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A test
by bennash - 05/26/26 07:18 AM
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by Rob B. - 05/25/26 11:14 PM
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I did this cover for a church talent show last year. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=587695&songID=9840166Auto-Play Hi-Fi: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9840166In spite of my recording glitches (electronic bugaboos) I went for it........... Straight-through live take, no effects, no cut/paste, no computer tricks. I have yet to figure out vocal effects etc on Audacity, so when the Mac is free (next week sometime) I'll dump it in there and see if I can compress/EQ it a bit, but this seemed like a decent enough take to post. The reverb you may hear in there is actual. Big echo-ey room. I'm pretty happy about being in tune  Hope you like it -- Linda
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Linda , this is very nice...sexy too....love it...you go girl...very hot..glyn
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Got yourself a New FAN, Mz Lin'! I wasn't expecting a fairly New "Take" on this Standard...but you Did it Your Way..the Phrasing & Vocs were considerably Different (& Far-Better) Than-Expected.
Beautiful Job! (Hats-Off to the Side Men, as-well--this was downright Enjoyable Listening!)
I dunno HOW to type in a Dozen Roses...maybe MFB3 can do it!
Best Wishes & Big Hugs,
Stan
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Thank you Glyn! Stan, I'll take my bow and accept your roses.  Thank you! I used to know how to do a rose in punctuation actually.... let me think....
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Oh and, um, Stan, does that mean you weren't a fan... before...? ROFL, just razzin ya
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A rose went something like this:
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Hi, Now THIS, is great music, it's one of my favorite songs too. And your performance was exciting, good job Linda. Calvin http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart
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Hi Linda
Sounds real good -- So are you Singing along with a recorded version with the piano and drums? Well I also like that arrangement if you are playing all that LIVE? When you sing this good the bugs are hardly noticeable... : ) jm
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Linda,
You go girl!! Loved the different arrangement, very nicely done. I think you can dig into lower notes more...do you know how to shift that focus in your head? If you work on it, you can get those swoops cleaner, I sang this in college choir, so I know how singing it can be. Great job!
Tammy
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Linda,
One of my favorites!
And you certainly gave it the sultry treatment that it deserves!!
I enjoyed your recording of "Sweet Hour of Prayer" as well.
You have a very beautiful voice.
-Paul
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Thanks Cal, JM, Tammy, and Paul!! It's prerecorded. I'm just singing along. This was sort of a throwaway version as part of my soundcheck -- I won't leave it up long as it's a cover and my focus isn't covers right now. So.... Catch it now while you can!! Paul --- thanks for listening to Sweet Hour. There are recording issues w/that-- it pulled in cued left and I can't for the life of me double it and fix it to center or right for accurate stereo. It's also a lower-grade mic than I have now. When my studio glitches are fixed I will re-do it. Some here have said before "who are you as an artist?" --This, and the Sweet Hour track, are closer to what I want to be & sound like, while staying contemporary and not just old-school jazz. Those of you who remember from when I started here should know how cool this is that I'm eliminating "pitchy" more and more often these days!! Tammy-- show me how!! I want to get better at that swoop thing. I did better at that in the talent show performance. Listening back to the 10 or so tajes I did if this yesterday (this by far the best) I realized how easy it is to "overdo" this style into the point of silly. Or "under" -- this one was the happy medium. I'll be my own critic here and say I needed just a bit stronger opening. Work-in-progress!
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Very laid back and unusual version.
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One of my favorite songs. Love your version of it Linda - you nailed it! Scott
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That song and house of the rising sun were the first songs I used for my "serious song set" when I used to sing at clubs.
Your version is smoldering. But then in the summer it is hot.
Thanks for entertaining me, Linda.
Doug
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Hi Linda,
Very cool version of a very cool classic. Thanks for sharing.
Ricki
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What can I say that hasn't already been said? Wonderful treatment of one of the greatest songs of all time.
-Mike
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Thank you, Big Jim! I'll take that "unusual" as a compliment! Thanks, Scott! Glad you listened
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Thank you, Doug, Ricki, and Mike! Nice to meet you, Mike! Doug, House of the Rising Sun is on my short-list to demo soon here... would you happen to have an arrangement of it I could use? You all know how to make me feel good. I get to where I question why I keep trying to do this. But I *am* improving!! Whew. Thanks to my vocal coaches Freddie Mercury & Ella Fitzgerald. (ROFL!!) I'm glad everyone is liking it overall! It's the worst thing ever to hear a cover if a timeless favorite that's just botched 8 ways from Sunday. LOL
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I'd say you made that song your own. Really sweet.
Ott
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Hi Linda,
This is very nicely done...very pretty sounding. I enjoyed it!
Kristi
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be,
he must be. -- Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist
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Thank you, Ott!! Those are great words to hear. Thanks, Kristi! Glad you liked it too. Smiling ear to ear reading all this. You guys will inflate my head. Lol Linda
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Also thanks to everyone clicking play.... just saw I'm at #4 on Soundclick charts today  --silly, but fun!!
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Linda--
I love the soft piano and vocals--This is one of my all time FAVS--I have the JULIE LONDON original album.
Many great JAZZ artists have recorded this ONE--
Good WORK--
Mackie
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Lovely tribute in vocals to one of the all time greatest songs,
I may even make a copy of this to listen to in the dead of winter, when I am inches from being a frozen corpse, i am sure it will thaw out some of my pasts...LOL~~~MFB III
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Thank you Mackie, I'm always glad when someone loves my version AND it's a favorite song.
Thanks MFB - I can send you the MP3 if you want? Let me know. Unless I set it to download... I'll have to look, I don't remember.
Much appreciated!
Linda
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Linda your vocals here are... Too sexy...Too smooth... had to pause it twice to pull myself together. The perfect marriage of, cool music and hot vocals. I think they call it, the perfect storm...Well done , my lady Nelson
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OH, Nelson!! ROFLMLBO!! **************BOW**************** You made me both laugh and blush.  Very kind. Thank you, my dear, I am so happy to hear I am singing better than when I first landed here four years ago. What sweet compliments. Can I get a vote for "Most Improved?" LOL!!!! Linda
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Pretty darn nifty vocal there. Btw, you have Ira Gershwin listed as writer on your SC page but the lyrics are actually by DuBose Heyward.
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Oh, thank you, Stephen! I should have looked that up - Doh! Will fix.
Linda
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