GABZ SING MASTERS COMPETITION~~THE NEW PLACE TO BE..

haha..left this on the old thread..

RnB WITH harmony....woe is me!! lol

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Hey Bee...you know what they do to messengers..?

*Bang! Bang!*

hehe

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LOL - exactly!!

How does one harmonize with Mariah Carey anyway?? LOL - well this should be fun! I'm game :)

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well I am stumped, I only really know 2 rnb songs left on snap and I already sang one of them and there is not alot of room for harmony in it. plus harmony is not my strong suit unless I really know the song well and a week isn't going to do it for me......so rather than make a complete ass of myself I am going to bow out gracefully :)

This has been really fun and I will continue to follow it to see who wins!

Good Luck everyone :)

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Aw Chanda - stick it out! I'll make an ass of myself if you will, lol!

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hahah yeah I have heard you all harmonise..lol
I know when I am supposed to just throw in the towel..if it were other genres I would try but like I said RNB is not my friend, and alot of it is duets..:)

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ok as this is a new thread im gonna follow the rulez using HARMONY need to redo my song again lol....

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Chanda1003 wrote:hahah yeah I have heard you all harmonise..lol
I know when I am supposed to just throw in the towel..if it were other genres I would try but like I said RNB is not my friend, and alot of it is duets..:)

Chanda!! NO!! RnB is not my forte either..in fact I expect Gabz made it that genre precisely because it is NOT most of our thing! He aint as green as he's cabbage looking! So we are all in the same boat!!

And you never know what will happen, so get one in!!

Edited on August 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM Quote

ugh..well the I need to find out then exactly what Gabz considers harmony then cause um I am not him he could harmonize an alley of cats and it sound good...I just don't know clearly is it the whole song..does a duet count if ya do both parts...I have people on my butt here at home too about dropping out :(

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Chanda..if it's any help at all, my friend Martin (Tegga) has great trouble harmonising, (although I've heard you, and I think you're great at it, but I understand what you mean about only being able to do it when you know a song well) he asked me for my help, we went over and over the best way of approaching it, and eventually, he produced this song, I advised NOT harmonising all the way through it, but to layer and to add harmony to the end of phrases etc, to make the most of the abilities that he did have to harmonise.

I think the end result was quite outstanding, particularly as it was his first attempt at harmony with himself. See what you think:

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchAndListen/play/b9115d888

Obviously I can't speak for what Gabz wants, but if you can do something like this, I think you'd ace it!

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hmmm, I went and listened that was amazing..
*makes ugly faces at the rnb list..

IF I can pull one off I will post it if I can't I'll let those who can ...do!

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hehe..I'm off to look at the RnB list now as it happens....hope there's something juicy in there!! lol!!!

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oh bugger me! Out of 41 pages, I actually have 13 songs flagged to have a go at. One of those is a duet, 9 are what I would consider soul rather than RnB..and the three that are left are one ones I would usually attempt after several vodkas...

...woe is me!! LOL

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did you know....
according to SS diana ross is not r&b?

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hey lovely girlies

thanks gabz for puttng me through and i hope yr little boy gets well soon .

chanda i'm glad yr staying too otherwise i was gonna get me whip out hahahah

Edited on August 5, 2008 at 4:40 AM Quote

ok here goes

Unfaithful ~ Rihanna
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/ba10ec311

not sure whats happened to this version lol some words were wrong and the 1st chorus seemed to be a bit fast

hmmmm dnt remember it being like that before...

Edited on August 5, 2008 at 5:50 AM Quote

Flagged!

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Mand1976 wrote:ok here goes

Unfaithful ~ Rihanna
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/ba10ec311

not sure whats happened to this version lol some words were wrong and the 1st chorus seemed to be a bit fast

hmmmm dnt remember it being like that before...

I'd have done that one Mand, but I've done it before..and Gabz is evil and makes me do stuff I've never tried, lol

I still have no clue what to do!!

When is the deadline for this btw??

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one week

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Bugger!!

lol

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open arms ,,,mariah carey
my harmony sucks
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/ae103b6ed

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LOL - Here's my attempt. This was tough!

Looking In, Mariah Carey
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b1d29925

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Eek! I scared everybody off! LOL

Guess I'll bump this sucker up while I'm here :)

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Aiyah!!! I'll do mine when I get home from work tonight.

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Chanda1003 wrote:ugh..well then I need to find out then exactly what Gabz considers harmony. I just don't know clearly is it the whole song..does a duet count if ya do both parts...:(

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I don't think doing two parts of a duet would do it, unless it has harmony in it. It doesn't have to be the whole song, but you have to have harmony in it--which means you sing another note different from the melody line, but that is within the same chord.

If you have an instrument you can help yourself by playing the melody and then playing a note - usually a third or fifth interval from the melody note. On the piano a third would be the fourth half step above the note. So if you were on C the third would be E. (the four half steps include the black keys so C#,D, D# and E makes four.) You can also just do it by ear and plunk out notes until one sounds good against the original.

Alternatively, if you don't play an instrument, you can do it by ear. Sing the melody line first, and then play it back and sing along and experiment until you find something that works, and try to remember what you did. You can record your experiments and listen back to better hear where it works and where it doesn't.

Hope that helps a bit :)

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lol..no now I am actually more confused....ok...well
I will just mess with it

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OK So here's mine this was hard to do took a while hope its right!!!!
Faith Evans - Again
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/adc81429

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Chanda1003 wrote:lol..no now I am actually more confused....ok...well
I will just mess with it

LOL! Sorry I tried!

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Mandy wrote:

Mand1976 wrote:ok here goes

Unfaithful ~ Rihanna
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/ba10ec311

not sure whats happened to this version lol some words were wrong and the 1st chorus seemed to be a bit fast

hmmmm dnt remember it being like that before...

I'd have done that one Mand, but I've done it before..and Gabz is evil and makes me do stuff I've never tried, lol

I still have no clue what to do!!

When is the deadline for this btw??

LOL mandy ive truely proper fucked this then as ive sung unfaithful before not with a harmony mind maybe i should of pushed myself

lol too dam late now x

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hahahahhahahah well im an essex bird what do u expect LOL

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Mand1976 wrote:

Mandy wrote:

Mand1976 wrote:ok here goes

Unfaithful ~ Rihanna
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/ba10ec311

not sure whats happened to this version lol some words were wrong and the 1st chorus seemed to be a bit fast

hmmmm dnt remember it being like that before...

I'd have done that one Mand, but I've done it before..and Gabz is evil and makes me do stuff I've never tried, lol

I still have no clue what to do!!

When is the deadline for this btw??

LOL mandy ive truely proper fucked this then as ive sung unfaithful before not with a harmony mind maybe i should of pushed myself

lol too dam late now x

Mand - I did the same thing. I've sung Looking In before as well. Once, like six months ago. It came to mind because I thought the melody would lend itself well to harmony. When he said no prerecords, I thought he meant not to use a prerecord and harmonize with it, but do it all fresh.

Ah well, looks like we're in the same doghouse now, lol!

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Bee-J wrote:

Mand1976 wrote:hahahahhahahah well im an essex bird what do u expect LOL

yeah alright don't hit me please!!!! lol

(i aint that far from there LOOOOOL)

*gets out whip*

now bend over hahahahahah u might like it

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sedaley wrote:

Mand1976 wrote:

Mandy wrote:

Mand1976 wrote:ok here goes

Unfaithful ~ Rihanna
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/ba10ec311

not sure whats happened to this version lol some words were wrong and the 1st chorus seemed to be a bit fast

hmmmm dnt remember it being like that before...

I'd have done that one Mand, but I've done it before..and Gabz is evil and makes me do stuff I've never tried, lol

I still have no clue what to do!!

When is the deadline for this btw??

LOL mandy ive truely proper fucked this then as ive sung unfaithful before not with a harmony mind maybe i should of pushed myself

lol too dam late now x

Mand - I did the same thing. I've sung Looking In before as well. Once, like six months ago. It came to mind because I thought the melody would lend itself well to harmony. When he said no prerecords, I thought he meant not to use a prerecord and harmonize with it, but do it all fresh.

Ah well, looks like we're in the same doghouse now, lol!

LOL i dont think there was a rule to say that we cant sing a song that we have sung already longs its not a pre - record etc... but knowing Gabz he would want us to push ourselves, do something we havn't tried before.

I thought unfaithful would sound cool with harmonies so thats why i tried it, didn't really think about it till Mandy mentioned it

yeah we will blame her hahahahahahah

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:O

I'm in trouble again!!

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDA!!

*help*

lol

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you bellowed?

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I think as I read it he said ANY song, this round I didnt see not sung before by you.

that I believe was a challenge itself for one round but no mention of it in other rounds.

I think its safe to sing one you already have done.
just my opinion though from his instructions

lol

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Ohhh I didn't see this LOL

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Chanda1003 wrote:you bellowed?

Yes...but I was busy hiding from the baying beasts!! LOL

I never said no-one else couldn't sing the same song..I said he pushed me to...which is what I've done ever since..

..and then they started picking on me!!

I'm only little!! *cough*

*wwaaaaaahhhhhhh*

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*pats Mandys back*
there there, it's ok...
You kids stop picking on Mandy or I'm gonna have to open a can of whoopass on y'all..

Better ?lol

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Hi Connie!

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