And what a great night at the Opera Karaoke it was! More than 50 singers stayed up late on Saturday night to channel their inner Diva by taking advantage of the opportunity to sing Opera and Broadway songs at Place des Arts (Metro). The Opera Karaoke event was one of many activities at Montreal’s Nuit Blanche (part of the Montreal Highlights Festival) held during the night of Saturday February 27th-28th, 2010.
If you’ve resolved to become a better singer, the good news is that everyone can sing and that everyone can improve their singing and performance abilities.
We’re all rushing around like crazy, trying to get the best gift for everyone on our lists. Let us help you find the perfect last minute gift for the singers on your Christmas shopping list - here are a 5 ideas to help with last minute Christmas shopping.
When a celebrity gives up something that he or she gets paid millions to do, in order to pursue what they feel could be their “true” calling, music, most of the population cringes. Digging through these videos was like sitting through a horror movie that I couldn’t keep my eyes off of. Guaranteed to drop jaws, these are just some of the celebrities-gone-musicians that are awkwardly amazing in their own right.
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When you cram thousands of watts of electricity, thousands of dollars in pyrotechnics, and thousands of crazed music fans drinking thousands of draft beers under one roof, disasters are bound to happen. The singers and musicians are extremely vulnerable on stage, where they can trip over equipment, are subject to technical difficulties, and are open to attacks from an angry mob with surprisingly accurate throwing arms. The following is just a sample of the variety of stage disasters which have taken place around the world.
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The original musical instrument, the human voice has come a long way since the first humans used their voices to create music before the invention of musical instruments. Today, there are two ways to create songs using only your voice: you can use technology to record individual tracks and then mix them together, or as a group of singers, each of you can sing individual parts at the same time. Here are a few examples of the best vocal a cappella musicians of our time.
There’s something about adopting another person’s voice as your own, matching sight to sound in a perfect lip sync that can be very satisfying. Done right, the illusion is convincing, the same way cartoons are brought to life through celebrity voice acting. In the case of the cartoon, the drawing is synced with the actor’s speech. With lip syncing, the lip-sound match has to be maintained live, which, of course, we love to see screwed up by celebrities on-stage, or better, on TV.
Ah the nineties! All the cringe of the eighties with none of the talent. You’d wake up in the morning with your greasy sun-in hair, throw on a flannel shirt, a pair of light blue baggy or ripped jeans, clip on the ol’ wallet chain, and slip into your green colored Doc Martens. And as you slammed your Pogs and snapped your Slap Bracelet, you might have been listening to one of these… (Page me when you’re done enjoying the tunes.)
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Whether you’re singing Happy Birthday to someone at the office or singing along with the radio in your car, it never hurts to try to sound a bit better. Here are five easy-to-learn tips to improve your singing today.
So we may not see them in next year’s season of American Idol but they are just as/even more mind-blowing to watch. Here is a look at some of the incredible things people do with their voices and how they do it.
