#A cappella choir

[snakesong]

I went to see Acatex (a big ole a cappella competition, think Pitch Perfect) last weekend and I think it altered my brain chemistry.

I'm now simultaneously arranging five different things for my non-competitive group. I cranked out an entire segment of a medley yesterday.

Also yes, that is Deke f*cking Sharon emceeing. The godfather of a cappella.

[serenaew]

Calling for voices!

As I may have said in Sept, I wrote an a cappella Christmas mashup of

Once Upon a December x Chim Chimenee x In Noctem

and now that it has a name, the

Embers and Soot Choir is looking for people!

Here all the information I think might be relevant:

•    Organiser, arranger/composer and editor of this project is @serenaew (discord, tumblr, LJ, DW).

•    I'm looking for voices of all types and ranges. Your being comfortable singing and a quiet room are the only requirements; no sheet-reading abilities or musical training or specialist equipment or setup needed.

•    File hub with sheet music and audio guides (including both me and midi): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q9kecvDmVmxIEsBmApr5sME1iZgMxqOl?ths=true

•    Please read the FAQ in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nH9srsW8V5L0eYWatxAujytI_jVtJGkrgVoSzd1U1Qk/edit (docs sheet with part details and FAQ) and,

•   when you’re ready, let me know and I'll sign you up with your name, how you want to be credited, and your parts.

->   Please give me as many voices as you want, even if there are already others wanting to do the solo(s); I'm pretty sure I'm going to create multiple solo groups when editing.

->   If you do take a part that has different ranges for different versions, please specify which version(s) you’re doing the audio for.

•    Spotify playlist with the three original songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/589nKQZvCyurcB1hD0FaT4?si=9d421f63e72942f4

•    Recordings should, if you deem it necessary, have noise reduction, but no other effects, and no clipping. I'll deal with volume and mixing and stuff (including compression and the like).

•    Deadlines: Dec 1, 2023 (for HoggyWartyXmas: https://hoggywartyxmas.livejournal.com/155612.html); otherwise Dec 15th, 2023

•    Please let me know if you want me to add you to a Discord group DM.

And please let me know if I forgot anything, or if you have any questions!

Thank you for your interest, and please share!

[halfdeadwallfly]

that lovely feeling of sitting sad and alone in the dressing room corner while everybody else socializes and talks about their plans

[dolphelecat]

VOCES8: O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen

[obsessingoverl]

YALL I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DONT CARE BUT I MADE INTO ONE OF MY SCHOOL'S AUDITION CHOIRS!!!!!!!

As a soprano 2, nonetheless.

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

Listen/purchase: Illumina Oculos Meos: Sacred Music by Palestrina and de Silva by The Suspicious Cheese Lords

[lesbianelizabethfrankenstein]

i turn in the first draft of my thesis tomorrow. if anyone cares

[citizen-saint]

theres something called being a complete coward and well… ive gone pro

[rabbitprayer]

Do you ever just

defiant loving optimism despite the horrors, yk?

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

I directed a chorus today. Like, at a performance the chorus was getting paid to perform at.

I don’t usually direct a chorus.

I did direct a (very small) school chorus when I was in high school and college. That was roughly a decade ago.

I haven’t had ANY formal training in music ensemble conducting, but I did learn some things by being in choirs (like, really good ones) as a kid. I also learned a little by being the “lab rat” for a choir director’s workshop that my childhood director ran and taught every year.

But again, nothing where I was the intended student.

Despite all that, today went really well. And I was really nervous about it.

Yay small wins!

[russenoire]

mob choirさんの「exist」の大まかな歌訳と、この歌から語彙、その３：Ｂメロ❸とサビ❶

mob choir's 'exist' in rough translation + vocabulary, part 3: bridge 3 + chorus 1

その歌から語彙 words from this song

煽る 　〖 あおる・aòru 〗　to fan (oneself, flames, etc.). to instigate, provoke, incite...

verb 〜ては 　if an action continues, then... also lends emphasis to the verb it modifies. 　

欠乏 　〖 けつぼう・ketsubou 〗　famine, (de)privation, want, shortage, a going/doing without something needed. 漢字：｢lack, lacuna｣ + ｢deprivation, scarcity｣。

指針 　〖 ししん・sh'shin 〗　indicator, pointer, needle. in a figurative sense, a guiding principle, a basic policy, a guideline. 漢字：｢finger, point to, indicate｣ + ｢needle｣。

ゆえ 　〖 故・yue 〗　this word has quite a few meanings. among them: a reason, justification, motive; the cause of an occurrence; a malfunction or an accident. see dictionary.goo.ne.jp for more.

メリット 　benefit, advantage... merit.　

奥 　〖 おく・oku 〗　bottom of, depths, innermost part.

氷解（する）〖 ひょうかい・hyoukai 〗　a melting of ice... or doubts, misgivings, suspicions. 漢字：｢ice｣ + ｢solve, explain, unravel｣。

つながり 　〖 繋がり・tsunagari 〗　a connection, a link between two things. compare with 関係。

行く末 　〖 ゆくすえ・yukusue 〗　one's future; one's path in life; life expectancy, the end of a road.

濁り 　〖 にごり・nigori 〗　a muddiness, lack of clarity, or impurity, among other meanings. if you are familiar with nigorizake (unfiltered, cloudy sake), this is how you spell 'nigori' in its name.

昇華（する）〖 しょうか・shouka 〗　sublimation. in chemistry, a solid transforming into a gas without passing through a liquid state. otherwise refers to a channeling, diversion, etc. of emotions or impulses into a 'higher' or more... socioculturally-acceptable form. 漢字：｢rise up｣ + ｢splendor, flower, gorgeous｣。

lyrics below the cut.

歌詞 lyrics

Ｂメロ

blow 煽られては　離されてく if you persist in provoking me i will soon part ways with you (more literally: if i continue to be provoked by you, we will soon be separated) あの時の欠乏 you will feel my absence then (lit.: a going without [me] at that time) flow 流されても　指針じゃない being swept along on life's tide is no star to steer by 故のメリット to [this] accident, a silver lining allow 胸の奥で　氷解する deep inside my heart my doubts all melt away like ice 繋がりの行く末 the end of the road for [our] connection grow 濁りの無い　この想い the clouds part my (lit.: this) mind is clear 昇華させて let me channel it into something greater

サビ

exist, exist, exist, exist ３回 そう、1人じゃない it's true, i'm not alone exist, exist, exist, exist ３回 もう、受け入れて just accept it already

translator's note an a cappella rendition of the whole song, from memory part 1｜part 2｜part 3｜part 4

[daisywords]

they should make a support group for people who love to sing but are cursed with mediocre voice

[sappymix1]

ik they have their time(and also woek and stuff🙄🙄) but please please please please one snap🙏🙏🙏

just one snap,,,,maybe a tiktok if they’re feeling particularly silly. just one little picture of them on a couch :((

[supercantaloupe]

[for the ask meme] somehow i associate you with poulenc's sonatas, handel, and lighthouses

yess handel!! love that guy...interesting i haven't played any of poulenc's sonatas myself but i have sung a little bit of his choir music and how gorgeous...i should study his oboe stuff at some point. and lighthouses...fascinating!!

[ask meme]

[ifwebefriends]

I NEED IT

[str4wb3rry-fire]

not to be crazy on main but i LOOOOVE music actually