#vocal music

[lionofchaeronea]

Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You (Official Audio)

Some music for your Saturday night. Enjoy.

[eastern-lights]

This might just be the closest I have got to what I would like the finished Chant to sound like. (although at times my mic had trouble handling my belting lmao, sorry about that)

Lyrics:

O Maker, hear my cry, guide me through the blackest nights, steel my heart against temptation, make me to rest in the warmest places.

O Creator, see me kneel, for I walk only where You would bid me, stand only in places You have blessed, sing only the words You place in my throat.

My Maker, know my heart, take from me a life of sorrow, lift me from a world of pain, judge me worthy of Your endless pride.

My Creator, judge me whole, (My Creator...) find me well within your grace, (...find me...) touch me with fire that I be cleansed, (...touch me...) tell me I have sung to Your approval. (...tell me I have Your approval.)

O Maker, hear my cry, (O Maker...) (Maker, hear my cry...) seat my by Your side in death, (...seat me by Your side...) (...seat me by Your side...) make me one within Your glory, (...make me one...) (...make me one...) and let the world once more see Your favor. (...let the world see Your favor.) (...and let the world see Your favor.)

[czardasm]

Hard work desk

[countesspetofi]

The song that got me into Baroque music 🎶

One of my favorite English Baroque pieces. I used to sing it many years ago, but I think this is my new favorite performance. The lutenist weaves a while new realization of Purcell’s figured bass that’s super fresh, and the countertenot’s voice is smooth as glass, with ornamentation that kept me on my toes until the final resolution. And check out the text painting on “eas’d” and “drop;” cool stuff!! I think jazz fans would like this version as much as classical. 

Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile. Wond'ring how your pains were eas'd And disdaining to be pleas'd Till Alecto free the dead From their eternal bands, Till the snakes drop from her head, And the whip from out her hands. Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile.

--Music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) text by John Dryden (1631-1700)

,countertenor,alecto,the furies,greek mythology

[thesobsister]

Stile Antico, "Vadam et circuibo" (T.L. de Victoria)

From the group's excellent Song of Songs LP.

[eseomo]

The Choire

[average-emo-enigma]

Oh yeah I’m completely fine with my singing voice as long as I’m changing it to the point where it’s completely unrecognizable and you can’t hear my natural accent or voice

[iamlisteningto]

KMRU’s Temporary Stored II

[sjwallin]

Excited to find out that two of my compositions are in the National Finals for the American Prize!!

Find these two pieces on this album:

[theartofmany]

"- Psalm 50 A Psalm of David" From Youtube channel Trio Mandili: Trio Mandili - Psalm 50 So beautiful...

[firjii]

I stepped into "modern" gaming in 2017. Dragon Age Inquisition was really the first narrative-heavy RPG I ever played and still ranks near the top of my favorite games list. The soundtrack in particular really captivated me - including some of the tavern songs - and reignited my spark for being more active more often in music creation.

The idea with "Rise" was a generally simpler, heavier, rougher version sung by a war-displaced person (maybe a Redcliffe farmer or a traveling merchant surface dwarf) with neither strong political opinions nor a trained musician background who was just lamenting the current state of their life with a tune. They're tired and exasperated but are still clinging to reason through relatable lyrics.

Even the backing track is structured around the concept of people making due when they're a little bit out of their element but are compelled to do something. Maybe the singer can only play a few chords or maybe the person they asked to help them with the song has a fragile instrument that was damaged in an evacuation and can no longer handle the bouncy rhythms heard in more polished tavern music.

This is a weirdly deeply personal track. I hadn't originally planned to officially release it, but I recently found an affordable option for cover licensing and despite the rough edges (I wasn't in the best of health in any sense of the word when I made this), I didn't see the point of hiding this away anymore.

[lezet]

Lezet / {AN} EeL - "Voces animi" is out !

Lezet / {AN} EeL - "Voces animi" is out ! This album represents the 3rd full collaboration between Lezet & {AN} EeL This volume is the vox one All Hail ~ Voices Raise Skyward ~ Glottal Rush ~

[myvinylplaylist]

Dean Martin: As Matt Helm Sings Songs From "The Silencers" (1966)

Columbia Pictures

Reprise Records

[thekingcomposer]

The tough part about composing choir music is that audiences want lyrics that are modern and relate to them. So, unless you have connections with a living poet, you are forced to use poems in the public domain that all say stuff like:

WYNNE THAY REDCHIRP SPLITTETH THAY SUMMNER MUOON, ALL HEEAED THAY WARNYNS OF THAY MUOONLAITE

ALSO I AM SEXIST