Comments on: Audio Auditions

By: Michelle Moore

Michelle Moore — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:45:05 +0000

OK, I just listened to this…several times. Oh My Gosh!
It’s incredible!!! Reminded me of a beautiful musical piece I once sang…can’t remember the name of it, but since you’re the music pro here, it had a song in it called, “Maker of Heaven” (and of earrr rr rr rr ethhh) Yeah, you have no idea what I’m talkin’ about do you. It also had “Kyrie-elieson” …I am sooo not a music expert or speller…
(sp.?) Anyway, it reminded me of a much more complicated version of it, very haunting in the end. And it could know Jesus Christ Superstar right out of the grave with that last belt! Heck, I even accepted Jesus, and I already thought I had! Really impressed. :)

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:11:15 +0000

Will sing for beer.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:11:44 +0000

Unless that amount is “a pint of ale”, we’re gonna have a problem.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:50 +0000

As a wise man once said, “There is a dollar amount at which this can happen.”

By: michael

michael — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:44:06 +0000

The option of you singing it and sending me the audio.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:20:18 +0000

Would that option make you cry until you accepted Jesus?

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:18:00 +0000

I wish there were an Option Psalty.

By: Brent

Brent — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:18:18 +0000

It sounds great, Mike! Thanks for sharing your journey on this.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:13:58 +0000

I had three different singers sing the solo, and didn’t get what I really wanted. I wanted power, a little bit of desperation, and I wanted it to last for an eternity. It’s the plaintive cry of the penitent sinner before the throne of judgment.

I finally just set up a mic and sang it myself.

I am not a very good impartial judge of my own singing. I posted the examples to see if what I sang was passable. As long as it was close between Brent and I (Brent sang option B), I was going to choose option A. If it was a strong sense that it wasn’t good, then I would go another direction.

Between the comments here, on facebook, and over IM, enough people liked “A” that I feel comfortable using it.

The final mix of the entire piece is posted here.

By: Brent

Brent — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:46:52 +0000

@michael - Will you walk us through your thought process as to how you came up with the final? Which way were you leaning before you solicited comments? How did the comments help or hinder your decision?!

By: michael

michael — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:26:56 +0000

done!

I’ll post the final in a few minutes

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:40:03 +0000

Ok so first I’m musically illiterate second they all kind of sounded the same but the first one struck me and stands out to me so I would say A

By: Brent Gary

Brent Gary — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:07 +0000

Still prefer the tempo of Salty.

By: Brent Gary

Brent Gary — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:56:16 +0000

Hi Mike, nice harmonies! I think Options A and Salty are the same voice and prefer the energy and power in that voice over Option B. I also like the tempo/rhythm of Options B and Salty, which sounded the same to me.

My final answer: from a musical/composition standpoint, I prefer Option Salty. For vocal performance, I thought Option A was the cleanest and smoothest.

My 2 cents,
Brent

By: michael

michael — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:54:52 +0000

added a new option 4.

By: Kimberly Wilson

Kimberly Wilson — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:53:37 +0000

I like Option B the best!

By: Cheri

Cheri — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:53:35 +0000

By: michael

michael — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:51:14 +0000

yes

By: Laurie Geyer

Laurie Geyer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:40:01 +0000

So, sorry I’m a bit confused, but all three solos are the same except the voice is different, correct? If that’s the case, I think I go with #1, it’s striking. :)

By: Camille

Camille — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:39:09 +0000