The world love's a tryer LOL

Before you comment on the sax player pausing for breath he's using the circular breathing technique.

https://app.box.com/s/yrpddbddrwscfsnrpvii

Col

I enjoyed that a lot! Just good old music!

Col,
One of my very best college friends was a Tuba player who played all the Strauss horn concertos on the Tuba. He later was the first chair Tuba player in the Washinngon DC Air force Band for 20 years before he retired. We use to laugh at him leaning how to breath though his nose while playing long passages. It was the first time I had ever seen it done for real. His name is Joe Lewis from Corpus Christi, TX. Lost track of him through the years.

Deane

... Way to go, Col ... keep enjoying ...

... the "luckiest sax player alive", Kenny G, got standing ovations for holding a note forever because the general public has no idea about 'circular breathing' ...

Hello, Col.

Your lovely performance took me back to my childhood. My mother made sure we listened to both kinds of music when we were young - country and western.

I knew a sax player who could circular breath, but it's a skill I never developed myself. People are usually happy when I stop to take a breath while playing the sax, and they're the happiest when I stop altogether.

Thanks for the music,
Dan

Col nice job on one of the classic songs, I enjoyed it.....
hey don't give a hoot to any nay Sayers who don't even have the Cojones to post any songs at all but love to critique, just do your own thing & have fun!...in fact I'm off a few days now and will try to record this same song as you "I Can't Stop Lovin'You" on my S950 You've inspired me to try it my in own way also!.....I hope others will post the same song also, ....it's good to hear other versions and learn from each other like we did with Mary Did You Know at Xmas time that was fun..

Don, Deane, Tony, Dan and Donny thanks Guy's for the comment's.

Donny: I'm with you 100% about different versions of particular song's it would be very interesting to hear the different takes. If I remember rightly didn't there used to be something similar a few years ago ?

Come on Guy's don't be shy.

I really like Ray Charles's version but I tried to bring in the Sax for a change. I think the "BlowAltoVib" on the G70 has a nice sweet sound but with some bite if needed.

What next I wonder?

Col

Around here we call it the puppy dog song. "I Can't Stop Loving You". Non-farm boys won't understand.

"Careful what you wish for !!!"

Today I finally got away from S-Z and doing some other 'stuff' and tried the on-board recorder for the first time ... still got a lot to learn through experimentation, but here it is ...

https://app.box.com/files/0/f/0/1/f_13402754907

Tony

The app box link don't work

Col

Tony,

In the UK Way To Go means, you have a lot to learn or what you have just done is not very good, Way To Go in USA is different.

Tony

Tony ... Thank you for that "Language lesson" but I am confident Col knows what I meant ...

Tony, you have to select the box on the Box page that says "Share" and copy that link.

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

~~Arnold Bennett

None of my friends are without faults . . . except you guys of course.

Tony M: Sure do, fix that link I want to hear it. Please !!

Tony H: I also have a long way to go and time is running out LOL

Col

Me too Colin, sorry I could not get across after the shoot but I drop my car off in Chorley and went in some one else's 4 x 4 to Garstang

Tony

Yes, Don ... I "copied' the wrong link, but since I am the 'subscriber' both work on my PC ...

try this one ... I want your opinions - other than shoot the performer - because I want to know if you hear the same things I hear that need to be worked on ...

https://app.box.com/s/ykno6h193sa3ftwcjl4y

Col ... thanks for alerting me to that ...

Sounds good to me Tony. Early in the song, it seems like you may be "holding back" on your vocals a little. I was trying to find something wrong, but other than a quick glitch or two that we all do recording live, I didn't hear anything wrong.
I'll try to find a recording of myself doing it. It's interesting to hear the different versions.

Hi Tony

For me just a touch fast but the main thing is your vocal range I felt you would be a lot more comfortable in Bb rather than C.

Regarding Don's comment about backing off, I'm afraid I tend to do that when recording and I bottled out on the top note in my version which was in Bb LOL

All the best

Col

Col ... exactly right about the key ... I used to sing the song in 'C' a number of years ago, so I automatically started it in that key ... then I tried to 'cheat' by playing it in 'C' and using the 'Transpose' - I KNOW, the song is simple enough I should have just played it in Bb - but the "Transpose" must be set for the entire KB including the mic, because my voice REALLY sounded bad ... so due to time constraints (I wanted to get this posted - don't know why the rush ?!? ) I just let it go as is ...
As I said, this was the first use of the mic/VH and I wanted to see about the 'mix'

I guess I should fully expect a "Way to go" from TH ...

Tony, you did pretty good for a Yankee. Sounds like you were trying to sing near the top of your range, though. Try doing it again a couple half steps lower see if it easier to sing.

Good rendition,

Gary

I might have used the LH organ sound (or is that a style Part?) only in certain sections. It tends to get a bit same-y used for the whole song...

Nice demo...

Gary ... you are right ... see my response to Col about that ...
Thank you

Diki ... it's a style part and after listening I agree ...
Thank you ...