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Post by skaschep on May 6, 2018 17:58:12 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on May 6, 2018 18:01:15 GMT -5
www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/05/06/glaad-media-awards-2018-red-carpet-arrivals/23428264/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitterAlso on-hand for the celebratory affair were performers Adam Lambert and Melissa Etheridge, and notable attendees Laverne Cox, Lea Michele, Robin Roberts, Brad Goreski, Alexis Bledel, Nico Tortorella, Sandra Lee, Janet Mock and Gigi Gorgeous, among others. NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: Adam Lambert attends the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Hilton Midtown on May 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by J. Merritt/Getty Images for GLAAD)
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Post by skaschep on May 6, 2018 18:07:38 GMT -5
GLAAD @glaad These legends have been trailblazers for LGBTQ people in music AND they rocked the #GLAADawards last night šµš¶šµš¶  |
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Post by skaschep on May 6, 2018 18:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on May 6, 2018 18:09:46 GMT -5
twitter.com/RollingStone/status/993199997989654533Rolling Stone @rollingstone Jay-Z's mom, Gloria Carter, was honored at last night's GLAAD Awards and told the crowd how '4:44' track "Smile" came about. Our report: rol.st/2KEvybeThe event was hosted by Ross Mathews ā "Happy Cinco de Gay-o!" he said ā and also included appearances by Top 40 hitmaker Justin Tranter, who auctioned off two songs to raise $44,000 for GLAAD, and the singers Adam Lambert and Melissa Etheridge, who performed a duet of "I'm the Only One." Lambert sang with smooth grace, while Etheridge attacked each line with her trademark gravelly bite. After the two finished the performance with rounds of acrobatic vocal oneupmanship, Etheridge told the crowd, "That was as fun as it looked." www.youtube.com/watch?v=klYHEut9YEw
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Post by cassie on May 6, 2018 18:10:45 GMT -5
My take is: he started the run (last one I think. the one where he laughs at the end) and it just didn't go anywhere. Maybe he wanted to do something, but it just didn't come out. What he did instead is still amazing and very nice, but he planned something else. That is my ;take on it as well. He started a run and kinda blanked on where he was taking it. Then, he recovered and finished with a run from high to low that worked. If THAT is what he considers a fumble, he really is a perfectionist, as it sounded fine to me. Those imporvised runs and riffs, the scatting he occasionally does, are deceivingly difficult for two reasons. First, you have to have in mind the notes you will sing before you sing them. But, as an improvisation, it is something new that you have never done before, so you have no memory of a tune to guide you. Then, as a vocalist, you don't have any keys or frets to accurately produce the note you have in mind . You have to envision the note/sound you want to make and adjust your musculature precisely to hit that note. If you are at all uncertain what note you are attempting, what run you are executing, and how you technically will produce it, you can miss the target. Once you miss one note, then it distorts the rest of the run you intended to sing. Adam recovered very nicely. |
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Post by skaschep on May 6, 2018 18:19:37 GMT -5
Guess Adam's back to LA soon. Although I'm not sure he will be attending himself. Nice video of Adam chatting in the car last night. www.facebook.com/ForTheRecordLive/videos/1822341587789028/For The Record Live This just in! Adam Lambert has a tip for us! Join Adam and friends on May 11th for Ty Taylorās album release at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Visit www.fortherecordlive.com for tix. |
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Post by cassie on May 6, 2018 18:35:20 GMT -5
Trying to think of an analogy for singing improvisation. Anyone do cross stitching? You have to have a pattern before you start. You sew individual Xs in the fabric, so many in this row, so many in the next, so many blank spaces to the left and right, change the color here and here. That is like singing an established melody on a song.
In improv, it is like being asked to create a cross stitch picture on the spot without a pattern. Imagine the image you want to make and just start sewing. It is very difficult to hold that image in your mind, analyze how to create it with individual Xs, and put it together on the fly without any prep. If you sew too many Xs in one line, if you skip too many spaces on the left, if you insert the wrong color, if you make one X larger than the others, it can throw off the entire design, and you have to modify it and create a new mental picture. Something like that, maybe.
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Post by girldrummer on May 6, 2018 18:56:43 GMT -5
My take is: he started the run (last one I think. the one where he laughs at the end) and it just didn't go anywhere. Maybe he wanted to do something, but it just didn't come out. What he did instead is still amazing and very nice, but he planned something else. That is my ;take on it as well. He started a run and kinda blanked on where he was taking it. Then, he recovered and finished with a run from high to low that worked. If THAT is what he considers a fumble, he really is a perfectionist, as it sounded fine to me. Those imporvised runs and riffs, the scatting he occasionally does, are deceivingly difficult for two reasons. First, you have to have in mind the notes you will sing before you sing them. But, as an improvisation, it is something new that you have never done before, so you have no memory of a tune to guide you. Then, as a vocalist, you don't have any keys or frets to accurately produce the note you have in mind . You have to envision the note/sound you want to make and adjust your musculature precisely to hit that note. If you are at all uncertain what note you are attempting, what run you are executing, and how you technically will produce it, you can miss the target. Once you miss one note, then it distorts the rest of the run you intended to sing. Adam recovered very nicely. I agree that all of that you said probably happened in some way. And he did recover nicely. On top of all that, he was singing a DUET, which meant that all the riffing and free-styling had to somehow wind up in sync with the other singer. I think some of that got a little off kilter, but it all worked out. People in the audience seemed to love it. Melissa said it all as fun as it looked, so she didn't seem upset about anything. |
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Post by bullsfan on May 6, 2018 20:36:23 GMT -5
Rolling Stone @rollingstone Jay-Z's mom, Gloria Carter, was honored at last night's GLAAD Awards and told the crowd how '4:44' track "Smile" came about. Our report: rol.st/2KEvybeThe event was hosted by Ross Mathews ā "Happy Cinco de Gay-o!" he said ā and also included appearances by Top 40 hitmaker Justin Tranter, who auctioned off two songs to raise $44,000 for GLAAD, and the singers Adam Lambert and Melissa Etheridge, who performed a duet of "I'm the Only One." Lambert sang with smooth grace, while Etheridge attacked each line with her trademark gravelly bite. After the two finished the performance with rounds of acrobatic vocal oneupmanship, Etheridge told the crowd, "That was as fun as it looked." www.youtube.com/watch?v=klYHEut9YEwOk, regarding the duet, some of it was great, and some of it was a bit of a hot mess.  But not necessarily in a bad way. I think they were mostly having a lot of fun |
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But not necessarily in a bad way. I think they were mostly having a lot of fun