From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "KLB"  wrote in message news:201901011903214083-klb52@gmx.us...   
      
   > Speaking of chick singers, one of the trios I play quite a bit with is   
   > made of a couple, man on percussion, vocals and the lady, just vocals.   
   > She does something that absolutely drives me nuts!  They both use iPads   
   > with the OnSong program which is fine.  I do mine from memory.  Here's the   
   > deal:  She absolutely insists on singing along on EVERY song I do which   
   > first of all is not how it should be but worse, since I do these from   
   > memory, in my mind it is a sequence from A to B to C in the way I have   
   > done them for decades. so when she is suddenly singing different words   
   > than me because the ipad says so, I am apt to lose my train of thought   
   > entirely.   
      
   She doesn't get her lyrics from memory???   
   Or at very  least, doesn't *verify* that they're correct???   
   Reminds me of a character I once met at an open mic event, who claimed to   
   know Elton John tunes, and knowing that I'm an Elton John fan myself, he   
   insisted on playing guitar with me. His vocals were okay but many of his   
   chords were wrong and I was obligated to play them wrong too in order to   
   prevent a (bigger) train wreck - what a Bummer!   
      
   > I grant you I may sing the words a bit different than the published   
   > internet version but its how I have learned it.  I have asked her very   
   > nicely to NOT SING ALONG on my songs   
      
   Or at least get to learn them first. It's like that with the church band.   
   Learn the songs by finding them online only to learn that they're going to   
   be played a bit differently.   
      
   >  - do the harmony on the chorus and sit out the rest but no go.  The   
   > problem is that she is JUST A SINGER and feels like she has to be doing   
   > something.   
      
   Or she likes to be doing something.   
   I always like to be involved myself, but then, I'll knock myself out   
   practicing and rehearsing so it's done right.   
      
   > Another thing that seems so counterintuitive is that when she is going for   
   > a high note, something harder for her, she gets into the mic instead of   
   > pulling back which makes that note just BLAST out and in the small places   
   > we play, I just cringe...  She tells me all the time what a pro she is and   
   > how many years she had performed but it is hard to tell.   
      
   She should be working the mic! It's the original 'compression' ;)   
      
   > Not to sound like an ass, but this may be the death of that trio and that   
   > is too bad because we play some fun places, have a decent, well-received   
   > sound and make a bit of money...  The husband, drummer, understands but he   
   > seems to just have given up getting her to play nicely - truth is, she is   
   > a very nice lady but she thinks she is the second coming of   
   > Madonna/Cher/Janis/ and Nicks and I don't know if she will change...   
      
   I'd noticed this phenomenon for such a long time now, and I'm still at a   
   loss to explain it.   
   I don't know what is about so very many exclusively singers getting that   
   way.   
   I'm so glad that I get to play when I sing because I've found that there's   
   an awesome synergy there, and more Music to be getting into.   
      
   For the longest time, I'd refer to those who sing exclusively as "mouth   
   runners" ;) I got that idea from early elementary school grades, where   
   teachers would often refer to talking out of turn as running one's mouth ;)   
      
   > Maybe she will read this and recognize herself... Kind of doubt it   ;-\   
      
   Or she can learn an instrument to sing along with.   
      
   > Suggestions (other than using an iPad too, which I am considering...)   
      
   The Vibe is better when the lyrics come from within ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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