Audition song

Emelie · 08-20-2007, 03:20 PM

Soo.. Next week I'm going to an audition, it's basically for a really, really good choir and I soo badly want to get in. So now I'm looking for ideas for a song to sing, any song will do, it just needs to show of vocal abilities really well... So if you have any suggestions, please feel free to help me on this!
Thanks

cille · 08-20-2007, 06:02 PM

well, what are your vocal abilities - are you alto, mezzo soprano, soprano? Are you good in the higher, or lower notes? Do your voice sound prettier when you sing loud or quiet? Is you voice very trained, ie can you pull off a difficoult piece and go easily from one vocal quality to another? Is it a classical or rythmical choir? and last but surely not least - which pieces/songs do you just love to sing, so that you can put your heart and soul in there?

Emelie · 08-20-2007, 07:21 PM

Wow.. Many questions.. I'm sort of a mezzo soprano, I sound better in the slightly higher notes and volumes. I don't have a terribly well-trained voice, so I'm looking for something a bit safe, but that doesn't sound childish and simple.
I'm sort of thinking maybe St. James Infirmary or Factory Girl as sung by Sinead O'Connor.. It's a pretty classical choir, so I don't think I'll go for anything that's very out there..

cille · 08-20-2007, 08:16 PM

If you know a good gospel tune it might suit your voice too - however, i can't think of anything right now

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Or how about Tom Traubert's blues (Waltzing Mathilda)? Or something simple, slightly sentimental (in a good way) and folky like that - if you can put some emotion into it you will sweep them off their feet. Or maybe something bluesy like one of Nina Simone's songs will work well, if you pitch them up a bit - Feeling good, ie.
And then there are of course some beautiful jazz ballads if you like that sort of thing - some of them are a bitch to sing but I tend to think, the simpler the more beautiful. "Summertime" is of course a classic that many classical singers also sing. If you have a bluesy voice it can sound really great. Also, My funny Valentine, although if you're singing without accompagnement (yikes! that wa sprobably danish spelling, hoppas du forstår) it can be difficoult to sing because of the tricky intervals here and there, or at least that's my experience.

Emelie · 08-20-2007, 09:12 PM

Jag förstår the danish spelling :P Summertime was a great suggestion... Thanks a lot!

cille · 08-21-2007, 09:28 AM

Best of luck!

Dean C · 08-21-2007, 12:16 PM

Hallejuah acapella

Tommy · 08-21-2007, 12:28 PM

Oo ee oo ahh ahh ting tang walla walla bing bang by the Cartoonis

Emelie · 08-21-2007, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Tommy

Oo ee oo ahh ahh ting tang walla walla bing bang by the Cartoonis

YES! Finally I can stop looking since I've obviously got the perfect song right here! Thanks!

cille · 08-22-2007, 09:14 AM

HEY that's a danish band! I didn't even know it had reached outside the boarders of this lil old country.. as if we hadn't polluted the world's ears enough with Barbie girl already..

Emelie · 08-22-2007, 01:25 PM

Danish eurodisco-crap reached Sweden very well, thank you ><

cille · 08-22-2007, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emelie

Danish eurodisco-crap reached Sweden very well, thank you ><

Ooh you're very welcome, miss ace of baselander...

Emelie · 08-22-2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

Ooh you're very welcome, miss ace of baselander...

Ouch! Ouch indeed xD

cille · 08-23-2007, 09:21 AM

hehe indeed

08-20-2007, 03:20 PM	#1
Emelie I drank a lavalamp... Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sverige Posts: 586	Audition song Soo.. Next week I'm going to an audition, it's basically for a really, really good choir and I soo badly want to get in. So now I'm looking for ideas for a song to sing, any song will do, it just needs to show of vocal abilities really well... So if you have any suggestions, please feel free to help me on this! Thanks __________________ http://killerqueen.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/userr/ http://www.last.fm/user/Userr/

08-20-2007, 06:02 PM	#2
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	well, what are your vocal abilities - are you alto, mezzo soprano, soprano? Are you good in the higher, or lower notes? Do your voice sound prettier when you sing loud or quiet? Is you voice very trained, ie can you pull off a difficoult piece and go easily from one vocal quality to another? Is it a classical or rythmical choir? and last but surely not least - which pieces/songs do you just love to sing, so that you can put your heart and soul in there? __________________ Yeah

08-20-2007, 07:21 PM	#3
Emelie I drank a lavalamp... Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sverige Posts: 586	Wow.. Many questions.. I'm sort of a mezzo soprano, I sound better in the slightly higher notes and volumes. I don't have a terribly well-trained voice, so I'm looking for something a bit safe, but that doesn't sound childish and simple. I'm sort of thinking maybe St. James Infirmary or Factory Girl as sung by Sinead O'Connor.. It's a pretty classical choir, so I don't think I'll go for anything that's very out there.. __________________ http://killerqueen.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/userr/ http://www.last.fm/user/Userr/ Last edited by Emelie; 08-20-2007 at 07:26 PM.

08-20-2007, 08:16 PM	#4
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	If you know a good gospel tune it might suit your voice too - however, i can't think of anything right now / Or how about Tom Traubert's blues (Waltzing Mathilda)? Or something simple, slightly sentimental (in a good way) and folky like that - if you can put some emotion into it you will sweep them off their feet. Or maybe something bluesy like one of Nina Simone's songs will work well, if you pitch them up a bit - Feeling good, ie. And then there are of course some beautiful jazz ballads if you like that sort of thing - some of them are a bitch to sing but I tend to think, the simpler the more beautiful. "Summertime" is of course a classic that many classical singers also sing. If you have a bluesy voice it can sound really great. Also, My funny Valentine, although if you're singing without accompagnement (yikes! that wa sprobably danish spelling, hoppas du forstår) it can be difficoult to sing because of the tricky intervals here and there, or at least that's my experience. __________________ Yeah

08-20-2007, 09:12 PM	#5
Emelie I drank a lavalamp... Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sverige Posts: 586	Jag förstår the danish spelling :P Summertime was a great suggestion... Thanks a lot! __________________ http://killerqueen.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/userr/ http://www.last.fm/user/Userr/

08-21-2007, 09:28 AM	#6
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Best of luck! __________________ Yeah

08-21-2007, 12:16 PM	#7
Dean C Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 1,058	Hallejuah acapella

08-21-2007, 12:28 PM	#8
Tommy Chilly Eskimo Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 622	Oo ee oo ahh ahh ting tang walla walla bing bang by the Cartoonis __________________ www.lyinghippyfiend.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/thombartleymusic

08-22-2007, 09:14 AM	#10
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	HEY that's a danish band! I didn't even know it had reached outside the boarders of this lil old country.. as if we hadn't polluted the world's ears enough with Barbie girl already.. __________________ Yeah

08-22-2007, 01:25 PM	#11
Emelie I drank a lavalamp... Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sverige Posts: 586	Danish eurodisco-crap reached Sweden very well, thank you >< __________________ http://killerqueen.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/userr/ http://www.last.fm/user/Userr/

08-23-2007, 09:21 AM	#14
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	hehe indeed __________________ Yeah