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Post by karen69roland on Aug 13, 2004 3:44:22 GMT -5
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 4:12:17 GMT -5
Good Morning Roland. I have a Techniques WSA1 work station combined with a computer whith Cubase and Cake Walk multi track software. Also I use a phonic 5 channel mixer for vocals or other live horn parts. I mainly stick to very tight jazz chords and build melodys around them but like I said, I seem to be stuck lately. JIM
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 4:34:05 GMT -5
Roland I forgot to mention that I found an interesting book of Csrpenters music recently on the web. It has a note by note transcription of the vocal harmonies in 12 C''s songs. I have compared to CD thew the mixer and they match ecaxtly. I have a bank of midi vocals in my work station that works well with this collection. There harmonies have given me ideas for chord progressions. Jim
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 13, 2004 5:31:49 GMT -5
Hi everybody...
A last post before getting some sleep.
Dave..., the picture is the cover of the first Carpenters album *Offering*, 1969.
Jim..., I'm curious about the book you're talking about... What is it? Where did you found it?
Thanks... [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 13, 2004 5:37:20 GMT -5
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 6:00:08 GMT -5
If your still up Roland the book is a Hal.Leonard collection. I will try and find the site where I found it and FWD. it to you. Sleep tight. JIM
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 6:10:49 GMT -5
Roland are you sure that avatar is from 69? It looks more like 74 or 75 or around the time Horizon was released but I could be wrong. Maybe Dave is talkng about a different picture. JIM
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 8:17:12 GMT -5
I agree she looks absoultely beautiful but the style of clothes really are not 69. The wall paper rick has up now is a photo from offering. Rick pease set me straight if I wrong but I would bet money that Rolands avatar was shot in 74. Either way it does not matter what matters most is she looks radiant and happy. JIMBO JANGO
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Post by Rick Henry on Aug 13, 2004 9:23:13 GMT -5
Hi all, Yes, Roland's avatar is from the early 1975 photo sessions for the "Horizon" album, and Karen really does look great. The current wallpaper the picture in which Karen is holding the big sunflower is the cover picture to the original 1969 debut album "Offering" which was later renamed to "Ticket To Ride" and repackaged with a new cover photo (as a matter of fact the photo which is on the top of the Home Page of the website www.carponline.bravepages.com. As for walking away from the music scene. Yes, it was very tough. I was in agony for probably five years after that. Though my life since then has been very full and rewarding. I got back into going to church and became an usher for the church and also sang in the choir (which was a great experience). I have developed a closer relationship with my friends and family and have excelled at the job I had at the time and in the current job I work now. I did start a new group called The Rick Henry Spectrum in 2000, but none of the band members were dedicated so that band folded with in about 3 months.
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Post by Mariah Andrews on Aug 13, 2004 12:38:50 GMT -5
Well friends, I like to reply to mutlipule posts in one. Rick, I have a similar pic of myself singing Karaoke. Sad to say, I cannot sing like a girl. I sound like a guy when I sing. Speaking of Doors, I can sing like Morrison on "Light My Fire", "Riders On The Storm" and my favorite tune, "LA Woman". Mick Jagger (who KC disliked musically) I can imitate well on "Paint It Black" and "Honky Tonk Woman". Other male artists whom I can vocally imitate are Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, I don't know his hame: the lead singer of Creed on "Higher", yes I can imitate Marilyn Manson on "Beautiful People", "Sweet Dreams" and "Reflecting God" Axl Rose, I can imitate well. Kurt Cobain, on some songs.
I get booed onstage singing karaoke at a redneck bar, but at a gay bar I can get away with it, because I'm a transsexual and have not worn men's clothing since 1998. I attempted a few Carpenters, Andrews Sisters, even Avril Lavigne songs and failed, I sounded bad.
If I tried to sing any of Richard's Carpenters recordings, like "I Kept On Loving You" or "Drucilla Penny", maybe I can sound like him at least.
That's one terrible thing about myself- no matter how many hormones I take, I can never sing like a girl. And I would die to have Karen's voice!
As for my musical equipment: Since 2003 I have been all-digital, using Anvil Studio for MIDI, Magic-X for a multi-track recorder. But I use a cheezy old CASIO for a drum machine and bass, I have two electric guitars. A Fender Strat and a Shafer and Sons electric, which is my favorite. That guitar I bought for only five dollars at a thrift store in Palm Springs, CA (where I lived for almost a decade before moving to Laughlin, NV). It's nicknamed "The Lesbian Special", like Brian May's (Queen)'s guitar, which he called 'The Red Special'. It only cost him 8 pounds (13 USD) to build it, my guitar only cost me $5 and not a cent more to repair it! Amps I use a small Fender Squier, or the "Screaming Squier" because of its good overdrive. I am looking for more equipment. Also, I have a delay box, for I love delay effects! (Brian May used one on Queen's "Brighton Rock") I miss my CryBaby, for it adds drama to your guitar. (I wonder if one was used on Richard's keyboard on the song "Another Song")
And in case you wonder, I created my name from two sources. Mariah Carey, who I had feelings about when I was 15 and The Andrews Sisters, who my family listened to a lot musically.
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 13, 2004 14:29:26 GMT -5
I everybody...
That's Dave's quote...
Jim..., I don't think Dave was talking about my avatar... I think he was reacting about the new wallpaper that Rick had put on... That's why I mentionned the cover of *Offerring*. I know my avatar is a 1975 Karen picture..., I have between 2 and 3 thousands pics of the Carpenters.[glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by Mariah Andrews on Aug 13, 2004 17:00:17 GMT -5
About that picture- I think it's ugly, in my opinion. Karen looks like a cross between a nun and a bee in that outfit. And Richard looks like he didn't sleep for 3 days. I think that an album cover has a lot to do with how well a record sells, and the title "Offering" wasn't very catchy. K and R made a wise choice to go with the boat picture and retitle it "Ticket To Ride", during a time when the Beatles were falling apart and losing their unity.
They could have used this shot on a 45-rpm single cover instead of the whole album. Well, sorry. This is my opinion.
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 17:24:14 GMT -5
Mariah and Dave you two are crackin me up! You both share a talent for discriptive expression. A nun and a bee! Let me stop chuckling before I pee my pants! I will love you till the end of time Karen but who put you in that out fit. I bet she hated it to but Richard said it would be cool. There should be a law against polyester abuse. I read where most of the polyesters where hunted to the brink of extinction back in the 70's to make baby blue leisure suits. Thank goodness for cotton and the efforts of the polyester conservation society. JIM
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