Alrite sizzle chests, I think it's about time I post something where I'm not drunk (ok maybe just semi) but anyways I hope this will encourage everyone to post more live shiznit and more importantly: VIDEO. Don't tell me you don't have capable cams at this day and age. Lets go fellas!

Greetings to Scott Yee and Rico and all you other crazy bastards. Hope to hear more stuff from ya.

Tech info: Style used=40'sSwingBallad, tempo 83. Recorded on the T4 hard drive, mixed in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.

You've got a wondefull voice.

But please tell me that can of soda is not standing on your tyros? I have seen devastating results from such actions.

Thank you good sir. But yea it's not soda, it's beer. I always keep my drinks there on gigs, it's the perfect place on the Tyros. Never had an issue.

Hey Wolfi
M8 Youre amazing i love youre voice
What a fantastic song realy great i realy enjoyed that
hope to see more of you
i would love to sing a song with you together lol
speak to you soon
Greetings Rico
Ps Heiki is it possible for you to send to me youre mic settings because i like them and i am not so good with settings
because it sounds great

Thank you my good man, I really appreciate this, coming from you.

But alrite you wanted to know my mic settings, here we go:

Mic hardware: Sennheiser E945
Mic settings:
EQ LOW 70Hz +4dB
EQ MID 1.2Khz +2dB
EQ HIGH 8.0Khz +2dB

Compressor:
Threshold -30dB, Ratio 5.0, Out 110

That's it is baby. Of course you gotta find the right mic for you, I tried about 10 different mics in the old days and hooked 'em all up and gave them a test run, for me the Sennheiser did it. So these settings are basically useless anyways unless you're 1) me and 2) have a sennheiser

Anyway you wanted the settings, you got 'em.

Hey my friend i gonna test them out tomorow
thank you verry much
Maby i should look into a new mic and try that out i do have a good one the one i sing the caro emerald song with is a byerdynamic thats a verry good mic
Maby when you listen to the song ya have some good advice for me its also on the forum
but i gonna put that mic on and try those settings out i wil let you know
Thank you so much for youre fast reply verry nice of you
I gonna get a beer now lol Proost
speak to you soon
Regards Rico


Btw heiki i also bought a lexicon mx300 but i still need someone to help me to get the settings right.

Heikki, wow, that song took me by complete surprise because i had honestly never heard that one before,
and because I've always considered myself pretty well versed on most of the American Songbook classics.
Yours is a terrific Tyros 4 song arrangement with beautiful lyrics of which you performed both singing and playing live impressively.
Only after I heard your arrangement have I learned this was originally performed by Glenn Miller in the 1940's,
and more recently, by Vikingarna, of which you so sent me their version. Thanks. I think your rendition is as good, if not better (with your moving vocal expression) Anyway, great to finally see an old buddy back on Sz and to hear more members such as you posting music on synthzone again. I guess we all need a kick in the butt once in a while, so I will make an extra effort to post another song again soon too. Scott

Well Wolf, that CERTAINLY proves you don't need the shtick you put in a previous performance ... great job, straight up ... real nice vocal ...
BTW, being the age I am, I recognized the song immediately ...

Hi there,
A very enjoyable Jazzy performance played on Tyros4. Well done. Happy playing, Telmo.

Great job and thanks for laying down the challenge... more videos!!

Hi Wolf:

Excellent recording, very well played and you have a great voice too. Keep them coming.

Manuel

What a wonderful voice! And that Tyros sounds fab. Plus, hey, I like the song, never heard it. You da man!

I am curious, have you ever had vocal lessons? You can really sing!

Absolutely loved it. An awesome vocal performance and I really enjoyed the sax part too. Very authentic. Please keep it coming.

I loved the performance of my favorite Glenn Miller tune.

Well, no that is true ... except I also enjoyed the shtick combined with the performance. It made me laugh a lot.

Thanks guys for the kind feedback. I never knew about this song either until I heard the Swedish dansband Vikingarna's version of it accidentally, it certainly has a very Glenn Miller sound and chord arrangement to it but I wasn't sure until I checked.



Thanks. Never had vocal training in my life.. I was always dead scared of singing in school and late teens and hated it. Tried karaoke at a cruise ship (I had a few in me) in the late 90's and all the old people clapped. I was like WTF and slowly started to sing alone and mostly imitating what I heard (I can't read notes either, everything I do is by ear). Today, my sound is what you hear there. Who knows where it will develop, for better or worse :P

Very talented in all areas. Thanks for sharing.

Wolf nice job, excellent. You certainly have a natural talent you've got no formal musical training, I find that amazing.

Original Glenn Miller version featured in the 1941 film "Sun Valley Serenade":

Like voice, playing AND persona. Reminds me of Tom Waits, Ricky Lee Jones' old boyfriend (except Wolfe's voice is better).

As a self-taught musician myself (did learn to site-read), it would be much fun to work tunes up with Wolfe.

We could be BB and DOM....Bad Boy and Dirty Old Man (LOL)!

R.

Good stuff, Wolf. I Know Why is one of those tunes I've always liked and kicked around with forever. Never played it on a gig (never knew the bridge, or middle-8, before), but now that we do the NH circuit, it would be a worthy addition to our list. Thanks for putting it up.

Awesome... loved it!

I like the "laid back" way you perform, nice!
Made in Suomi Finland = Good Stuff.

Cheers
GJ

Say, Wolf, each time you have posted, I have given you much accolades and it's darn sure deserved. I even have enjoyed your irreverence. However, FWIW, I just listened to this again and I'm thinking, Wow, this is SO good, I should send this to my mother.

NOT.

Your tag destroyed that thought!

Hmmm... maybe you could make some youtubes and whack off the curse words. Or just edit this and I'll send it to Ma! She would love it. You are very talented. I hope you do more.

Dean Martin was the party guy, the charming, drinking crooner, but he did just fine on t.v. without cursing.

Just a suggestion, do whatever makes you happy, but it would be cool if you could share your talents with old folks, too! They'll have a coronary with the curse words! Seriously, you might just become a global internet phenom by cleaning up your act. I could envision you dressing up nicely and doing your songs as an old-style "show." You are that good. Who knows, maybe there's even a way you could make money at it.

I only offer this suggestion because it is rare to find a talent like yours. You are a good player, yes, but the magic is in your voice. And charisma. Carpe diem! Youtube awaits The Wolf!

What a great old song. Thanks sharing your talents with us. I do agree with simi live though. I would like to be able to play your music for my daughter or parents but can't due to the profanity.

Thanks man.. and I hear ya, I kinda ruined a good performance for a lot of people by the cursin at the end.. just couldn't help it though, I cocked up with the ending pressing the wrong buttons there and being high strung and having a few beers in me again it just slipped out. I coulda redone it again and again of course but I dunno, kinda defeats the live feel to it.

Anyways yea I'll clean up my act.

You mentioned the money making aspect of things.. that's something that can't really be done here in Finland. The only way would be to tour the country 24/7 in all the dance venues, but I know that kinda life would kill me. Not to mention the wife who wouldn't see me two hours a week. That's the reason why this has to stay as a hobby.. I have a day job as a systems specialist at a large multinational IT company, but I do perform at weddings and such when I feel like it... sort of to balance things off. And get a few dimes on the side.

Thanks again on the comments everone.

I find it very interesting to hear what the folks here at SZ do at their 'day job', if they have one ...
Thnx for sharing, Wolf ...

BTW ... maybe you can tell me why the underscore key just stopped working on this PC ...

Hi all.

OFF but ON topic.

I know what you mean, but it amazes me a lot that they who don't like to hear or read some words named as "curse or swear words" always have to tell everyone else to behave like they want it to be, and have no "mercy" to those of us who sometimes happen to read those words at high volume.
If I say "what in the pink woods" it might sound better, but what I mean by it could be the same or worse as if I said %¤%-*£@.
To me it seems like it's a kind of 'if those who are deep into the holy books' have problems to tolerate those who are less into it, how can one expect any respect the other way?

That said, here in Scandinavia we are used to that many of the people in Finland say "Satana Perkele" and more. Especially at the early 60ies when TV got more common, there was "Finnish TV Theathre" once a week, oh me and my, that made really big eyes and ears at young ones.... a lot of swearing, sauna and nudity.

To be honest, the words spoken by our Finnish friend do not make his performances less talented to me, he is a great singer and a good entertainer.

Heia Finland!

Cheers
GJ

Gunnar ... Of course Wolf's performances are no less talented because of his language ... BUT, if you read what Bill and others said, it was that while his language may not be offensive to SOME, it could be offensive to OTHERS, and therefore they would not want their mothers or children to be exposed to it ... as a result, Wolf's performances might not get to be appreciated by as many people as they could and should be ...
NO ONE minimized his talent ...

Hi Tony.

And I don't think I said anyone did, but see your point that it can be read that way.

I don't speak for Wolf, he does that very good for himself, but I express my personal thoughts about some of the comments above.
Wolf exposed himself and share his stuff as the talented person he is, and I think we should respect that rather than tell him (or any other) what way to speak or behave during performances as long as it is as harmless as we seen here.
Regarding what grandmas or/and children should be protected to hear, I think it's even worse words to hear just by take a walk along the streets........

Anyway, Happy Playing and Singing.
Cheers
GJ

Gunnar, Unfortunately, you are correct ... but we can lessen that by not directing them to places where it will be heard, no? ...
And I would not tell anyone how to speak or act, but I will tell them if I don't think it is necessary ...

Anyway, we do agree on Wolf's talent ...

Be well, my friend ...

For those who may be interested ...

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.al...o-you-9842.html

And at the bottom of the page there is an option to transpose ...