HEADS UP brothers-
Do you plan to sing with us in Vegas and start attending our rehearsals next April 7? In order to hop up on the risers, we expect every member to submit a full recording of both songs, using the timeline below.
No recording? No risers.
If you have errors, it's OK. If you burp, we will mention it, but accept your recording as "you have submitted" and can hop up on the risers. The icky moment that we anticipate will come (always) is a great guy will show up and say ah shucks, I didn't send in a recording. KVU leadership will count this persons attendance as one of his blocks of time, but they will not be invited on the risers to sing. If this person departs in a huff, they have lost their attendance block.
I had the great displeasure of this moment in Seattle, rehearsing 8 guys while 60 guys watched for an hour and a half behind me. A few guys let me know they were angry after rehearsal. I listened, nodded, and shared we had expectations that they did not meet. Some shared they were district champions and this was childish...for THEM. Some guys quit. It reminded me of people who get mad about getting a ticket on a road they ALWAYS speed on. They know the rule, but they choose to not follow it. We are not trying to trick you with a speed trap...honest!
To re-state: KVU believes that your preparation of music must be demonstrated overtly. This must happen before we rehearse because we are built on a very fast learning timeline. If we got together every week, we might not be this hard core, but we know the fastest way to make any group not rewarding is to have unprepared people singing wrong notes and words. Our leadership question becomes, who do we please? The guy who did the work, or the guy who didn't do the work?
Because this has an "enforcement" tone, I don't want to be Dr. Downer. I want to have a great rehearsal on April 7th...these standards ensures our leaders can give you feedback BEFORE we get together. It's not based in catching you being bad...it's about building us all up to be good.
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Reprint from March 13
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Hi team-
Thanks for a great retreat last Saturday. I was sorry to be working out of town and Amy was stuck in the snow in Franklin, but the recordings looked and sounded fantastic! Personal favorite: disco dancing Conover!
For clarity, we are requesting both contest songs recorded and submitted for evaluation before our Friday, April 7th rehearsal. You don't have to pass, but we want to see how you are coming along. It helps us know if any one particular passage is tough for everyone, just your section, or if it lays poorly in your vocal range. We can give you other voice parts (or even have you rest for a few bars) if that helps. Recordings don't lie and help us all be accountable to each other. You are welcome to submit one or both recordings as early as you wish, but we spread each recording out so you (and our evaluation team) have some time to listen and give you feedback, and your don't have to blow a huge amount of time on ONE day.
DUE DATE MUSIC
March 25 How Deep Is Your Love?
April 1 Boogie Fever Medley
April 7 Both songs memorized on the risers
As a reminder, our hope is that you record yourself, listen back, learn where you need to improve, and do it again. The assumption is you learn from each recording and catch little errors until you can "live" with the recording you send in. My guess is this will be after recording # 5. It might be after recording # 20. Send us a take you are really proud of, and we understand it will have imperfections... just like everybody else!
Send your recording to evals@kyvocalunion.org. We will give you feedback...we'll even be nice!
As we have shared, watch this Youtube tutorial on HOW to record your music... HERE.
Thanks men.
--
Donny Rose
Do you plan to sing with us in Vegas and start attending our rehearsals next April 7? In order to hop up on the risers, we expect every member to submit a full recording of both songs, using the timeline below.
No recording? No risers.
If you have errors, it's OK. If you burp, we will mention it, but accept your recording as "you have submitted" and can hop up on the risers. The icky moment that we anticipate will come (always) is a great guy will show up and say ah shucks, I didn't send in a recording. KVU leadership will count this persons attendance as one of his blocks of time, but they will not be invited on the risers to sing. If this person departs in a huff, they have lost their attendance block.
I had the great displeasure of this moment in Seattle, rehearsing 8 guys while 60 guys watched for an hour and a half behind me. A few guys let me know they were angry after rehearsal. I listened, nodded, and shared we had expectations that they did not meet. Some shared they were district champions and this was childish...for THEM. Some guys quit. It reminded me of people who get mad about getting a ticket on a road they ALWAYS speed on. They know the rule, but they choose to not follow it. We are not trying to trick you with a speed trap...honest!
To re-state: KVU believes that your preparation of music must be demonstrated overtly. This must happen before we rehearse because we are built on a very fast learning timeline. If we got together every week, we might not be this hard core, but we know the fastest way to make any group not rewarding is to have unprepared people singing wrong notes and words. Our leadership question becomes, who do we please? The guy who did the work, or the guy who didn't do the work?
Because this has an "enforcement" tone, I don't want to be Dr. Downer. I want to have a great rehearsal on April 7th...these standards ensures our leaders can give you feedback BEFORE we get together. It's not based in catching you being bad...it's about building us all up to be good.
=================
Reprint from March 13
=================
Hi team-
Thanks for a great retreat last Saturday. I was sorry to be working out of town and Amy was stuck in the snow in Franklin, but the recordings looked and sounded fantastic! Personal favorite: disco dancing Conover!
For clarity, we are requesting both contest songs recorded and submitted for evaluation before our Friday, April 7th rehearsal. You don't have to pass, but we want to see how you are coming along. It helps us know if any one particular passage is tough for everyone, just your section, or if it lays poorly in your vocal range. We can give you other voice parts (or even have you rest for a few bars) if that helps. Recordings don't lie and help us all be accountable to each other. You are welcome to submit one or both recordings as early as you wish, but we spread each recording out so you (and our evaluation team) have some time to listen and give you feedback, and your don't have to blow a huge amount of time on ONE day.
DUE DATE MUSIC
March 25 How Deep Is Your Love?
April 1 Boogie Fever Medley
April 7 Both songs memorized on the risers
As a reminder, our hope is that you record yourself, listen back, learn where you need to improve, and do it again. The assumption is you learn from each recording and catch little errors until you can "live" with the recording you send in. My guess is this will be after recording # 5. It might be after recording # 20. Send us a take you are really proud of, and we understand it will have imperfections... just like everybody else!
Send your recording to evals@kyvocalunion.org. We will give you feedback...we'll even be nice!
As we have shared, watch this Youtube tutorial on HOW to record your music... HERE.
Thanks men.
--
Donny Rose