burlesk singing audition

[sebastienne]

all the songs that suit my character (mama's good to you and nowadays from chicago; mein herr from cabaret) are too low in their original key. i have no time, or indeed software, to make a transposition. none of the songs that suit my voice are really suited to my character; and many of them are hideously clichéd as audition songs.

i offer you, the journal reading public, the choice: shall i do 'maybe this time', despite the fact that everyone and his dog can make it sounds amazing, and i know that someone sang it in the show last term; shall i do 'cabaret', despite the fact that it *belongs* to liza minelli, and i could never do it better than her; shall i do 'mein herr', despite the fact that it's a bit too low in my voice, because it suits the femme fatale image i'm projecting for burlesk; or shall i find something less suited to the audition but more suited to my voice - harder than you'd think given that jazz is definitely the genre in which i feel most comfortable.

help!

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Comments

[queerpup.livejournal.com]

Something from Rent?

[like-achilles.livejournal.com]

'Wig In a Box'? (possibly too long, though.)

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

ooh, also consider "Fever" by Peggy Lee.

[xhermiax.livejournal.com]

Ahem. Something you might be interested in. www.artstheatre.com and go to Current Productions!

[jix1125.livejournal.com]

I could transpose something for you, if you have a digital version of some sheet music OR a MIDI file. Send it to me with the key you'd like it in (or up or down however many steps) at jix1125[at]gmail[dot]com. I can send it back as a pdf tomorrow EST.

Or not. I just thought I'd offer the services of the music tech lab where I work with computers that have about 5 different music composition/theory programs on them.

Otherwise, I like "Whatever Lola Wants," or "If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You Love" by Sophie Tucker.

[aliche.livejournal.com]

It's all a load of fucking cliches. Give me this evening and I shall find you something perfect!

[chains-of-irony.livejournal.com]

If you get in, when will you perform the show? (I've heard the audience dresses up for these things, and so I must see you!)

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

monday nights, live jazz from 9pm, show from 10. so much fun!

[ladylick.livejournal.com]

sing what you feel comfortable singing ems. it doesn't have to be something new or indeed, original; i sang can't help lovin' dat man at my Threepenny audition despite the fact i've done it five hundred bazillion times and despite the fact that i knew many other people would be singing it.

you have to do something you know you can knock people's socks off with, despite nerves or anything else that may get in your way under stressful conditions.

my personal favourite of yours is Mama; but of course you are brilliant at anything. if you want to sing something you've done lots before and the key is a prob, why not e-mail Jimmy Sanderson and ask him for the version that you did when he was teaching you? he's sent me loads of stuff since i was at uni, he doesn't mind a bit.

hope that helps my lovely. xxx