Download now or listen on posterous
Dear all Cluster 6 people who care enough about the talent show:
(and all who care to read my blog at http://mzzyzx.blogspot.com and/or http://mzzyzx.posterous.com)
Basically, here is a preliminary recording of what we recorded today. Yes, I will admit it's a sloppy recording, and if Jim hears this, he would send me back to basic audio editing training. I completely forgot about checking that the mic recording the rehearsal was not going into the red when the performers were playing. That's my mistake on my part, and I apologize as the conductor/recorder/producer.
Please compare the recorded version with the one Journey made, aka the one you all have listened to many times already. I would have embedded the video, but it says embedding is disabled upon request.
For those of you who read sheet music, refer to the score Julia found: http://forpiano.com/file/journey__dont_stop_believin.pdf. In general, my job is to make sure nothing sounds too terribly out of tune, unreasonably hard for you to sing or play, or let you goof off too much during these rehearsals. Therefore, I am very humbled I am even allowed to be the conductor/recorder/producer.
My comments on our recording for today - the tempo was steady in general. The drums win, and most of you were following the ultrabeat very well. The singers, learn the lines as well as possible, but again, a fantastic job for our first rehearsal. As a conductor, I need to learn these lines to, so I can properly give "cues," that you singers naturally articulate. One thing for us to work on is when people cut off after sustaining a note. It's not like it's a real music competition, but we are music students, so we can try harder if we have the will and dedication to beat Cluster 6 from last year. Props to Naveen for playing that solo very well...fake it if it becomes too cumbersome to play so fast. One last piece of criticism, and you will all hate me for this - from class, I think Ania has determined I have perfect pitch, meaning I can tell things when they are slightly higher or lower. I think there was a section that was slightly higher. I have no idea if it's the recording or the fact that it's the end of the song. We must keep in our head the sound of E as our fundamental pitch.
Aside from that criticism, all who participated in the recording, I would like to thank for showing some pride for Cluster 6, which is definately the "best" cluster at COSMOS UCI, no arguing allowed.
Um, this blog post/e-mail was finished at 2009-07-17 00:27. I need to go before the RAs poke into this room and tell me to go to bed.
Sincerely,
MZ
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