lol, awesome

LOL! I usually just keep my mouth shut. I am thinking about learning sign language and just jumping into the role of no voice at all!!! I friggen hate my voice and. I HATE the phone. Good luck to you all I really mean that.

I've been singing "The Bramble and the Rose" lately. Such a sweet song and the only high part is the chorus, the verse is sung pretty low.

Pat Benetar rocks so much
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I love her voice.  I've often wished I could sound like her.

Well, its a pretty well trained voice, for sure, she was accepted to The Juilliard School and went for a year or two, sang with an opera and did musical theater before becoming a rock diva.  Odd note, she travels with a washer and dryer - in big roadcases, because she has to have clean clothes every night.  Strange, but true.

I only know Bette Midler's "The Rose" which is close to something I can sing... how is some of the rest of her music for appropriate range?

I like singing Patsy Cline songs. She does allot of standard tunes and her voice is in a fairly easy range to match. I also sing Blondie, Siouxsie and the banshees and a few others. I like to mix it up a bit.....Country, R&B, Rock 

Anything by Neko Case or Shirley Manson of Garbage. I'm really surprised that neither was mentioned in this thread previously. Both are great altos.

I like singing songs by Superchick, Paramore, Flyleaf, and Evanescence. I practice daily, so I've gotten a lot better, but I don't sing Evanescence songs too much because if I did it would put too much strain on my vocal cords. I like the band Within Temptation too, but that's a little above my ability level.

Gwen Stephani is another one of my fav.s to sing along with 

Linkin Park worked for me, and oddly enough so did Disturbed and Slipknot as well as many other metal songs...

Oddly, enough, I always sing to Digitalism and Daft Punk songs to help my voice.



Forward!

Does anyone here know Wicked? Elphaba (the main character) is a mezzosoprano, so it shouldn't be that hard for to reach her notes... this is her lowest song (it's kinda depressing, though):

Wicked - I'm Not That Girl


This one is fun, too:

For Good

Generally: Look at musical theatre songs. There are a lot of mezzo/alto songs. Kim and Ellen in Miss Saigon, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd etc.

Have fun!

P.S. Check out RENT. It's full of mezzos and altos. Actually, there is no soprano in it at all. It's really cool; I just discovered it today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_(musical)

It's about seven people (four of them have AIDS, three or heterosexual, three homosexual, and one bisexual, one is a ->-bleeped-<-) living in Manhattan, and it's actually based on the opera La Bohème, so they live kind of a Bohemian life ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemianism ).

This song should be a good one for your voices, it's a duet between a mezzosoprano and an alto.

RENT (1996 OBC Recording) - "Take Me Or Leave Me"

Maureen:
Every single day,
I walk down the street
I hear people say: "Baby's so sweet!"
Ever since puberty
Everybody stares at me,
Boys, girls I can't help it, baby.
So be kind, and don't lose your mind
Just remember, that I'm your baby

Take me for what I am!
Who I was meant to be!
And if you give a damn,
Take me baby, or leave me!

Take me baby or leave me!

A tiger in a cage
Can never see the sun.
This diva needs her stage, baby,
Let's have fun!
You are the one I choose,
Folks would kill to fill your shoes!
You love the limelight too now, baby!
So be mine, and don't waste my time
Cryin', "Oh honey bear are you still my, my, my baby?"

Joanne:
Don't you dare!

Maureen:
Take me for what I am!
Who I was meant to be!
And, if you give a damn,
Take me baby, or leave me!

No way, can I be what I'm not!
But hey, don't you want your girl hot?
Don't fight, don't loose your head,
'Cause every night who's in your bed?
Who? Who's in your bed?
(spoken) Kiss Pookie?!

Joanne:
It won't work!
I look before I leap.
I love margins and discipline.
I make lists in my sleep, baby.
What's my sin?
Never quit.
I follow through.
I hate mess but I love you.
What to do with my impromptu baby?
So be wise, 'cause this girl satisfies,
You got a prize, so don't compromise
You're one lucky baby!!!

Joanne: Take me for what I am!
Maureen: A control freak!
Joanne: Who I was meant to be!
Maureen: A snob yet over attentive!
Joanne: And, if you give a damn!
Maureen: A lovable droll, geek!
Joanne: Take me baby or leave me!
Maureen: An anal retentive!
Both: That's it!
Joanne: The straw that breaks my back!
Both: I quit!
Joanne: Unless you take it back!
Both: Women!
Maureen: What is it about them?
Both: Can't live, with them or without them!

Both: Take me for what I am
Joanne: Who I was meant to be
Maureen: Who I was meant to be
And, if you give a damn
Joanne: And if you give a damn you better take me baby
Maureen (spoken): Oh take me baby!
Joanne: Or leave me
Maureen: Take me or leave me
Both: Take me baby, or leave me
Spoken: Guess I'm leaving, I'm gone!

Actually I tried this, but this really does give your voice a work
Gigi D'Agostino -  I 'll fly with you - L'amour Toujours

fly with you- Gigi D'Agostino