SONG TITLE : FROM OPERA TO ROCK.
( CRANK THAT ROCK GUITAR AMPLIFIER !! )
ARTIST : moi...ALF-L ( a lad from london ) (c) 2021 ALF-L
(NOTE..this song is meant to be totally "zany" )
https://soundcloud.com/user-302791555/oprokcalfl2020SONG DETAILS....done useing biab/rb/reaper
(apologies if people dont like it. please listen useing earbuds.)
1. Back story. how the song came about.
over the years ive sung in various genres of music groups. in these groups i often found it amuseing how some people in one music genre often made fun of/criticised other music genres.
for example in a cathedral choir people would sometimes say...... "gosh how can you sing that yukky rock stuff". or in a rock group people would say "wow you sing in a church group too..? "
i once had a musician in an operetta say to me "that rock is so simple...".
BUT TO ME i love all kinds of music. imho nothing beats a full blown mass choir in a big church with an orchestra. it completely lifts my spirits. and elates me.
what also elates me is hearing lyndleys mercury blues or halens panama and lots of other rock songs through a cranked pair of stereo speakers.
try cranking a pair of horn loaded klipsch
speakers....SUPER WOW ! lol. sadly i cant afford 14k klipschorns just heard a demo once.
so i wrote this song to poke a bit of fun at some peoples "snootiness"/views of other genres.
2. Song Story. This song is about an opera singer that ends up at the wrong gig...lol.
the whole thing is a big joke ..a jape....for fun.
so dont take it seriously in any way.
its meant to be madcap.
he ends up at a rock gig instead of an opera gig. so people are telling him that they want rock. lol
3. tis true tho'..what i say in the lyrics...when i crank that guitar amp, my whole spirit is uplifted, as is the core of my existence. which explains why so many people love rock i ponder.
ie if one is haveing a lousy day just "crank that amplifier". it works for me.
suddenly i'm very happy again.
4. so song intro starts with a bit of opera then segues into a rock song.
please tell me what you think about the guy on one side of the stereo saying right at song end
"crank that amplifier".
i was going for a character "voice".
also please tell me your opinion of my high vocs towards the latter part of the song.....
starting at 2mins25secs. i tried to do them without sounding "screamy".
i kinda like them...but apologies if others dont. i used to hit the really high registers so easily years back ; but not so easy as i age. i'm a purist/dont use vocal tuning.
(there are bits and bobs of my own guitar sprinkled through the song for effect also etc ).
thanks sincerely for listening. please feel free to criticise...i'm a big boy and can take my lumps...lol.
best.
silly old muso.( that likes all sorts of music genres ).
lol.
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