4 Steemit Vocalists Singing a Song Dedicated to @nsijoro whose Phone got Stolen
I don't know why I'm so passionate about singing lately. The picture above is a picture of 3 Steemians after singing Unstoppable by Sia. We took this picture to add colour to our delivery. The picture of me holding a ring light with force is to show that I'm unstoppable and that no one can stop my shine. We dedicated this song to @nsijoro, who lost his phone last month.
It was on a Sunday when he called, telling us that his phone got stolen and that he's phoneless at the moment. This broke my heart because I accompanied him to purchase this phone at an exorbitant price. It's a wicked world, so we didn't expect less. Ever since his phone got lost, he hasn't been active on the platform. He's been tracking the device with the help of force men. This is one of the reasons he powered down. This discouraged him at first; that's why I told @whitie, @sampson1 and @us-andrew to go and pay him a visit.
I told them that they should have in mind that they'll sing a song to comfort @nsijoro for his loss without his knowledge. He was trying to be strong, showing that material things can't break him down completely. A song entered my mind, and it was the song I've been practising vocal range on. Unstoppable by Sia. The song actually fits into the situation because even with the fact that he lost his device used to create content on Steemit and learn other digital skills, that didn't stop his shine. He's unstoppable in a sense. Instead of mourning the loss of the phone, he has taken actions to retrieve it, and even if it eventually doesn't get retrieved, he will still move on.
Practice Session |
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The four of us were eager to sing, but only @us-andrew and I knew the song. @whitie and @sampson01 had to practise the chorus, as getting the full song may be difficult to learn in a short period of time.
- @sampson01 was to sing alto.
- @us-andrew was to blend Tenor
- @whitie was to sing soprano.
- @bossj23 Being me was to sing treble.
Having assigned the musical parts, we started practising. I thought of starting with my treble, but it won't really be giving if I start with treble. @us-andrew was told to sing first while we join our voices with his.
He was to sing....
All smiles, I know what it takes to fool this town
I'll do it 'til the sun goes down.
And all through the nighttime
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah, I'll tell you what you wanna hear
Leave my sunglasses on while I shed a tear
It's never the right time
Yeah, yeah
This is the first part of the song to be sung, and he tried putting emotions into his singing. He was as calm as possible, and that was where the harmony came in. If he started on a high pitch, it would be difficult for others to join their voices together without being stumbled along the line.
@whitie was told to sing the bridges.
I put my armor on, show you how strong I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am
He was to blend perfectly with @us-andrew and use a high note on this, as that's where the unstoppable voice comes from.
Everyone was expected to blend into the chorus
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
We were to blend into the chorus with our assigned voices so there could be some harmony. While others sang as the artiste sang, I changed the tone to make the rhythm sweet and also blend with the song sung instead of making it flat.
@bossj23 was to sing the second stanza of the song without instrumental. I was to blend treble and alto here since my part came in after singing a tight chorus. I was expected to be as calm as possible so I wouldn't choke on my voice.
@whitie, with his perfect soprano voice, killed the echoing of the song and blended our voices to rhyme, even though it tends to go flat at some parts.
Without instrumental, we were able to sing to our hearing, keeping in mind our mistakes. We tried for over 4 times before going life.
The challenges we had were:
- the song having a high pitch in the chorus and our ability to blend into this high voice with different voice parts.
- the second stanza after the first chorus
- the last bridge of the song — [I put my armor on, show you how strong I am. I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am]. This required an enhanced high pitch range that's smooth. It wasn't so easy but attainable.
Going Live with the four vocalists |
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After going through practice sessions with and without the instrumental, we staged our presence and sang the song with its instrumental without vocals. We set up a video stand so as to accommodate us without shaking. We started by introducing ourselves before going live into singing. @nsijoro didn't really understand the reason why we sang the song, but he felt the emotions and impact attached when singing the song.
We started off well and blended well. The only fault we saw was in the high pitch of the last bridge. But the conclusion was dope. The way we ended this in unison made me love the delivery, covering the mistakes made and the flattening. These are the lyrics of the song by the artiste..... Sia
All smiles, I know what it takes to fool this town
I'll do it 'til the sun goes down
And all through the nighttime
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah, I'll tell you what you wanna hear
Leave my sunglasses on while I shed a tear
It's never the right time
Yeah, yeah
I put my armor on, show you how strong I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
Break down, only alone I will cry out loud
You'll never see what's hiding out
Hiding out deep down
Yeah, yeah
I know, I've heard that to let your feelings show
Is the only way to make friendships grow
But I'm too afraid now
Yeah, yeah
I put my armor on, show you how strong I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
I put my armor on, show you how strong I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
Source
High Tones and Los Tones — Conclusion |
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It has really been a long time we did something like this..
This brings back our secondary school days, where we use to sing trending song as at then...Our voices were lighter than this. It all made sense when we sang together. I can still remember the song we really loved to sing. As long as you love me By Justin Bieber.
Singing unstoppable by Sia was awesome.
We should do this some other time. And sing As long as you love me.
@nsijoro came back to meet us singing, and even became our song director... Thanks to him Sha..
@whitie @bossj23 @sampson01 ....Good job guys😁
We can do this today or anytime this week....😁😁😁.....That voice and lyrics is still in my head and it was driving us crazy back then in secondary school with our light voices. The enthusiasm and riffs were just on point.
What a lovely moment, you know having a nice time with friends make the bond more stronger. well this is a beautiful song and I like the voices and the way it flows four masters Bros
You did excellently well in your soprano. It's the way the song ended for me. It was damn.
Thanks I'm very grateful
https://x.com/bossj23Mod/status/1942743607838138423?t=C2BElHsZz-XqES7F7SllQA&s=19
Back then when I was a singer.
I still remember the song we really loved to sing. As long as you love me By Justin Bieber.
Singing unstoppable by Sia was awesome