Wow - a very wide range of genres this month indeed. All are challenging in their own way: the oldies start to sound boring quickly, so they need lots of variety. The Rock n Roll song is really hard to make it sound RnR without the back-up band and electric guitars, and all. The Rich Mullins song has both an almost impossible range from lowest to highest notes, plus fast tempo and almost no place to catch a breath, and on top of all that rather odd timing and phrasing issues. What a workout!
One comment that I got that I think I need to give some thought to - my Diction is quite precise - perhaps I could sacrifice some precision for passion. I'll have to think about that a bit.
Here are the songs for October:
Week # 40: When The Saints Go Marching In, Luther Presley, Virgil O. Stamps, 1937
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3JIrGb08-Q
Week # 41: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Hank Williams Sr., 1949
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n8618NzE9M
Week # 42: Hanky, Panky, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, 1963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3V53DbTzgk
Week # 43: If I Stand, Rich Mullins, Steve Cudworth, 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whr0tYbFg5c
Amazing to think that snow and Chrismas carols are only a few weeks away!
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