Waterboy Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My wife says that Leona Lewis reminds her of a singer from the 80's. I have no idea who this lady is - but told her that somebody on the forum might have a clue. Any takers? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitonit Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 If you close your eyes, she sounds like a cross between Sinead O'Connor, and Jane Child. Scott A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Good calls - on both fronts - but she said it's somebody else that she is thinking of. Thank you, though. Better than my guess! I guessed Taylor Dane or something like that! Take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bresnark Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Dave Lee Roth. Same chin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 That is a possibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Cyndi Lauper (Time After Time) Very different singer but It could be the tear in those voices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Leona has something in her voice that reminds me of Paula Cole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Excellent input, folks. Thank you. I will ask her if that is who she was reminded of - Will have to be this evening .... she's the one makin' the bacon right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 ........ she's the one makin' the bacon right now! Just reminded me of this tee-shirt from moons ago ........... Why do your posts always bring out the very worst in me, Waterboy ? - C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Why do your posts always bring out the very worst in me, Waterboy ? An integral element of Cajun sociology. Spend some time in the coonass bars in Bataw rooj and you'll come to grok the true meaning of it. Plus, the music's great. Incidently, things just wouldn't be the same round here without waterboys colorful editorial interjections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 I bow - ever so humbly - good sirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 An integral element of Cajun sociology. Spend some time in the coonass bars in Bataw rooj and you'll come to grok the true meaning of it. The USA is, indeed, a strange, diverse and wondrous land ........ And, yes, Waterboy's talents are appreciated and noticed ! ! - C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 The USA is, indeed, a strange, diverse and wondrous land ........ We certainly have our share of strange s#!+, that's for sure. In fact, since I've been single for a while now, I was considering the possibility of starting my own polygamist sect. But with all the recent hooha I'm giving it second thoughts! Of course, the Pope has had some nice things to say about us. Not. I'll just have to establish "Uncle fader's Holiday Camp". I'll hire Waterboy as the "Greeter". We won't need buildings, we'll just get some old schoolbus's and some hippie bead curtains. We'll play Zydeko at full volume out of old, blown Marshall stacks onto a sea of beanbag chairs. Then we'll do something outrageous so we get CNN airtime, write a book, retire. Ah yes, the good life. Speaking of Zydeko, any good washboard samples out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 I'm there with you .... so long we send out a "bring your own toothbrush" memo! And (FWIW) if they don't bring there own ... they can use mine. We're all toothless down here, anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Loved your post fader8. 8) Washboard samples? Not offhand, but up here in da stix it'd be all too easy to find one locally and send you a few scrapes. Meanwhile, I'll look through my desk for one of those giant rubber bands and sample it for bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpotvin Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I recently actually asked a percussionist I know for washboard samples! He's working on it. I hear tell there was a guy in my grandpappy's hill music band way back in the '30s who played out with a washtub bass. And that was in Massachusetts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 He's working on it? He's working on it? How hard could it be? (just kidding) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpotvin Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 hahahahahahah! Well, of course, I requested he record in authentic mountainous backwoods locations! "Squeal like a pig"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Loved your post fader8. 8) I was being serious. Washboard samples? Not offhand, but up here in da stix it'd be all too easy to find one locally and send you a few scrapes. Ah! But it's not just the sound doncha-know. It's that zydeko washboard groove I'm after, and that's something you can only get from a true "Gulf Coast Washboard Virtuoso". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 hahahahahahah! Well, of course, I requested he record in authentic mountainous backwoods locations! "Squeal like a pig"! I get it... trying to find a mic cable long enough to reach that far could be a problem, 'specially when bubba's already using about 100' of it for that mantrap... "Welcome to Aintree" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 On the subject of exotic samples, four years ago I invited a piper into the studio to record the Uilleann pipes. For those who may not know, these are a traditional Irish form of the bagpipe, in which the air charge is maintained by the piper moving his/her left arm over the bag. (Uilleann is the Gaelic word for elbow - hence they are "elbow pipes"). - The session was memorable for two reasons. First, the guy seemed about 180 years old and my studio is on the upper floor ! Second, we we're at it for the better part of three hours. - I still haven't got around to mapping the samples and velocity switching them, but they are all now looped right. I only have time for this when not using the studio to earn, and it is a very time consuming job because of the way each chanter note is required to be set in relation to one of several drone notes. - But the sound of the Uilleann pipe is one of those musical landmarks that, when you hear it, the hairs on your neck stand up, no matter what musical/cultural background you're from. - C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 PH, Yeah, yeah, I'm sure it's great and all that, but nothing beats the sound, sight (and perhaps even the smell) of this: http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/bladpipe.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpotvin Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 That's as nasty as having to shave your goatskin drumheads before using them. Nah, yours is nastier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 ....... nothing beats the sound, sight (and perhaps even the smell) of this: http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/bladpipe.htm And, on your lonely island, squatting in your monks' robe making noises that sound like twelve pigs being mangled in a laundromat, when you get really hungry, you could eat the f$@%ing thing ........ - C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Quite the monastic dilemma: nourish the body, or, play the music of the spheres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 On the subject o- But the sound of the Uilleann pipe is one of those musical landmarks that, when you hear it, the hairs on your neck stand up, no matter what musical/cultural background you're from. - C To be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Om zeker te zijn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Um sicher zu sein! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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