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#367154 - 06/05/13 07:29 AM
Re: Arranger Keyboard makes Canadian TV appearance
[Re: Mark79100]
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Registered: 01/16/06
Posts: 68
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I don't know........there was something not right. So I listened to the audio (without watching) a few times until I figured out what it was. The vocalist is too dry......too bland.......too sterile. One note after another without any phrasing.......no holding onto notes....no spaces in between. In short, monotonous. The complete opposite of Mr. Frank Sinatra and his magnificent phrasing.
She's just singing the notes without injecting any personality into the song. And the "oohhs and aahhs" are too cliched. And, to be honest, I think Robert is a good player, but I don't think he's a GREAT player. He's bordering on "dry" himself........again, just playing the notes! I've watched him in other video's and get that same feeling........good playing, but nothing that really moves me. Watching the video is like having a Chinese dinner. You eat it and you're still feeling hungry afterwards. That's the feeling I get from this video.
On a positive note, the background arrangement is terrific. I'm assuming, like Fran said, it's a MIDI with the bass and drum tracks.
Mark Mark, Since you're astute enough to spot all what's wrong with the performance, I'd love to see some youtube stuff of you and your female vocalist. How about it? Not too many can phrase like Old Blue Eyes. Frankly, I enjoyed the video, and it wasn't only because of the "red head"
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#367168 - 06/05/13 10:43 AM
Re: Arranger Keyboard makes Canadian TV appearance
[Re: Tonewheeldude]
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Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14182
Loc: NW Florida
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Either the style was a song style, only usable for that particular song, or it was an SMF or even a MP3 made up for that tune. TBH, I find song styles a terrible compromise, as, while the kicks and stuff can be in the right place, you still lose the voice leading that bass players will put in to go FROM somewhere TO somewhere, and an arranger never knows the next chord until you play it!
Both are great musicians, and Robert has a great sense of re-harmonization, without totally losing Stevie's intent. But I must confess, falls into the same trap so many do, allowing his piano part to dominate the track instead of sit 'inside' it. Seems like this pitfall catches great and small alike!
My guess was that the track was an audio file... Anyone notice that there was only a sustain plugged in on the back of the Audya? There goes the idea of triggering different sections with pedals. And he never makes a call to the fill section. Not to mention that the bassline is something that no arranger could ever play (too much voice leading).
It's karaoke, with a singer and Rhodes as the only live thing.
Nothing intrinsically wrong with that, but it ain't an arranger performance, in case anyone was fooled...
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An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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