4 New Videos! Enjoy this variety show!

These are all fresh out of the recording oven.... just put these videos together for some auditions coming up that included video submissions. There are four contrasting styles of singing in these four videos. Special thanks to Andrew Blendermann on the keys. He's the best.

And special thanks to Liz Butler, my dear friend who helped at the camera, and in keeping my energy up. It was a very tricky recording day for me, I was beyond exhausted, bedraggled, and tired by that point in my day, as many things had not quite gone to plan- I will spare you all the details, but I was so very grateful for her support and help.
...Anyway -Wish me luck! And enjoy! Let me know if you have a favorite!


Translation: Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville): 

A voice a while back
echoes here in my heart;
already my heart has been pierced
and Lindoro inflicted the wound.

 Yes, Lindoro shall be mine;
I swear it, I will win.

My guardian will refuse me;
I shall sharpen all my wits.
In the end he will be calmed
and I shall rest content...
 
Yes, Lindoro shall be mine;
I swear it, I will win.
Yes, Lindoro shall be mine;
I swear it, yes.
 
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I am docile, I'm respectful,
I'm obedient, gentle, loving;
I let myself be ruled, I let myself be ruled,
I let myself be guided, I let myself be guided.
 
But,
but if they touch me
on my weak spot,
I'll be a viper
and a hundred tricks
I'll play before I yield.

Kurt Weill: Denn wie mann sich bettet so liecht man - from The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
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Background: Jenny, a prostitute, has just been asked to put money forward to help Jim (who hires her regularly), since he can't pay for his bill at the pub, and he is about to be arrested for it. This is her response: 

Vs 1. Gentlemen, my mother labeled onto me once, a nasty word. I would end up in a the show-house (morgue), or in an even worse place. Yes, such a word is easily spoken, But I tell you, out of that will come nothing. You can not do that to me! What will become of me, we will yet see! A person is not an animal (pet). 

Chorus: Because how you make your bed, so you lie. Nobody tucks you in. And when somebody kicks, then that's me. And when someone gets kicked, then that's you.

Vs 2. Gentlemen, a fellow lover said on an occasion, while gazing into my face, "The greatest thing on earth is love, and don't worry about tomorrow"  Yes love, that is easily spoken. But as one gets older every day, Love is requested less and less. You must use the short time you are given wisely. A person is not an animal (pet). 

Chorus: Because how you make your bed, so you lie. Nobody tucks you in. And when somebody kicks, then that's me. And when someone gets kicked, then that's you.

I don't feel like 'Maybe This Time' needs an introduction...everyone knows this classic!

 I Won't Mind by Jeff Blumenkrantz (1965 - ) was written for an unfinished musical, The Other Franklin. This character, after years of desperately wanting a child, and then ultimately miscarrying, has learned that she will never bear a child. She sings this song to her godson (her best friend's baby) in the nursery, while everyone else is in the next room celebrating the christening.