Quote:
Originally Posted by letsgotoofar
Over the years, Meat's musical directors (pretty sure it wasn't Meat himself, since he was still insisting it was three high C's at the end of "Bat" every night right till the end of his touring career even though it hadn't been in that key since 1978 and he'd been doing four high notes rather than three) learned to lower keys to accommodate where his voice was at. Perhaps the musical director or arranger should be considering alternate keys, at least for Toronto if not for later in the run, in order to preserve the cast's voices. As many of these songs have been performed live by Meat, there are even -- in some cases -- a fairly broad selection of lower keys to consult (there are at least two in the cases of "Paradise" and "Anything for Love," for example).
|
Very good post. Meat over-worked himself vocally and physically. I hope the younger performers and producers learn something from it. To me Andrew is very good, IMO he is no Meat Loaf- but still excellent at what he does (which is a somewhat different thing)