Glide (the music side of my previous post)
THE CHOIR ROCKED!! It had about 80 people I think. I found the sound a bit murky because of the auditorium size, but still, the musicains were awesome - there was a chick soloist, Leah, who was fabulous. There was a hint of country in her gospel style - her voice was so strong, and she was so enthusiastic. It was great! I was moved to tears in a song later in the service because of the arrangement of the choir combined with the soloist. It was so immensly powerful and its that experience that makes me love gospel choirs so much...
(I think, for you interested in technicalities (and for me to remember!) that the choir came in about half way through the song singing along with the lines of the lead vocalist, then they sang some backing for the guy's freestyling, then broke into a lead part with the sopranos, echoed by the altos, then sop/alto - tnr then sop/alt/tnr - bass, everyone together moving through some phat cords before ending it. NB: stoccato for effect rules) .
I am also pretty stoked to have seen MOTOWN's Martha Reeves sing at Glide this morning... she just popped in and sang 'Happy Day'... why not ;- ) That was pretty cool. She just opens her mouth and it comes out - strong, dynamic, and meaningful - and she sang about the Lord like she knew him in her freestyling. And control of the band. Oh yes indeedy. Amazing (actually I'm all stoked in the inside and am stamping my feet excitedly).
All in all - that was a pretty cool first 24 hours in the USA!
THE CHOIR ROCKED!! It had about 80 people I think. I found the sound a bit murky because of the auditorium size, but still, the musicains were awesome - there was a chick soloist, Leah, who was fabulous. There was a hint of country in her gospel style - her voice was so strong, and she was so enthusiastic. It was great! I was moved to tears in a song later in the service because of the arrangement of the choir combined with the soloist. It was so immensly powerful and its that experience that makes me love gospel choirs so much...(I think, for you interested in technicalities (and for me to remember!) that the choir came in about half way through the song singing along with the lines of the lead vocalist, then they sang some backing for the guy's freestyling, then broke into a lead part with the sopranos, echoed by the altos, then sop/alto - tnr then sop/alt/tnr - bass, everyone together moving through some phat cords before ending it. NB: stoccato for effect rules) .
I am also pretty stoked to have seen MOTOWN's Martha Reeves sing at Glide this morning... she just popped in and sang 'Happy Day'... why not ;- ) That was pretty cool. She just opens her mouth and it comes out - strong, dynamic, and meaningful - and she sang about the Lord like she knew him in her freestyling. And control of the band. Oh yes indeedy. Amazing (actually I'm all stoked in the inside and am stamping my feet excitedly).All in all - that was a pretty cool first 24 hours in the USA!
