38:22 AM
QuoteBy the way, what's your native language? It seems to me that people who speak different languages perceive the song in different ways. My native language is Spanish,
Pues mira por donde, menuda casualidad : mi lengua materna tambien es el español, jo, yo creia que eras americana (vete a saber porque XD).
...Ok, let's go back to English XD. Spanish because of my mum (who's Spanish), and French because I've been living in France since my birth, and English because of the studies XD.
XD So all those e-mails we've exchanged... we could have written them in Spanish! Well, I'm South American. From Argentina. I must tell you now that your English is very good.
QuoteXD So all those e-mails we've exchanged... we could have written them in Spanish! Well, I'm South American. From Argentina. I must tell you now that your English is very good.
Hehe, thanks! ^^
And yep, you could have talked in spannish XD.
Well, well well, in the meantime, after weeks and weeks, days and days, hours and hours, a looooooot of time of work I finally...Give up! XD Nah, it's just that I'm starting getting tired of working again and again on that song, and I really reached the point where I can't stand that music more or 5 minutes without having a weird pain in the skull! XD
The other problem is Audacity and the program I'm using (Melody Assistant...MA to writte it faster). Audacity can export work in mp3...But with a very very bad quality of sound! So I was planing on taking the vocals, rising them on Audacity, exporting them in WAV format, opening them with MA, mixing them with the music (rising the music too), and then exporting it on MP3. Well, don't ask me why, but my normal vocals with the backgroung music have a nice quality sound (but it's a big mp3, something like 13 Mos) for something done "with your own hands at home". The other version of the song, the one risen, just sucks when it's exported with MA, with a lot of saturation and stuff, and I really don't know why. So I had to export it with Audacity : even if the quality of sound is crappy, it's better than the result with MA. I've been going crazy with all that stuff during all the afternoon...Maybe I'll try tomorrow, but probably within some days XP.
Well, what else to say? I tried to make a "funny effect" with the lyrics "don't deny what you will always be/follow your true feelings to be free", but I'm not sure if it's really good...Perhaps I may change it, that's someting I can do quickly.
So, now the links normally are :
http://www.furstreet.com/xss/music/POTD1.mp3 : the huge one (13 Mos) with my normal vocals. In a word : crap XD I don't like it.
http://www.furstreet.com/xss/music/POTD2.mp3 : The song of POTD1, changed with audacity. I don't know what it is in English, it's a little option to change the frequency of the music. The normal one is of 41000 I think, so I put it to 49700 I think. The voice is better, I think it sounds as a female voice most of the time (some other it sounds like a weird squeeky voice XD And it can depend on the speakers you're using : I know for having listened it with different ones), but the music goes faster.
http://www.furstreet.com/xss/music/POTD3.mp3 : Again, the music of POTD1, this time I rose the music of two semitones, and that's it. Again, in my opinion that's better ^^
Well, have fun with that, now those who wants to do their own version of the vocals can do it. In the meantime I'm going to sleep XD.
I don't know why I'm doing this but some time ago I decided it would be fun to play around with XSS' "Princes of the Dreams" and rearrange it for the synthesizers I have at my disposal.
Although he was kind enough to give me a MIDI version of the song it was kind of messed up, so I've been trying to rebuild it from scratch with a few alterations and (hopefully) improvements.
This is very early stuff. The lead sound, which is a dulcimer(!) is just as a guidepost for me.. I know the timings are wrong. If Xss doesn't crucify me first the lead will be carried by the vocals not by that.. thing..
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/test/xss-jpm.wav.mp3
This has lead, bass synth, Hammond, Oberheim, lead synth (can't do the guitar twirl) and a simple drum track. I'm going to add another bassline or possibly wurlitzer bass instead. And other things as they come to me. It needs a bit more aggression?
QuoteIf Xss doesn't crucify me first
:laugh
In fact I really like what you did, I even want moooooore! ^^ Great work!
I like what that little theme you put at the end (starting at 33 secondes more or less) : if it's a variation of something in my theme I don't recognize it and it's cool X3
Perhaps it would need to be a little bit more "aggresive", but it has been a long time I haven't heard that DMFA theme wighout thinking "Aaallggg! Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!!!" :P
Quote from: Xss on July 21, 2006, 04:41:55 AM
In fact I really like what you did, I even want moooooore! ^^ Great work!
I like what that little theme you put at the end (starting at 33 secondes more or less) : if it's a variation of something in my theme I don't recognize it and it's cool X3
Perhaps it would need to be a little bit more "aggresive", but it has been a long time I haven't heard that DMFA theme without thinking "Aaallggg! Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!!!" :P
The theme at the end is based off your guitar twirl at the start of the song and repeated throughout. I was trying to do it with pitch-bend and portamento, but I ended up with that instead and thought it worked nicely. Since you like it, I'll work on it some more tonight. I haven't yet done the main verse section, which seems to be slightly different from the others. I think this is probably the first song I've done where the fast leslie mode works really well on the organ.
As you can probably tell, this song has been swirling around in my head for a few days.
That fancy remix does sound nice. Makes it seem like it's played in different instruments.
Since there's so many references as to how it's sung, I'll have to give it a go. So long as it's alright with the creator.
First step, get it stuck in my head like the Zoo City themes and the Beings and Creatures song. Then be able to sing "lalalalalala." Lastly, put things into words. :januscat
QuoteThe theme at the end is based off your guitar twirl at the start of the song and repeated throughout.
It is? o_O Wow, you really changed it! X3
QuoteSince there's so many references as to how it's sung, I'll have to give it a go. So long as it's alright with the creator.
It's alright for everything by anybody XD I put in the first post the lyrics and a version of the instrumental part of the song, and I put the vocal (well, my version of the vocals) yesterday so that you can have an idea of what I had more or less in mind. Now if you want to do a remix, or whatever with it, you can do it X3.
Er...What is the "beings and creatures" song? '.'
Quote from: Xss on July 21, 2006, 12:36:17 PM
QuoteThe theme at the end is based off your guitar twirl at the start of the song and repeated throughout.
It is? o_O Wow, you really changed it! X3
I also kind of merged it with the riff from 'Lovely Creature' by Nick Cave (one of the less depressing songs on 'Murder Ballads')
QuoteEr...What is the "beings and creatures" song? '.'
http://www.dougtheeagle.com/stuff/BeingsAndCreatures4.mp3
Ok! X3 Not bad, even if it's not my kind of music. :)
Quote from: Xss on July 20, 2006, 03:52:32 AM
Well Ok, maybe it's because I'm French, and I just pronounce badly some words, so I manage to put a lot of syllables in a single note XD, and so on and so on XD.
Yeah, pronunciation is an issue (e.g. "journey" and "away" usually don't rhyme), but the main problem is that the music and lyrics are set to the
rhythm of a native romance-language speaker. For instance, you sing "somewher-e far away" in the first line--which matches the music and sounds perfectly fine with your accent. That sounds a bit strange in a native English or American accent, however; we'd either sing "somewhere (break) far away" with an unnatural pause in the middle or have to add an extra word. I went for the kitchy fairy tale opening and sang the line as "When evil's rising in a land far, far away" in my version. My mutilation of your lyrics only gets worse from there--another reason for my reluctance to post anything. :mowninja
By the way, your voice sounds a lot sexier when you lower the pitch instead of raising it. :mowwink
Here's my take, with and without background music. There's a 27-second pause in front of the vocals-only, since I just took the w/background version and took out the music. Edited the lyrics here and there. For those of you with Windows Media Player, lyrics are included in the first one.
Vocals + Music (http://www.files.bz/files/8566/POTD_PoofandMusic.mp3)
Vocals only (http://www.files.bz/files/8566/POTD_PoofVocals.mp3)
here's my try for the chorus.
I know a lot of its off, going more on JP's recording than anything. I'll try it again later, perhaps do the whole song this time too.
hope ya like it! http://www.box.net/public/oxffa1dy0n
QuoteFor instance, you sing "somewher-e far away" in the first line--which matches the music and sounds perfectly fine with your accent. That sounds a bit strange in a native English or American accent
Ohmygosh, you're right! :erk I even didn't think about that at all, but now you say it...How could I have forgoten that? Bah, I'm quite stupid sometimes -_-
QuoteMy mutilation of your lyrics only gets worse from there--another reason for my reluctance to post anything.
Well, you can always post XD...You know, most of time I don't care about the lyrics of a song (shame on me!) : if the music is OK, it goes fine with me. I'm quite weird, I like vocals, but I don't care a lot of what they say XD. Well, that doesn't prevent me to try to work a little bit hard on the lyrics of the DMFA theme XD.
QuoteBy the way, your voice sounds a lot sexier when you lower the pitch instead of raising it.
Are you insane? :laugh
Nice try Poofyspikes (even if I think it could be better singing an octave up XD) ^^. You missed some notes, but well, it's the same for me. Dunno why, adding some reverb or echo on your voice could sound cool (I'm really a "reverb fan-freak" XD).
Miaka...You know you have quite a beautiful voice? o_O Could you try to sing it louder and with a higher pich if you can, gosh, I think it could sound great! ^^
:redface thanks! yeah, I'll try that next time I'm recording, and maybe I'll atte,pt the whole song.
Yeah, I kinda like the higher voice more.
I'd say go for it with the whole song, Maika. Sounds lovely.
Step 1 complete... :januscat
Okie, XSS liked the first attempt, so here's the new prototype. It's kind of diverged somewhat from the original song, but there ya go.
There are a couple of glitches in the MIDI still, but those aside, I think it's pretty much ready to go on the multitrack now.
In this version you get to hear me be totally confused by the second verse.
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssjpm2.mp3
Since the vocals are so awful, I've also provided just the backing track if anyone wants to add their own vocals (please!!!).
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssjpm2i.mp3
I also have an outtake of the last verse (as if this version wasn't one big outtake anyway..)
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssflub.mp3
And here' s a picture of how the Hammond 'waterfall' effect was assembled by mouse.
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/xss.jpg
Sounds nice JP Morris ;) even if I'ld say "more energy, something more agressive"...Perhaps something more with the battery or adding more instruments? o_O
QuoteSince the vocals are so awful, I've also provided just the backing track if anyone wants to add their own vocals (please!!!).
:laugh Well, it wasn't that bad...Even if I must admit I found a little bit funny when I suddendly heard you rushing on "you know the rest of that story" like "omg, omg, omg, so much to say in so less time!". I can always give you my version of the vocals, if you know how to past/copy that easily, but I don't think my vocals will fit with that new version of the song o_O
And nice try on trying to change the lyrics! :P
Quote from: Xss on July 23, 2006, 04:39:19 AM
Sounds nice JP Morris ;) even if I'ld say "more energy, something more agressive"...Perhaps something more with the battery or adding more instruments? o_O
QuoteSince the vocals are so awful, I've also provided just the backing track if anyone wants to add their own vocals (please!!!).
:laugh Well, it wasn't that bad...Even if I must admit I found a little bit funny when I suddendly heard you rushing on "you know the rest of that story" like "omg, omg, omg, so much to say in so less time!". I can always give you my version of the vocals, if you know how to past/copy that easily, but I don't think my vocals will fit with that new version of the song o_O
And nice try on trying to change the lyrics! :P
Thanks. By the way, I've also been mulling over 'Kool in the Kaftan' by B.A. Robertson, which I was considering doing a cover of for the 'Hippy Merlitz' picture if anyone ever does one.
That song has some very similar problems - when the original author can't squish his own lyrics into his own song, you know you've got a problem.
e.g. the first verse of the song starts like this:
"You can give away your skintight
Mohair drainpipes
Little leather mini and your pork-pie hat"
..it would have worked if he had removed "You can" from the start. As it stands I had to buy the thing on e-bay to work out what the hell he was saying - the lyrics aren't on the internet, but I have them! Muahahaha!
If you can find a copy it's fun to listen to - he gets lost at the start of
his own song. It still made #17 in the charts, though, and that chunky bit on the organ (which happily ignores the timing of the rest of the song) is to die for. How did he do it?
"Grow your hair long
Write some really
Long songs it's looking rough"
...But I digress. Going back to your song, the 'you know the rest of the story' but was a bad take - I have managed to make that bit work.
But I'm not at all happy with what follows. I'll figure something out before it goes to tape, though, even if I have to rewrite it. Tezkat, what did you do for that bit in your modded lyrics?
As for the aggression, it really needs an extra kick for the final bit - again, I'll think of something.
Quote from: Xss on July 22, 2006, 08:37:44 AM
Are you insane? :laugh
Why yes... yes I am... :kittydevious
QuoteNice try Poofyspikes (even if I think it could be better singing an octave up XD) ^^.
I'm not surprised that he sung it an octave down. The song ranges from Gb3 to Gb4 in the default key. Most men can't even hit the high notes without training, and you need a tenor or alto to make it sound good. Personally, I found it uncomfortable to sing without at least a 2b drop (or going high enough to sing it all in head voice, but that came out even girlier than Xss's version). I don't have the vocal training to sing it properly. :mowsad
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 22, 2006, 04:59:01 PM
Okie, XSS liked the first attempt, so here's the new prototype. It's kind of diverged somewhat from the original song, but there ya go.
Yay! The final chorus doesn't go up by a semitone anymore! I'd probably still fail at singing it, though...
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 23, 2006, 06:52:20 AM
Tezkat, what did you do for that bit in your modded lyrics?
Okay... here's my version of the lyrics. I wound up rewriting large chunks of the song. My songwriting sucks as bad as my singing, but I did try to make something that flows a little better than Xss's version. I tried to make it rhyme a little better, too--that's my excuse for the dumb headwings line, at any rate. :mowtongue
PRINCES OF THE DREAMS (Tezkat's Version)
When evil's rising in a land far, far away,
Old prophecies will say that nothing can be done.
But there's a hero who goes off to save the day.
You know that story well--those battles you have won.
Your adventuring life (a warrior for hire):
It's easy money slaying demons that you find.
But now that awful truth (your soul engraved by fire):
The truth that's in your blood--you preyed on your own kind.
Come on. Come on. Let's spread our wings so we can fly
Far from the ground, above the seas.
Let's fly high. Let's tear the clouds up in the sky.
We are the princes of the dreams.
Grab my hand if you're afraid to fall.
Don't deny what you must be.
Follow your feelings to be free.
So tell me how it feels to step into my world,
Or are you so afraid you just want a way out?
But there's no turning back; your headwings have unfurled.
The voices in your head are crying out so loud.
They're telling you about the creature that's inside:
The life you've lived till now was built upon a lie.
But your true self remains--a truth no one can hide:
The flame within your soul will burn for all of time.
Come on. Come on. Let's spread our wings so we can fly
Far from the ground, above the seas.
Let's fly high. Let's tear the clouds up in the sky.
We are the princes of the dreams.
Grab my hand if you're afraid to fall.
Don't deny what you must be.
Follow your feelings to be free.
Hello, boy... will you join me in the night?
Don't be afraid. Trust that I am on your side.
And we won't fall. We'll be the ones to rise.
We'll still be here until the very end of time.
Come on. Come on. Let's spread our wings so we can fly
Far from the ground, above the seas.
Let's fly high. Let's tear the clouds up in the sky.
We are the princes of the dreams.
Come on. Come on. Let's spread our wings so we can fly
Far from the ground, above the seas.
Let's fly high. Let's tear the clouds up in the sky.
We are the princes of the dreams.
Come on. Come on. Let's spread our wings so we can fly
Far from the ground, above the seas.
Let's fly high. Let's tear the clouds up in the sky.
We are the princes of the dreams.
Let it go. You no longer need me.
Fly on your own now you are free.
Follow your path to destiny.
We are the princes of the dreams.
Meh... it needs work, but it might be easier for subsequent singers to mod my version than the original.
Well, you know that I said I don't care a lot about the lyrics, so ^^...Anyway, I think those are not bad! :)
Quote from: Xss on July 23, 2006, 03:20:45 PM
Well, you know that I said I don't care a lot about the lyrics, so ^^...Anyway, I think those are not bad! :)
I'm listening to a new version which uses a hybrid of Tezkat's and my lyrics and is done on tape. Somehow the music seems to have lost some of its punch.. I think it's missing a lot of bass - probably the way it's been mixed (I tend to cut the bass on most channels).
I'll take it to work tomorrow and if I still like it there, I'll upload it, but I don't have time now.
BAH. BAH I SAY. I just tried to record the whole song, failed horribly, tried again, did even worse, and then proceeded to swear a lot, tell Kaos' computer to go do interesting things to a chicken, and went on to record lines.
>>
Well at least you got back at the computer...with a vengeance.
So, I was just going to give the song a few tries, see how I can do. But it kept drawing me in, forcing me to contintue until completeion. Sure they sound kinda fruity, but here we have 2 slightly different attempts. They are both in JP's arrangement of the music, I couldn't figure out how to turn the theme without vocals into the same tone as the one with. The only difference between these two attempts is the stanza that begins "Hello, boy..." :januscat
http://www.files.bz/files/8393/Princes%20of%20the%20Dreams%201.mp3
http://www.files.bz/files/8393/Princes%20of%20the%20Dreams%202.mp3
Okay, here's rev 4 of my cover version. IMHO it's got the punch of v2, and a little more. It's done on tape. As an experiment, I tracked all the sequenced instruments with Rosegarden in Linux, except for the Wurlitzer which is a Windows softsynth. But Gabi is probably the only person here who might care about that ;)
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssjpm4.mp3
Drawbacks:
* mixed onto the PC rather than 1/4", and through audacity. I ran out of headroom, which means:
A) it clips here and there
B) the mix isn't the best
C) I couldn't quite do that lovely touch from v2 where the organ fades in just as the leslie spins up (around 1:42 on the older version)
D) the scream at the end isn't as loud as it should be
Other:
* The counterpoint thing (now done on the Pulse) is played live rather than under sequencer control and thus kind of sucks.
If this is your final version, can I put it on my website (well, not right now, whithin a few days/weeks, when I'll be less lazy XD) ?
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 24, 2006, 07:20:10 PM
But Gabi is probably the only person here who might care about that ;)
No, she isn't. The only one, I mean :-)
JP's remix seemed somehow easier to sing than the original, so I figured I'd give it another shot. This is actually the first time I've ever put a recording of my singing online, so I'm gonna just go ahead and post it before my usual "What the hell was I thinking?!? KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" reflex kicks in. :kittydevious
So, um...
Get it before I kill it with fire! (http://dmfa.tezkat.com/temp/Tezkat%20-%20Princes%20of%20the%20Dreams.mp3) :mowninja
To be honest, I don't know what possessed me to try to sing it like that. At any rate, I don't particularly feel like abusing my voice to rerecord all the mistakes anytime soon; I'll probably need a day or two to recover from that stupidity as is. :mowdizzy But it does sound kinda cool... :kittycool
Quote from: Tezkat on July 25, 2006, 10:19:06 AM
JP's remix seemed somehow easier to sing than the original, so I figured I'd give it another shot. This is actually the first time I've ever put a recording of my singing online, so I'm gonna just go ahead and post it before my usual "What the hell was I thinking?!? KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" reflex kicks in. :kittydevious
Holy God. And there was me hoping you were going to sing it in your Jyrras voice :P
When I saw your post I assumed you had bad things to say about my choice of lyrics in R4..
Quote from: Xss on July 25, 2006, 09:08:37 AM
If this is your final version, can I put it on my website (well, not right now, whithin a few days/weeks, when I'll be less lazy XD) ?
It isn't final until it's on 1/4". Seriously, the more I listen to it the more out of tune the vocals sound, so I'm going to have to do them again. I'd also like to experiment with disabling the melody line so that it's carried entirely by the vocals on the verses. And I'm going to re-sequence the counterpoint because I just can't play and it sounds horrible.
Listened to it and enjoyed it! Hope you get a singer and lyrics finalized soon!
QuoteJP's remix seemed somehow easier to sing than the original, so I figured I'd give it another shot. This is actually the first time I've ever put a recording of my singing online, so I'm gonna just go ahead and post it before my usual "What the hell was I thinking?!? KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" reflex kicks in.
OMG!!! :mowdizzy
That was my first reaction XD, mostly because I was expecting your voice I heard in those tracks, when you were playing that character, I don't remember the name...See, the kind of "mad scientist" in the cubi academy.
Man, you don't sing bad, but...Why with that voice ? This isn't "hard rock" :laugh I thought "Out of place, but nice voice, could be Dark Pegasus voice, yeah...Dark Pegasus singing a cute freaky song, dancing like Britney Spear, surrounded by mows"...And that's when I rolled in the floor laughing XD.
In a way it's amazing, it sounds so different from you other voice, you know how to do many things with it! X3
QuoteHoly God. And there was me hoping you were going to sing it in your Jyrras voice
Ah, because Tezkat do also Jyrras' voice? I want to hear it!!! Plus because it's Jyrras! Of course, like everybody I love that character! Jyrras if TEH cuteness, the main symbol of DMFA, the eigth wonder of the world! :laugh
QuoteIt isn't final until it's on 1/4". Seriously, the more I listen to it the more out of tune the vocals sound, so I'm going to have to do them again. I'd also like to experiment with disabling the melody line so that it's carried entirely by the vocals on the verses. And I'm going to re-sequence the counterpoint because I just can't play and it sounds horrible.
Okay! :)
Quote from: Xss on July 25, 2006, 01:48:25 PM
QuoteHoly God. And there was me hoping you were going to sing it in your Jyrras voice
Ah, because Tezkat do also Jyrras' voice? I want to hear it!!! Plus because it's Jyrras! Of course, like everybody I love that character! Jyrras if TEH cuteness, the main symbol of DMFA, the eigth wonder of the world! :laugh
http://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/dmfa_269.wav.mp3
http://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/609demo3.mp3 (because I love the score so much)
I can roughly stand in for Tezkat's Jyrras voice myself. I was tempted to try doing the chorus of PotD myself if he doesn't..
QuoteQuoteIt isn't final until it's on 1/4".
Okay! :)
..but you can put it somewhere if you want. Greg of
Gaming Guardians fame passed around a really early version of 'Pidge & Greg' for quite a while. I don't mind. (And 'quid still has the first version of Zoocity, I think.)
Quotehttp://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/dmfa_269.wav.mp3
http://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/609demo3.mp3 (because I love the score so much)
OMYGOSH! :mowhappy I almost want to change it a little bit with audacity to make it more squeeky! :laugh
Between all the talk about making the music more aggressive and the shouty bits in JP's version, I guess I figured I'd try singing it a heavy, masculine character voice. That's one of my favourite voices to do, but I haven't had the chance to use it here yet due DMFA's chronic shortage of manly men.
In some ways, I find singing in character easier because I'm less critical of the end result when it doesn't sound like me. I'm very self-conscious about my "normal" voice. Honestly, I don't really like how it sounds when I sing. Heck, until late last year when I developed a bit more confidence in my voice acting, I didn't even like it as a speaking voice. (I slip out of character for the "Hello, boy..." portion of the song, if you want an idea of how my normal singing voice sounds.)
Quote from: Xss on July 26, 2006, 06:14:28 AM
Quotehttp://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/dmfa_269.wav.mp3
http://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/609demo3.mp3 (because I love the score so much)
OMYGOSH! :mowhappy I almost want to change it a little bit with audacity to make it more squeeky! :laugh
:erk
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 25, 2006, 10:36:40 AM
When I saw your post I assumed you had bad things to say about my choice of lyrics in R4..
Meh... I find it interesting how people how people have been picking and choosing lyrics. For instance, I personally loved "step into my world" but added the headwings thing as a silly attempt to rhyme (what else rhymes with world?). Everyone skipped the former but added the latter. Go figure.
QuoteI can roughly stand in for Tezkat's Jyrras voice myself. I was tempted to try doing the chorus of PotD myself if he doesn't..
Your American accents still need a bit of work... :mowwink
Ah, well... I suppose
could have used this recording time to do my SAIA lines, but where's the fun in that? :mowtongue
Maybe that Cubi patch worked a little
too well. (http://dmfa.tezkat.com/temp/Tezkat%20-%20Princes%20of%20the%20Dreams%20(Jyrras%20version).mp3) :mowcookie
So... do you sing, James? We could totally do a DMFA character song collection... :mowdan
Quote from: Tezkat on July 28, 2006, 05:43:56 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 25, 2006, 10:36:40 AM
When I saw your post I assumed you had bad things to say about my choice of lyrics in R4..
Meh... I find it interesting how people how people have been picking and choosing lyrics. For instance, I personally loved "step into my world" but added the headwings thing as a silly attempt to rhyme (what else rhymes with world?). Everyone skipped the former but added the latter. Go figure.
I took the headwings bit because it beat all the alternatives, not because it was a masterpiece ;)
Quote
QuoteI can roughly stand in for Tezkat's Jyrras voice myself. I was tempted to try doing the chorus of PotD myself if he doesn't..
Your American accents still need a bit of work... :mowwink
That's okay, I can't do the Welsh lilt either and I live there :)
Anyway. The reason I am still here at this ungodly hour is because of this:
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssjpm5.mp3
I'll probably hate myself in the morning, but right now I think it sounds better than the last one. And it's mixed (badly?) onto tape. Use them together. Use them in peace.
Quote
Maybe that Cubi patch worked a little too well. (http://dmfa.tezkat.com/temp/Tezkat%20-%20Princes%20of%20the%20Dreams%20(Jyrras%20version).mp3) :mowcookie
Woah.
Quote
So... do you sing, James? We could totally do a DMFA character song collection... :mowdan
I've just about managed to sing in Merl's voice, but it isn't easy and I haven't made any recordings yet.
(http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/conversions/hippymerl.png)
Doesn't quite work, does it?
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 28, 2006, 09:03:45 PM
I've just about managed to sing in Merl's voice, but it isn't easy and I haven't made any recordings yet.
(http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/conversions/hippymerl.png)
Doesn't quite work, does it?
Bwahahahahaha! :-)
That's just hilarious :-)
Just a quick note: I've updated both the recording and the picture of Merlitz. Five or more listens last night and I still didn't hear it clipping. At great length I've remixed it again and managed to digitize it without the soundcard clipping (the tape is fine.. the PC just didn't wanna know.)
In case anyone wants to see the first version of Merl where his hair floofed, it's here: http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/conversions/hippymerl-old.png
..but that mix of the song has been burned with fire.
@Tezkat's "character song collection"- heh, I use my regular speaking voice for Wildy(except for that first recording I ever did, and I apparently can't replicate whatever I did to my voice there) so that'd be easy for me at least. sounds like that'd be kinda fun, but meh. I'm strange.
QuoteAh, well... I suppose could have used this recording time to do my SAIA lines, but where's the fun in that?
Maybe that Cubi patch worked a little too well.
ooOOOoooooooOOOOooh my GooooOOOOoooOOOOd!!!! :mowhappy I LOVE you! That's one of the funniest things I ever heard! I MUST put this version in my website! And I MUST rise it with Audacity to make it a little bit more squeeky, just to see how it sounds (I'm NOT mad)! :laugh That was GREAT! XD
Quote(I slip out of character for the "Hello, boy..." portion of the song, if you want an idea of how my normal singing voice sounds.)
Well, honestly I don't it bad '.' You seem to have a low strongh voice, exactly what I don't have, I kinda like how it sounds...I'm sure that working it and using it with another kind of music it could sound great.
QuoteAnyway. The reason I am still here at this ungodly hour is because of this:
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssjpm5.mp3
I'll probably hate myself in the morning, but right now I think it sounds better than the last one. And it's mixed (badly?) onto tape. Use them together. Use them in peace.
I think it's okay, you have a nice voice in that one...Is this the "final" version, or not yet? xD
QuoteSo... do you sing, James? We could totally do a DMFA character song collection...
Oh yes! JP, are you ready to do the "POTD Mow's version"? :laugh
QuoteI've just about managed to sing in Merl's voice, but it isn't easy and I haven't made any recordings yet.
Doesn't quite work, does it?
That drawing...Brilliant! :laugh
QuoteQuoteAnyway. The reason I am still here at this ungodly hour is because of this:
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/xssjpm5.mp3
I'll probably hate myself in the morning, but right now I think it sounds better than the last one. And it's mixed (badly?) onto tape. Use them together. Use them in peace.
I think it's okay, you have a nice voice in that one...Is this the "final" version, or not yet? xD
As long as the ID3 tag says 'take 2', yes. I might revisit it in future as there are still a few glitches and things that could be improved, but yeah, it will do for now.
QuoteQuoteSo... do you sing, James? We could totally do a DMFA character song collection...
Oh yes! JP, are you ready to do the "POTD Mow's version"? :laugh
Tricky.. the multitrack won't run at half speed. I could probably do one with Audacity against that backing track, though..
QuoteQuoteI've just about managed to sing in Merl's voice, but it isn't easy and I haven't made any recordings yet.
Doesn't quite work, does it?
That drawing...Brilliant! :laugh
Yes, I'm happier with the improved one I did this morning (as opposed to the other one which I did at 2am in the 'morning')
Doing a character song thing would be a cool idea *Yeah, just been watching this thread a bit >>* but you need to know one thing. This Abel doesn't sing very well.... Ask Miaka about her kidneys....
You're all doing lovely though.
Where's the website?
Quote from: Gabi on July 29, 2006, 11:04:12 AM
Where's the website?
Xss' website is here:
http://www.furstreet.com/xss/
Wow, there's a lot more than I expected to find! Thanks, JP!
Quote from: Xss on July 29, 2006, 09:42:57 AM
QuoteAh, well... I suppose could have used this recording time to do my SAIA lines, but where's the fun in that?
Maybe that Cubi patch worked a little too well.
ooOOOoooooooOOOOooh my GooooOOOOoooOOOOd!!!! :mowhappy I LOVE you! That's one of the funniest things I ever heard! I MUST put this version in my website!
I don't mind you putting it up. It's not the greatest recording/mix, but it actually turned out better than I thought it would. I was pleasantly surprised by Jyrras's sweet vibrato. My throat usually isn't relaxed enough to produce that when singing in character. :kittycool
Quote
And I MUST rise it with Audacity to make it a little bit more squeaky, just to see how it sounds (I'm NOT mad)! :laugh
They say that denial is the first symptom... :mowtongue
While it's a refreshing change to have someone really like my Jyrras voice off the bat, the whole "squeaky Jyrras" thing is a bit of a sore point for me. A number of posters have... well... said less than kind things about my high-pitched, geeky rendition of him. I've been actively de-squeakifying my Jyrras voice over the past year, giving him more heavy chest resonance, and generally making him sound less cartoony. So I cringe a little when people say they want to take him back in the other direction. :mowdizzy
QuoteWell, honestly I don't it bad '.' You seem to have a low strongh voice, exactly what I don't have, I kinda like how it sounds...I'm sure that working it and using it with another kind of music it could sound great.
Thanks. It is much easier for me to sing baritone or bass. This song is a bit too high for me to sing well in my normal voice. The high notes are just above my comfortable register break...
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on July 29, 2006, 05:49:19 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on July 28, 2006, 09:03:45 PM
I've just about managed to sing in Merl's voice, but it isn't easy and I haven't made any recordings yet.
Doesn't quite work, does it?
Bwahahahahaha! :-)
That's just hilarious :-)
:yeahthat
Quote from: Tezkat on July 28, 2006, 05:43:56 PM
So... do you sing, James? We could totally do a DMFA character song collection... :mowdan
I can't promise you a great performance, but I could try... I'll see if I can sing to this song as an example sometime when it's quiet
and nobody is asleep (computer got moved to a high traffic area in the house)
QuoteTricky.. the multitrack won't run at half speed. I could probably do one with Audacity against that backing track, though..
Er, in fact I was kidding XD...But if you really want to do it, just go, it's up to you :laugh
QuoteWhile it's a refreshing change to have someone really like my Jyrras voice off the bat, the whole "squeaky Jyrras" thing is a bit of a sore point for me. A number of posters have... well... said less than kind things about my high-pitched, geeky rendition of him. I've been actively de-squeakifying my Jyrras voice over the past year, giving him more heavy chest resonance, and generally making him sound less cartoony. So I cringe a little when people say they want to take him back in the other direction.
Well, to say the truth, it's just because imagining Jyrras talking with that kind of voice is really funny for me, but I've never ever imagined the character talking like that XD. In my mind he always had a normal young male voice, but which wasn't deep, like if he always had an old teenager's voice...A little bit like the actor Micheal J Fox's one. The skeeky voice is funny, but I won't chose it as the "real Jyrras' voice", if there should be one...But, after listening to it, hm...I think that Jyrras having a normal voice but which becomes skeeky and high pitched when he becomes nervous/terrified could be quite funny! :laugh
QuoteThanks. It is much easier for me to sing baritone or bass. This song is a bit too high for me to sing well in my normal voice. The high notes are just above my comfortable register break...
Yeah, all the contrary of me XD. I don't know if you know the group poets of the fall, but the main singer has a deep voice, which is not very strong, but it's quite nice I think. I tried to sing that way, without having to reach high notes, but with my voice...Blargh, I had the impression I was listening to a mad man singing XD.
Quote from: Xss on July 30, 2006, 09:08:16 AM
QuoteWhile it's a refreshing change to have someone really like my Jyrras voice off the bat, the whole "squeaky Jyrras" thing is a bit of a sore point for me. A number of posters have... well... said less than kind things about my high-pitched, geeky rendition of him.
The skeeky voice is funny, but I won't chose it as the "real Jyrras' voice", if there should be one...
Too late... far, far too late... (http://dmfa.it-he.org/dmfa/discord2.wav.mp3)
QuoteToo late... far, far too late...
Woa, that's GREAT! My favourite DMFA chapter! :laugh Well, in fact, I changed my mind, Jyrras' voice is the best of all in that track! Great job guys, specialy Tezkat! "clap! clap! clap!"