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Snakes In The Ball Pit => Yay, I get to talk about me! => This Is A Thing I Made => Topic started by: Emperor Jack Chick on February 23, 2016, 11:30:29 pm

Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Emperor Jack Chick on February 23, 2016, 11:30:29 pm
Have you ever thought to yourself, "I wonder what it would sound like if Jack Chick sang all 4 parts of a barbershop quartet"?

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Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Zekka on February 23, 2016, 11:41:15 pm
You should do more electronic music so I can nitpick it. (Especially since you apparently studied that? I think that's pretty cool.)
Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Zekka on February 24, 2016, 12:38:10 am
Let me actually nitpick your "Some kinda menu thing" composition.  (Fair warning: I am not a real musician, I just hack stuff out in Ableton periodically) Fair warning, this turned out both long and possibly poorly explained. Don't take me too seriously!

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Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Emperor Jack Chick on February 24, 2016, 09:29:27 am
You should do more electronic music so I can nitpick it. (Especially since you apparently studied that? I think that's pretty cool.)
Zekka, February 23, 2016, 11:41:15 pm

patience, daniel-san.

what did you think of the actual reason this thread was posted? [earthworm]
Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Zekka on February 24, 2016, 10:21:49 am
You should do more electronic music so I can nitpick it. (Especially since you apparently studied that? I think that's pretty cool.)
Zekka, February 23, 2016, 11:41:15 pm

patience, daniel-san.

what did you think of the actual reason this thread was posted? [earthworm]
jack chick, February 24, 2016, 09:29:27 am

I kind of figured you were going to reenact the rise and fall of George Clinton, starting from barbershop, moving on to operatic funk music, and then maybe you'll help some of your friends developing a crippling heroin addiction.

It just occurred to me you might want actual critique. The orchestration sounds OK and you picked good transitional chords, although it sounds kind of like you mixed the top part out of existence. There's something fuzzy about the tonality of this one. My gut is that you're slightly sharp near the beginning for the melody line, but it might be another part. The quaver in this recording makes it sound a little more intimate than I'm used to barbershop sounding -- I think this is a mix of vocal technique and mic distance, but I'm not sure. I'm suspicious there's something funny about your breathing since it seems like you'll hit a few notes fairly well and then start to quaver.
Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: montrith on February 24, 2016, 01:12:31 pm
Omg jack chick where did you find three other guys who sound just like you?
Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Courtesy Bee on April 13, 2016, 09:17:19 am
breathing
Zekka, February 24, 2016, 10:21:49 am

This is the number one thing I'd recommend working on. It sounds like you might not be properly supporting your notes with your diaphragm. That can lead to problems with wavering and unsteadiness.

You've got a pleasant singing voice though dude. Good job on that.
Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Emperor Jack Chick on April 13, 2016, 11:38:18 am
this was recorded at midnight when i had a cold so i was trying not to wake up my neighbors. I've been working on improving my breath control through pianissimo sections.

Thanks for listening!
Title: The Jack Chick Quartet!
Post by: Mango Tango on April 29, 2017, 12:55:17 am
Holy shit! You're actually a really great singer.