Duets and Song Mates

Do you know what needs to be invented?

A dating service. For singers. Or for people who like to sing but don't consider themselves to be "a singer".

In my teenage years I was lucky enough to find my vocal soul mate, or song mate if you will, Trudy. I think we were sitting next to each other in church and as we were singing the hymns we discovered that our voices blended really well together. We sung a song in front of the older couples we were serving dinner to for a youth activity and bam, the rest was history.

I had never sung in front of people except in a choir until Trudy came along, but after the first song we sang together, we became official. We were a duet. We sang several times a year in church and at various church-related functions.

Even when we were hanging out, we usually sang. Her mom would play the piano and we would flip through the hymn book singing whatever took our fancy. Yeah, we were the coolest of the cool kids.

But alas, as we've grown up our lives have taken us in different directions and I have lost my song mate. I think the last time we did a duet was Christmas of 2012. We would certainly jump at the chance to sing together if it comes along, but I don't think we'll have one for a while.

Though my heart still misses Trudy, I believe the time has come for me to find a new song mate. Not to replace Trudy, but just a song mate for while I am here in GP, where Trudy is not.

So here goes, my personal ad for a song mate:

I am a 24 y.o. female seeking a female (preferably), but open to a male. Age is no issue.
I sing alto confidently and can also sing tenor if the alto part is boring or if I have a cold.
The highest note I can hit and still sound good-ish is a D, the lowest note being an F.
Prefer to sing hymnal music, but also willing to sing pop music if it has good harmonies.
I enjoy singing recreationally and am not afraid to sing in public.
Looking for a semi-serious relationship, but also open to one-time gigs.
Call me at 1-800-HOT-ALTO ;)

Running in Circles

The Circle of Life, that is!

Musically speaking, I've been on a bit of a Lion King binge lately. And it is baaad. I'm not just humming the main songs like "I Just Can't Wait to be King" and "Hakuna Matata", but I've been humming the instrumental ones as well! Seriously!

You know the song that plays at the end when Scar is dead and Simba is taking his epic walk up Pride Rock? I've been humming that one. And then when Johnny got sick of me humming that, I started humming the music Simba runs to across the desert as he returns to the Pridelands (which, coincidentally, is on the same track as the other one when you listen to the cd).

I've got Lion King fever and I've got it bad.

Lucky for me Disney has come out with Lion King 3d and all the theaters are playing it - but I hate 3D. And I have parents who own a perfectly good VHS copy of the Lion King and I have stolen borrowed a perfectly good DVD/VHS player from my parents. Which brings me to my predicament:

Do I see the movie in 3D or on VHS in the comfort of my own home?

It'd be cool to see the Lion King on the big screen, but it's in 3D. It'd be less cool to see the Lion King at my place, but it'd be infinitely more comfy. When it comes down to it, I think my decision will have to be to watch it at home. Want to know why? It's free. And my desire to save 10 bucks is far greater than my desire to be cool. Saving money is cool, isn't it?

Shoutout to Trudy, whose recent disney flavoured post inspired this one. But when you think about it, I may have inspired her with my ridiculous disney flavoured comment on one of her entries... So really, the shoutout goes to me for inadvertently inspiring the girl who inspired me.