So I had to test out the vocal capacity of my new microphone. I ended up getting the new THX certified Blue Yeti microphone. I try to do my best impression of Leliana’s Song from Dragon Age: Origins. It’s one of my favorite songs and my main goal was testing out the quality of the microphone on stereo vocals. What do you think? It’s not a perfect copy, but I think I do a pretty darn good job! I also have no idea what the words are, so I wing it in the end. Buwhahah.
Click “Leliana’s & Kate’s Song” to hear my rendition. The video below is for reference.
For those of you on Twitter, I know, I’ve been going on and on about this group for the past three days. I can’t stop listening to these guys. The funny thing is, I hate country. Very few songs really grab me in that particular genre. Yet this whole new album (their second) is fantastic.
Have a taste. They are even wonderful live as evidence by one of these clips:
…and I can most certainly dance to it! Hey, I had to make up for that monstrosity below. ;) Madonna vs. Cassius. You can find the download to the music here. *under the downloads – Toop Toop Groove*
I love her. Her new album is out and it’s fantastic. She’s got such a lyrical movement to both her voice and her words. It’s unconventional and that’s what makes it completely haunting and beautiful.
I had the pleasure of being on a podcasting panel with Steve Boyett at Worldcon in Montreal. Not only did he make an excellent panelist, but the man touts that he’s got three of the most popular podcasts on the planet. Naturally, when he mentioned dance music along with the previous sentence, I was intrigued. When I arrived home from Montreal, I spied the bookmark I took as the panel ended and I’ve been grooving ever since.
He’s released the set he did at Worldcon on Saturday night — and I’m sorta kicking myself that I didn’t go. It’s made of pure awesome. You can get it here.
It’s got a Thomas Dolby cut in it. Need I say more? Truly kickass, and I’m seeing why his mixes are so popular.
I’m posting this rather late on Friday night, so if you’re going to download it, make sure you realize that once you start listening you won’t be able to stop. It might be a bit of sleep deterrent.
The video is pretty pointless. Common prescription for most dance videos. Sexy women getting undressed and hopping in some sort of fluid.
Oh, don’t look at me like that. Just listen.
When I first heard “Deep at Night”, I immediately thought of the montage in the movie Real Genius. It’s almost what the underlying synth would sound like in “I’m Falling” if updated. The Comsat Angels rock out with the song below.
“Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?”
In the 1800's, when hand-worked printing presses were in operation, 'sorts' were the technical term for individual letters. Solo characters became words and words became sentences.
The modern frustrated phrase, "I'm out of sorts", originates when the master printer looked down at his empty trays and lamented he could go no further in his work as all of his letters were used.
This is why I changed the blog title from "Amnesia" to "Out of Sorts", because it seems like I'm always looking for words and I'm constantly running out. :)
