chris & the giant peach
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 13, 2012 13:58:41 GMT
Apt that she died in the bath as that's where I do most of my singing too. Terrific acoustics.  I can't forgive her for the scores of karaoke contestants she inspired. ...and The Bodyguard was perhaps the biggest pile of crap I've ever seen in my life. Did Kevin Costner ever make a decent movie? Nevertheless regarding Whitney I'd best go and leave a tribute message on You Tube...perhaps no-one's thought of that yet.  |
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Post by housesparrow on Feb 17, 2012 5:37:28 GMT
So why are accoustics so good in the bathroom? I've heard it is the lack of soft furnishings (carpets and curtains) but maybe the water helps?
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Post by aubrey on Feb 17, 2012 8:42:42 GMT
I once heard of a cat who used to go to the bathroom to miaow, when he wanted anything. I'm glad that The Cat Aubrey has not discovered that trick.
I'd have thought the water would deaden sound, if anything? Oh, no - those people who can shout a long way do it over lakes, don't they? So you're probably right.
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Post by Weyland on Feb 17, 2012 8:45:59 GMT
So why are accoustics so good in the bathroom? I've heard it is the lack of soft furnishings (carpets and curtains) but maybe the water helps? Are they though? You wouldn't want acoustics like that in a concert hall, I dare say. Certainly not echoes. Except in a church, when it adds to the atmosphere. Maybe we like it because it's a novelty compared to the rest of the house, garden, etc. Jean? JEAN! Where's a Jean when you need one?! Bloody woman. |
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Post by aubrey on Feb 17, 2012 11:09:13 GMT
Good point.
We used to rehearse in a warehouse that was under the railway arches coming out of Waterloo. We had to be careful where we set up, in order to get something like decent sound: but it was always very boomy. I remember walking the length of the place, slapping the sole of one foot on the floor, and listening to the way the sound changed, depending on where I was; there was a hell of a variation.
I think the acoustics in a bathroom are good for volume, though: which was what that cat was after, and what bath time singers enjoy. They'd be especially good for I-I-I-I-I-I-I-ee-I-I-I-I-I-I-ee-I-I-I-I-I-I - will always love - Y-OOOOOOOOO-OOOOU, which is where it belongs, really. (Though I do like Dolly's version.)
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Post by jean on Feb 17, 2012 13:15:09 GMT
Jean? JEAN! Where's a Jean when you need one?! Bloody woman. I don't think it's the water in bathrooms that gives them their fabled resonance so much as the lack of carpets and upholstery. Housey is right. Empty bathtubs probably help too. (I know some people have carpets in their bathrooms, but that's disgusting.) |
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Post by jean on Feb 17, 2012 13:25:33 GMT
You wouldn't want acoustics like that in a concert hall, I dare say. Certainly not echoes. Except in a church, when it adds to the atmosphere. Different sorts of music require different acoustics, though a modern concert hall will have engineered its acoustic so it's good for as many sorts of sound as possible. Singers know that different churches have very different acoustics. Too 'dry' and all your mistakes show, too resonant and it turns into a mush (both Liverpool cathedrals have about a 9-second echo). Certain churches are favoured for making professional choral recordings. |
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Post by aubrey on Feb 17, 2012 13:59:36 GMT
Bach was supposed to be very good at acoustics in churches, knowing exactly where to stand to get the best sound (for the listener and the performer), just from looking at the place.
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Post by jean on Feb 17, 2012 14:57:56 GMT
I have been in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, but nobody was singing at the time. I don't think that Bach would have seen what I saw, though, because I'm pretty sure there wopuld have been baroque additions that have since been stripped out:  |
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Post by aubrey on Feb 17, 2012 15:07:52 GMT
It looks just like the cover of a cd of organ music.
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Post by jean on Feb 17, 2012 15:52:30 GMT
Wrong size.
(See my PM on MCL, aubs.)
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Post by Weyland on Feb 17, 2012 17:14:14 GMT
Talking of Whitney . . .
BBC4 TV 19:30 -- The Birth of British Music -- Part 1 of 4 -- Purcell & Co.
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Post by jean on Feb 17, 2012 17:55:09 GMT
Thank you, Weyland.
I shall watch it tonight. (Recorded it on an earlier outing, never got round to watching.) But I am deeply suspicious of anyone who thinks that British music began with Purcell.
What about Byrd and Tallis? What about The Eton Choirbook?
What about the great Scottish composer Robert Carver?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 24, 2012 13:24:19 GMT
Apt that she died in the bath as that's where I do most of my singing too. Terrific acoustics. I can't forgive her for the scores of karaoke contestants she inspired. ...and The Bodyguard was perhaps the biggest pile of crap I've ever seen in my life. Did Kevin Costner ever make a decent movie? Nevertheless regarding Whitney I'd best go and leave a tribute message on You Tube...perhaps no-one's thought of that yet. Waterworld. Much maligned but actually, a great fun popcorn flick...greatly enhanced by Dennis Hopper. AH |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 24, 2012 13:29:01 GMT
Patrick Bateman 'devastated' by Whitney Houston funeral51-YEAR-OLD Wall Street commodities broker Patrick Bateman has described his anguish at the death of Whitney Houston. A self-confessed 'superfan', Bateman’s face was an emotionless mask during the singer's funeral, although he was later seen dancing to some of her greatest hits while wearing headphones and a Sony Discman.
The trader for Wall Street firm Pierce and Pierce used his innate charm to inveigle his way into the ceremony, although two security guards have since been declared missing. Bateman said: “Whitney’s 1986 debut album, called simply Whitney Houston, was a seminal moment in the evolution of pop, soul, and mainstream adult-oriented dance music.
“It’s hard to choose a favourite among so many great tracks. It was also the perfect accompaniment to slicing off a prostitute’s fingers one by one with a high-end kitchen appliance. "In theory, anyway." He continued: “She was as much a part of the 80s as the Filofax, Michael Douglas, 'hard-bodied' girls with heavily-processed hair and using a nailgun to kill a hobo then taking severed body parts to the gym. "Sorry, did I say that out loud? I’m on a lot of medication” Bateman added: “But it could have been worse. At least Huey Lewis is still with us.” www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/patrick-bateman-'devastated'-by-whitney-houston-funeral-201202204913/ AH
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 24, 2012 19:39:28 GMT
That is very, very wrong. ;D
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Post by motorist on Mar 3, 2012 16:05:42 GMT
Good Kevin Costner films? Not many that I can think of. Untouchables comes to mind, though
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