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Post by 4EverAdam on Oct 21, 2015 20:36:46 GMT -5
Thanks adamrocks - have been suffering from avi schzioprhenia. There have been so many great pics. Still a bit partial to Adam in the striped suit with Mitsy and will probably return to that one in a few days. Just have to keep trying on new looks like Adam tries on new clothes. OMG!!! Your avi ![](http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx348/Quu3/Adam%20Smilys/Other%20Smileys/23_11_611_zps55321f7c.gif) Thanks - here is the original size. I added the border and enhanced the lighting a bit. ![](http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a494/overttones/Avitars/de9edb1d-3072-418f-8eaf-a382688714ce.jpg)
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Post by donnamb on Oct 21, 2015 20:48:37 GMT -5
It's so odd that there is still such a stigma about men and cooking. The most famous successful chefs in the world are mostly men. They have TV shows and write books and are celebrities. There is nothing intrinsically feminine or masculine about cooks, although our culture stereotypes the mom at home cooking meals for her family. But we should be way beyond that by now. Sometimes I wish I'd bought my sons a kitchen set. I think it's not so much the cooking as the kitchen set. When my son was pre-school age he liked the kitchen sets at the used store - he would never go down that aisle in a regular store as it was a sea of pink and somehow or other he knew that was girls only. So I got the used set and brought it home, first thing out of hubby's mouth was "that's for girls". Hubby cooks 80% of the time around here. Question I have for the dad in the story is what the heck social media was using and putting out pictures of his two year old that wasn't confined to family members? My daughter works for Hasbro - home of EZ Bake Oven. A few years ago, they introduced other colors for the oven. ... And then, there are all the men who are into My Little Ponies - the Bronies. She had a blast a ComicCon in San Diego two years ago with the attendees.
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Post by mayumi on Oct 21, 2015 21:22:20 GMT -5
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Post by Q3 on Oct 21, 2015 21:24:11 GMT -5
It may be on Wikipedia but it is NOT in the RIAA database. The footnote links to the database that it is NOT in yet. I believe GT is Gold in the US because of streaming + sales but that does not mean it is certified.
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Post by donnamb on Oct 21, 2015 21:28:44 GMT -5
To be really simplistic, if a music director asked Adam to sing a note, a specific note, Adam could do that, right? Or would he have to hear the note and then mimic it? From what Adam has said, I don't think he knows the names for the notes. He wouldn't be able to sing a E5 upon request. However, if the director hummed a E4 (cuz most would not be able to hit a E5) and asked Adam to sing that up the octave, he could do it easily. He has a very good ear and musical memory, so if a director played or sang a phrase, even if it was quite lengthy, Adam could duplicate it.I am obviously at the bottom layer of understanding music, thanks for your patience! I probably will never truly understand the depth of Adam's talent, but I can certainly feel it! Happy to answer.I'm thinking, continuing with your analogy, that maybe Adam is sort of a savant, in that he can achieve the highest aim of music with an intuitive grasp of what music is supposed to be. Without a vast background of formal education. But of course, with an immense innate talent. Like if someone could intuitively, with exposure and practice and desire and innate ability, but no formal training, speak perfect English, but not be able to conjugate a verb. I agree that Adam has a very good ear for music: pitch, tone, phrasing, harmony. And an impressive feeling for imelodies, variations, riffs, and predictable musical patterns. Your analogy works with regards to the ability to speak and write English without knowing a thing about verb conjugation or tenses, or the ability to speak in an utterly charming way without ever having studied language pragmatics.
(FYI: Paul McCartney had no formal music training, and think of the amazing collections of songs he has composed. He has even composed a full symphony, working with a musician who could translate his ideas, singing, and piano phrases onto a printed score for instruments.)
Adam has to know how to read a score. He couldn't have survived high school, or maybe even junior high without enough musical literacy to do that. I would think the transition is to remember the notes when you have to put the score away in concert. At least in pop music, as opposed to other types of performances, improvisation is welcome. No doubt his high school choir directors used legato, staccato, let's sing this thing on a staccato "doot", and all sorts of things, in rehearsals. I don't know how much he relies on reading a score to sing a pop song. That may be purely hearing a vocal, soaking it in, and re-interpreting it. I'm singing in a church choir now (very high church, lots of Rutter/Brahms/classical). I never even sang in high school, although I did have some piano lessons. No musical theory per se, but if the choir master tells altoes to take a note up a third, my ear tells me what it is.
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Post by Sagittarius on Oct 21, 2015 21:35:27 GMT -5
Been voting constantly while listening to programs in the background...a bit of a gain...
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Post by Q3 on Oct 21, 2015 21:45:27 GMT -5
Adam has to know how to read a score. He couldn't have survived high school, or maybe even junior high without enough musical literacy to do that. I would think the transition is to remember the notes when you have to put the score away in concert. At least in pop music, as opposed to other types of performances, improvisation is welcome. No doubt his high school choir directors used legato, staccato, let's sing this thing on a staccato "doot", and all sorts of things, in rehearsals. I don't know how much he relies on reading a score to sing a pop song. That may be purely hearing a vocal, soaking it in, and re-interpreting it. I'm singing in a church choir now (very high church, lots of Rutter/Brahms/classical). I never even sang in high school, although I did have some piano lessons. No musical theory per se, but if the choir master tells altoes to take a note up a third, my ear tells me what it is. Adam has said he can't "sight read music" like his brother can -- but I believe he can read a music score to some extent. He tends to say he can't do things when he can actually do them, but not so well. For example, he can speak some French but he will say he can't speak French which is probably the correct thing to say about French. Perhaps next time there is a Q&A instead of "favorite ice cream?" or "are you single?", someone will ask him about if he can read music.
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Post by cassie on Oct 21, 2015 21:48:25 GMT -5
Adam has to know how to read a score. He couldn't have survived high school, or maybe even junior high without enough musical literacy to do that. I would think the transition is to remember the notes when you have to put the score away in concert. At least in pop music, as opposed to other types of performances, improvisation is welcome. No doubt his high school choir directors used legato, staccato, let's sing this thing on a staccato "doot", and all sorts of things, in rehearsals. I don't know how much he relies on reading a score to sing a pop song. That may be purely hearing a vocal, soaking it in, and re-interpreting it. I'm singing in a church choir now (very high church, lots of Rutter/Brahms/classical). I never even sang in high school, although I did have some piano lessons. No musical theory per se, but if the choir master tells altoes to take a note up a third, my ear tells me what it is. Actually, Adam himself, in an interview, was asked if he read music, and he said "no." The questioner asked how he could learn or compose music if he could not read a score, and he said he did it by ear and by feel. I was very surprised by that, knowing he had been in choir in high school. But, talking to opera singer, Angelina, she told me that a number of professional opera singers cannot read music. Can you believe it? They learn a score from someone playing or singing it for them. Who knew?
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Post by theosgma on Oct 21, 2015 21:52:14 GMT -5
OK Just threw a bunch of votes so it would go to the next higher thousand. Totally bummed that this is not over. I was Soooooo excited when I thought it was. Video is now at 785,420. Slow but it does look like it will be close to 800K (hopefully more) by the morning.
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Post by donnamb on Oct 21, 2015 21:59:28 GMT -5
Adam has to know how to read a score. He couldn't have survived high school, or maybe even junior high without enough musical literacy to do that. I would think the transition is to remember the notes when you have to put the score away in concert. At least in pop music, as opposed to other types of performances, improvisation is welcome. No doubt his high school choir directors used legato, staccato, let's sing this thing on a staccato "doot", and all sorts of things, in rehearsals. I don't know how much he relies on reading a score to sing a pop song. That may be purely hearing a vocal, soaking it in, and re-interpreting it. I'm singing in a church choir now (very high church, lots of Rutter/Brahms/classical). I never even sang in high school, although I did have some piano lessons. No musical theory per se, but if the choir master tells altoes to take a note up a third, my ear tells me what it is. Actually, Adam himself, in an interview, was asked if he read music, and he said "no." The questioner asked how he could learn or compose music if he could not read a score, and he said he did it by ear and by feel. I was very surprised by that, knowing he had been in choir in high school. But, talking to opera singer, Angelina, she told me that a number of professional opera singers cannot read music. Can you believe it? They learn a score from someone playing or singing it for them. Who knew? I really find that hard to believe that he couldn't read music. Even if it was after reinforcing his inner ear by having it played real life; that doesn't mean he could write down a score. Different skill set.
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