Expect the Unexpected

[Jim]

This is truly amazing!...Enjoy !!!
Jim
 
http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=13658
 

[PitZone]

Meisters;

I once studied poetry with Stan Rice at SF State University. Stan was an outstanding published poet and teacher and his wife was the famous novelist Anne Rice.

He asserted that "One should never lose the ability to be constantly amazed."

I'm amazed.

Thank You Jim!
Pitzone

[wolfman]

  Yes,thanksJim

The ability of people is always AMAZING to me.
         Roman

[Grizzly]

I've heard countertenors and male sopranos live in workshops who weren't quite this good. What an instrument!

Tom

[Jimmy Halfnote]

 Thanks Jim, you have just reminded me , why i play a Tenor model.
                                                                                                                        jh.

[Ed Jacobson]

Meisters;
I once studied poetry with Stan Rice at SF State University.

He was my advisor when I went there.

[A.J.Fedor]

Zowie! I had to bring Mama in to see that one. I agree with Simon: I really wouldn't know what to with that one. The guy's got talent, but he can only be consireder a novelty act. While I'm far from an opera nut/critic, to be fair, while his performance was "off the scale" for a guy, I've heard (although I seldom actually listen) plenty of female opera singers who could blow him away. BUT I have to admit, I've never heard a better guy singing with a female opera voice. 

[George of the Jungle]

Actually if you have ever heard Age sing you could see the similarity. That's why he plays the humananke

[Renault]

Ed - I graduated from SF State in 1969. Remember the M car?

[A.J.Fedor]

Actually if you have ever heard Age sing you could see the similarity. That's why he plays the humananke

Yeah, but not that good.
(I dunno, maybe if I wear my speedos  ) I'll try it and get back with ya!

[FedericoC]

Actually, Age, ancient music would require male sopranos.
There are very few ones around nowadays.
The best of them all is, IMVHO Andreas Scholl, who excels at philological interpretation as well:

[youtube=425,350]9oxVB16QZOY[/youtube]

Federico

[Grizzly]

I'm supposed to be working, but I got caught up with this. Wikipedia has long, interesting articles about countertenors, male altos and sopranos, and castrati. Scholl is very good!

Tom

[wolfman]

  Hi Federico,

  Danke schon.

  Roman

[Jim]

Actually, Age, ancient music would require male sopranos.
There are very few ones around nowadays.
The best of them all is, IMVHO Andreas Scholl, who excels at philological interpretation as well:

Federico

Federico,
I don't know anything  about classical voice, but it sounds to me like Andreas Scholl is a countertenor, whereas Greg Pritchard is a male soprano? In which case, are we comparing apples and oranges? Pritchard is singing higher than your example from youTube. I think Pritchard would benefit from some voice training. I was trying hard to hear some trace of falsetto in his high notes, but he seemed to be getting a full soprano sound with good intonation. Quite remarkable.
Jim

[FedericoC]

Countertenor and male soprano/alto mean, in general, just the same thing.
Real matter is what kind of music you use that range for and how good a tone you get.
That Pritchard guy has a really unusual range for a male, but it's quite undeveloped –musically speaking– and, of course, he would never be a match for a female soprano in "classical" operatic singin, whereas Scholl is regarded as perfection by ancient music singers –both males and females.

So what were I trying to say here? Oh forget it, I don't know 

Federico

[George of the Jungle]

My oldest son, (16) called his mother and I over to the computer and played this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ

If you have seen it before please forgive. I think this is so good I have watched it everyday since he showed it to me. So many truths.

[Grizzly]

While in some ways the terms countertenor, male alto and male soprano are interchangeable, some of the distinction depends on range, and some on production. Falsetto is different from full voice; some high male singers can sing high without going into falsetto, for a variety of reasons; castration, failure to develop, possibly hormone imbalance, and the catch-all, unexplained.

Tom

[FedericoC]

Yes, Griz: I know the distinctions, but they're so debated about and inconsistently applied that, in the end,
the terms are sort of interchangeable.

Anyway, I didn't intend to start a terminology topic, just wanted to point out that this kind of voice is uncommon but not unheard of and it does have its own legitimate use

Federico

[Grizzly]

Absolutely, Federico!

Tom

[Jim]

Actually, Age, ancient music would require male sopranos.
There are very few ones around nowadays.
The best of them all is, IMVHO Andreas Scholl, who excels at philological interpretation as well:

[youtube=425,350]9oxVB16QZOY[/youtube]

Federico

Hi Federico,
Being technically challenged computer-wise, would you please tell me how you imbed the youtube vid in your posts? Do the same rules apply also to emails? It's very impressive to have the link staring you right in the face !
Thanks.
Jim

[FedericoC]

Sure, Jim!

First of all, just go to www.youtube.com and find the video you'd like to link.
Notice the URL written in the address bar of your browser: it'll be something like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxVB16QZOY&feature=player_embedded

you have to take note of the code after v= and before &feature= (the latter will be missing sometimes:it's ok).
In this case what you're looking for is 9oxVB16QZOY for instance.

Now, get back to slidemeister and start writing your post normally.
You have to click the "You Tube" button while you write the post (second button from the left on the button row just over the smileys): you'll get something like that in the text:

Code:

[youtube=425,350][/youtube]

What you have to do now is write that text you took note off before and write it inside those commands:
it'll become like this, in our example:

Code:

[youtube=425,350]9oxVB16QZOY[/youtube]

That's all!

Hope it helps,
Federico

[Jim]

Sure, Jim!

First of all, just go to www.youtube.com and find the video you'd like to link.
Notice the URL written in the address bar of your browser: it'll be something like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxVB16QZOY&feature=player_embedded

you have to take note of the code after v= and before &feature= (the latter will be missing sometimes:it's ok).
In this case what you're looking for is 9oxVB16QZOY for instance.

Now, get back to slidemeister and start writing your post normally.
You have to click the "You Tube" button while you write the post (second button from the left on the button row just over the smileys): you'll get something like that in the text:

Code:

[youtube=425,350][/youtube]

What you have to do now is write that text you took note off before and write it inside those commands:
it'll become like this, in our example:

Code:

[youtube=425,350]9oxVB16QZOY[/youtube]

That's all!

Hope it helps,
Federico

Hi Federico. Thanks so much for taking the time to do that. You probably helped some other luddites like myself as well.
I hope my Mac will be up to the job. I can't preview, so it's like working in the dark.
Jim

[Jim]

Using Federico's excellent instructions for putting a youtube vid in a post, here, I hope is Larry Adler playing "Stardust".
Jim

[youtube=425,350]-zM9S52_7l0[/youtube]