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Gitchigumee · 09-21-2007, 10:30 AM

I agree with the statement made about the bar being set so high. It's alot tougher than one might realize. I sometimes struggle, singing along with his tunes like CRT, to keep it all in one octave, and find myself switching octaves frequently because I can't hit the high or low notes. To his credit, he does not do that in concert, but tries to be true to the original way the song was written, when perhaps it would be easier to lower or raise the key or switch octaves on those difficult notes.

09-21-2007, 10:30 AM	#41
Gitchigumee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 504	Re: Milwaukee Pabst Theater 09/20/07 I agree with the statement made about the bar being set so high. It's alot tougher than one might realize. I sometimes struggle, singing along with his tunes like CRT, to keep it all in one octave, and find myself switching octaves frequently because I can't hit the high or low notes. To his credit, he does not do that in concert, but tries to be true to the original way the song was written, when perhaps it would be easier to lower or raise the key or switch octaves on those difficult notes. __________________ "There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."