Chat Thread 38: You Guys Are Old

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*beats The Mobian with a My Little Pony doll*

Congrats on graduating nonetheless! Whenever it was you did it.
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Sleet wrote:*beats The Mobian with a My Little Pony doll*
That just seems...
Wrong.

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TheMobian wrote:*Flys through window at mach 10*
ITS BUMBLEKING HOUSEPETS TIME!!!
ow, ouch, yow, stupid glass...
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TheMobian wrote: and let you guys all beat me down with a dead horse.
Do we each need a dead horse or are we sharing one?
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I dunno how I feel about sharing a dead horse with you people.
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Lousy fox keeping all the goodies for himself!
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That's scavengers for ya!
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Sleet wrote:*beats The Mobian with a My Little Pony doll*
But... But... Friendship is MAGIC :cry:
Sleet wrote:Congrats on graduating nonetheless! Whenever it was you did it.
This year. I'm now going into my first winter of no school since I was but a wee little child. Man it feels good!
...now to find a job...
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TheMobian wrote:*Flys through window at mach 10*
ITS BUMBLEKING HOUSEPETS TIME!!!
ow, ouch, yow, stupid glass...
:shock:
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So, I am thinking of auditioning for my school's play, I dunno, I'd just have a lot of fun with it.

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Sleet wrote:That's scavengers for ya!
What else could I do! But ew, germs sharing with you people. Nope.
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The Grey Wolverine wrote:So, I am thinking of auditioning for my school's play, I dunno, I'd just have a lot of fun with it.
Then do it. Why not?
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Because its a musical.
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Well regardless if you think it'll be fun try it. Can't hurt.
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Its actually because of my narrow vocal range, I don't think I would be very good for it
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Sing along with music in your car. It really helps stretch your range.
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drink chemicals until you get super vocal powers!
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I always wanted to at least audition for the school musical but every time auditions came around I never found out about them until like, two days after they'd happened when they started recruiting the backstage crew. I got on that a couple of times. It was fun and the musical was good even from inside a giant steel frame made out to look like a skyline from one side and a church window from another (oh gosh...spinning that thing...horrible...).

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Sleet wrote:Sing along with music in your car. It really helps stretch your range.
This is true. I was in the school's chorus for three years, and for the two years between middle school and not having a license, I lost a lot of my vocal range. Now because I sing in my car almost every time I drive, I gained a lot of my range back.

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While singing in the car can certainly be helpful, if you don't have much experience singing, I'd recommend against just belting as loudly as you can. You'll just blow your voice out that way and won't have any voice left to actually practice. Practice singing as softly as you can, making sure you're hitting the notes properly; the power will come much more easily once you've learned to control your voice in that range.
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Sleet wrote:Sing along with music in your car. It really helps stretch your range.
This is true. I was in the school's chorus for three years, and for the two years between middle school and not having a license, I lost a lot of my vocal range. Now because I sing in my car almost every time I drive, I gained a lot of my range back.

*Hugs Nyaliva* TWLOHA day was this week as well. :3
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KJOokami wrote:While singing in the car can certainly be helpful, if you don't have much experience singing, I'd recommend against just belting as loudly as you can. You'll just blow your voice out that way and won't have any voice left to actually practice. Practice singing as softly as you can, making sure you're hitting the notes properly; the power will come much more easily once you've learned to control your voice in that range.
This is true as well, except do try to sing just a little bit louder when hitting higher notes, if you have a deeper voice. As a true alto, I know I can't hit hardly anything unless I sing a little bit louder. I don't know how sopranos or middle altos fair though, so it might be different.

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KJOokami wrote:While singing in the car can certainly be helpful, if you don't have much experience singing, I'd recommend against just belting as loudly as you can. You'll just blow your voice out that way and won't have any voice left to actually practice. Practice singing as softly as you can, making sure you're hitting the notes properly; the power will come much more easily once you've learned to control your voice in that range.
This is true as well, except do try to sing just a little bit louder when hitting higher notes, if you have a deeper voice. As a true alto, I know I can't hit hardly anything unless I sing a little bit louder. I don't know how sopranos or middle altos fair though, so it might be different.

Yeah, it's pretty cool how we can all help people in different parts of the world at the same time, isn't it, Ny? *high fives*
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KJOokami wrote:While singing in the car can certainly be helpful, if you don't have much experience singing, I'd recommend against just belting as loudly as you can. You'll just blow your voice out that way and won't have any voice left to actually practice. Practice singing as softly as you can, making sure you're hitting the notes properly; the power will come much more easily once you've learned to control your voice in that range.
Nice point out there KJOokami.
Though I've been singing all my life and it doesn't really apply to me, it is best to start singing really softly and focus in on improving the minor basics. Though as you improve, your going to eventually have to learn to belt out your lyrics. A song needs to have a certain tone of energy to it, whether its a slow song of a fast song, and belting out your lyrics is what really gives it that energy, especially when your singing it live.
One of the best examples of this is to listen to one of Owl City's old songs, and then switch over to one of his new songs. In the older songs he was singing much more scilently, and refraining from using his voice to its full potential. But as he went on, he began putting a little more umph into his lyrics, and really belting them out over time. In the end he still retains his same voice and the same sound, but theres so much more life in his newer songs now.

Old Owl City song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyvCH26x ... re=related
New Owl City song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7KMRBoqQUg

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Nyaliva wrote:
So, Housepets! forum people, are you okay? :)
Well I'm a bit sleep deprived but overall yeah.
And in the spirit of the day I hope Australia is treating you well and you are at the very least ok good sir.
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I'm feelin' a little sad at the moment but I'm more than okay enough. :3
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I am trying to restrain myself from destroying my brother's Jeep. He is a moron, so it could be pretty easy.
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I'm very, very tired, and I still have work and taekwondo and probably some homework to do before I can rest.
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The Grey Wolverine wrote:I am trying to restrain myself from destroying my brother's Jeep. He is a moron, so it could be pretty easy.
...I feel sorry for brothers car :mrgreen: :lol:

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Oh, don't feel bad for the car, He and his stuff will deserve anything I do to them.
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But... The car didn't do anything wrong, right?

Oh well. It's not like it has feelings or anything.
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TheMobian wrote:Though as you improve, your going to eventually have to learn to belt out your lyrics. A song needs to have a certain tone of energy to it, whether its a slow song of a fast song, and belting out your lyrics is what really gives it that energy, especially when your singing it live.
Oh, absolutely. I didn't mean to imply you should never go all out and belt for real. Depending on the song, that's actually the best way to go; just hit the notes as hard as you can.

I just meant that when it comes to getting your voice properly warmed up and working to extend your range (especially for Broadway-esque musical numbers), you're just gonna wear your voice out if you try to belt all of the high notes. The trick is finding a nice blend between the two, that being your mixed register, but it's a lot less strenuous on the vocal chords to start softly and work the power into your voice as you go than if you try to belt it and then pull back. That's why rock concerts are so bad for your voice; since everything is so loud, you end up screaming the vocals as loudly as you can without realizing it. The same thing happens in a car if you just pump up the volume and belt your lungs out.
TheMobian wrote:Hear the difference?
Whoa. I have never heard him sound like that before. He actually sounded like a completely different person on a few of those notes in the chorus. He's always been more about the reserved, feel-good type music where the vocals don't need to be particularly strong, but he even had a little of that rockstar gruffness to his voice in the second song.

I may have to check out more of his new stuff.
Beagle wrote:This is true as well, except do try to sing just a little bit louder when hitting higher notes, if you have a deeper voice. As a true alto, I know I can't hit hardly anything unless I sing a little bit louder. I don't know how sopranos or middle altos fair though, so it might be different.
The trick is to blend your head voice with your chest voice to get a lighter sound on the higher notes. I know for me, personally, when I do my scales on the piano to warm up I usually can't get past an E4 before my voice starts getting gravelly and cracking, and it takes a lot of effort to boot. But when I take the notes softer to start, I can easily get up to the G4 with little to no strain whatsoever. Then once my voice is warmed up and I've sufficiently hit all of the notes softly I can revisit them and add some resonance to them, and that's what really gets the sound to project.
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Nyaliva wrote:So, Housepets! forum people, are you okay? :)
Well I'm a bit sleep deprived but overall yeah.
And in the spirit of the day I hope Australia is treating you well and you are at the very least ok good sir.
I'm very well, thanks Seth! The weather's pretty good at the moment, the perfect transition point between the cold end of spring and the warm end. And I just finished a big block of assessment so I'm feeling a nice release (I'm in the middle of the semester atm).
Sleet wrote:I'm feelin' a little sad at the moment but I'm more than okay enough. :3
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The Grey Wolverine wrote:I am trying to restrain myself from destroying my brother's Jeep. He is a moron, so it could be pretty easy.
That's...good? :S Just don't hurt anyone, although from what I've read, you wouldn't want to do this without a good reason.
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TheMobian wrote:Complanin' bout' school eh?
Well, I guess I COULD complain along with you all, but insted, I'm just going to say "haha I'm graduated!" and let you guys all beat me down with a dead horse.
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They need to make weekend 1 day longer. There's always too much fun stuff going on and too little time to do it :cry:
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Hey guys, I got the option to get a class ring from school as its my senior year, should I? If I do, my cap and gown are free. Also, I'm trying to think of a senior quote, any ideas?
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Get a class ring they're pretty cool. I mean you only graduate once might as well go all out.
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The Grey Wolverine wrote:Hey guys, I got the option to get a class ring from school as its my senior year, should I? If I do, my cap and gown are free. Also, I'm trying to think of a senior quote, any ideas?
Normally, I'd say it's pointless. However, if you're getting your cap and gown with it for free, go for it, man.
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Get a class ring if the class ring costs less than the cap and gown combined.

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Well, its $50 down on the ring, and the price of the ring will vary
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Buy the cheapest ring? If it costs less than the cap and gown I mean... Save money.
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