I've been wanting to do this ever since I heard this song, and I finally got around to recording it today. There are definitely some pacing/timing issues and issues all around – I still haven't figured out how to sing "and every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground" smoothly, but I'd love to get your feedback on it and improve!

Listen/download here: http://www.box.net/shared/7ab8ztb3t9

Thanks so much!
Prissi

(Disclaimer, justincase: Obviously I don't own the rights to this song, but seeing as how it's called a sing-along blog I take that literally to mean that Whedon, et. al. are responsive enough to fan work to not sue me. In any case, please please don't sue me, or I'll be forced to quit med school, become a supervillainess, and start a mail-order heart-attack business. >_>)

Prissi, you have a beautiful voice. Thanks for sharing with us!

The only real suggestion I have is that you play an A bass note under "growing" in verse one and "sowing" in verse 2, instead of an F. That way it leads nicely in a stairstep: C-A-F, instead of C-F-F which sounds like you arrived at the cadence early.

Keep the songs coming! Have you submitted this to Wonderflonium?

Moses

Drums aren't too difficult, basically each different instrument is mapped to a key on your keyboard and you can usually find what's what in the manual. Take a look at my full score if you haven't already. The instruments are kick (bass drum) on the F4 space, cross-stick snare drum on the C5 space, Ride cymbal (with brushes) on the F5 line, and hi-hat on the G5 space (x is closed, o is open).

If you can record over yourself on your keyboard, it shouldn't be hard to add the strings and the drums in.

I have a Korg piano too, an SP-250. It only has piano samples and a few other instruments, but I like it. It doesn't have a record feature but I have it hooked up to my computer which can record.

Moses

Yeah it's under Penny's Song, click on Full Score. Email me if you need help with anything.

Moses: thanks ;D I'm such an idiot. I hadn't realized "full score" was a link… my brain is addled since I just came off a week straight of living in the lab. we're talking 18+ hours straight most days. doing nothing but running Western blots.  Many times this week I considered quitting lab, then quitting med school, and going off to open my supervillainess mail-order heart attack supply company. ;P

Dark Matter: Well thank you! And please see my above comment to Schnappi. I believe everyone can sing. the point of music is to make people feel things, to convey emotion. if you can do that, you're fine.

honestly, I'm a very very mediocre singer, nothing special. I have no training whatsoever, I can't belt (a point of soreness and much insecurity for me especially as I was growing up because I would love to do musical theatre but have no belt whatsoever… and even less spare time than belt, if that's even possible). my only saving grace is being able to convey emotion. >_> or so I think. that said, I would love to duet with you. pick a song!

I think they have karaoke tracks of that, Moses has one and some other guy has another. Check out either

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I'm going to duet that with a friend of mine, too, but it'll probably take a while for him… he's getting married in a wee.. holy crap. yeah. o_o;

are you familiar with recording this sort of thing? I'd want you to record just your parts with no background noise, no pops/clicks/puffs, etc. with the karaoke in headphones. and then just send those to me. I'll take care of the rest.

Hey, if you guys want me to do anything to that On The Rise karaoke track like slow it down or adjust the levels on it, let me know, I'm happy to.

Moses

Actually if you wouldn't mind, I would LOVE an intro!! It's weird jumping immediatly into the singing.

If it's not to much trouble of course…

Oh right sorry, I got mixed up as to whos was whos. But if you could have some sort of cue as to when to start singing, that'd be great, cause right now it all sounds the same at the beginning and I have no idea when to start the singing…