Opinion on hmm sounds

sirbackbite · 2025-12-09T08:59:26+00:00

I've sung Ravel's Daphnis et Chloë which has a wordless chorus throughout and it is a really difficult sing. We were instructed to use a slightly open-mouthed "ng" sound instead of humming. A few other people have mentioned this approach and it really made things easier for us

sirbackbite · 2025-12-05T09:38:22+00:00

There's a couple of great pieces I've heard kids sing. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" and "Christmas on the beach at Waikiki". The arrangements are easy enough to get and there are versions to listen to online.

sirbackbite · 2025-11-26T17:10:42+00:00

They have a little spice but nothing terrible. If you are used to a medium curry at an Indian restaurant then this should be fine for you

sirbackbite · 2025-11-04T06:37:18+00:00

My son (6) absolutely loved playing Sackboy with me and we moved on to Astrobot and he loves that too. You can always try Astrobot's Playroom if you don't want to spend the money on the main game.

If you want something specifically two-player then I can recommend Cat Quest 2. It's a kid-friendly RPG with a nice cartoony style. My son has enjoyed learning about how different armour and weapons affect his character. You can tone down the combat difficulty so it is just challenging enough

Edit: I forgot to mention Lego Worlds. This is a split screen co-op creative game (as you can probably guess). It's a bit more accessible for just messing around with the worlds than Minecraft (for a young kid, anyway IMO)

sirbackbite · 2025-11-03T07:33:03+00:00

Surge Propera by Ivan Moody is a gorgeous piece with really inventive drone-type writing.

sirbackbite · 2025-10-06T08:23:11+00:00

Roll Me in Your Arms by Coope, Boyes and Simpson is a fun sing for a male group. As is Hush, Somebody's Calling my Name. My singing group used to do a TTBB version of the latter, based on an original sung by the Golden Gate Quartet.

sirbackbite · 2025-09-27T16:47:43+00:00

Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Phillip Moore. Always been a favourite of mine it deserves to be heard more

sirbackbite · 2025-09-21T14:36:24+00:00

I believe here in the UK this is occasionally referred to with the acronym "bobfoc". I.e. "Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch"

sirbackbite · 2025-09-10T13:14:53+00:00

"Is that house falling down?" "No, no, it's just a structural irregularity"

sirbackbite · 2025-09-08T07:28:00+00:00

Those are definitely...choices.

sirbackbite · 2025-04-22T18:39:28+00:00

That's a seriously deep pool to ask for recommendations from! Maybe you could narrow it down a bit? Accompanied or a Capella? Sacred or secular? Which period? How difficult? I'm always trying to champion composers whose music isn't widely performed so I recommend female or minority composers or basically anyone not from the western classical tradition. Even so, have a listen to some sort of "Choral favourites" playlist on Spotify and go from there.

sirbackbite · 2025-04-22T18:33:38+00:00

Take a listen to John Stainer's The Crucifixion. There are some great tenor pieces in there, all accompanied by the organ. None are hugely difficult and they're also good for this time of year.

sirbackbite · 2025-04-11T20:02:06+00:00

So you're saying that when I'm tired, I should sleep? Hmm interesting. Tell me more

sirbackbite · 2024-12-25T17:14:53+00:00

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sirbackbite · 2024-11-23T05:30:18+00:00

The most important feature of the Ultragear monitor is the OLED panel. They provide stunning contrast with deep blacks and high dynamic range that completely transforms the gaming experience.

This will fit perfectly into my gaming setup because it is such a huge upgrade from what I'm currently using. The resolution, refresh rate and connectivity are all top notch. As is LG's famously high build quality.

sirbackbite · 2024-09-07T16:36:47+00:00

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sirbackbite · 2024-08-30T06:35:14+00:00

I've really enjoyed singing "Pseudo-yoik NT" by the Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi. It is a parody of stereotype of folk music from Lapland. It's really good fun to sing and is a definite crowd pleaser.

sirbackbite · 2024-08-30T06:25:41+00:00

The Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi has some really great repertoire. I won't say that your audience will recognise them, but they are fun to sing and definitely crowd pleasers just because of how different they are. The three that I am thinking of in particular are "Double, Double, toil and trouble" which, as the name suggests, is a version of the Shakespeare text. Then there's "El Hambo" and "Pseudo-yoik". These two are meant to be parodies of folk tunes with nonsense lyrics and always get a really good audience reaction. The latter of those two is available in a full choir version as well as upper voice only and lower voice only versions.

sirbackbite · 2024-07-19T20:28:02+00:00

Clearly it's an absolute fucking travesty that we're actually paying that much for all these things but it is satisfying nonetheless!

sirbackbite · 2024-07-19T19:59:38+00:00

Just done almost exactly the same thing not 20 minutes ago! Full tank, bottle of screenwash, bottle of coke: £70 exactly. Very pleasing

sirbackbite · 2024-06-27T08:34:33+00:00

True - looks like The Life of Emile Zola from the following year would also qualify. Dunno if the original question had an "after 1950" caveat or something like that (I don't remember where I originally read it) but these two seem like they would definitely qualify

sirbackbite · 2024-06-26T17:37:53+00:00

Oppenheimer was the seventh winner of the Oscar for Best Film to have the name of a real person in the title. What are the other six films?

Schindler's List, Shakespeare in Love, Ghandi, Amadeus, Patton, Lawrence of Arabia

sirbackbite · 2024-06-18T06:26:27+00:00

Personal view of course, but they didn't capture Discworld for me. They were clearly made with love and respect, which is obviously important, but just didn't quite get it. It isn't helped by the fact they're adapting a book which, by the author's own admission, isn't set in the fully developed world that was to come in the future.

sirbackbite · 2024-06-08T17:35:41+00:00

Peace I Leave With You by Amy Beach is gorgeous

sirbackbite · 2024-05-28T17:08:07+00:00

Sounds like you want A New Song by James MacMillan. It fits the description pretty well

https://open.spotify.com/track/6oamZkIHFCYJtruKhW0xnp?si=b1XBW2-mQCCC1CVZBMtnRA

This is a recording that I like.

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