I’m back to typing in a blog I tend to forget I have sometimes.
But hopefully now that school’s done for the year, I’ll have more time to focus on some stuff, and maybe I can really get this blog going. I’m still not sure what its purpose is yet, so I’m just gonna continue down the train of RANDOM stuff, for now. Maybe something will inspire me.
I surf YouTube, a lot. I come across a lot of videos sometimes.
Enter the world of Vitas.
All I can say is that he’s pure amazement. Words can’t fathom the amazement. And, it’s amazement in 5 octaves.
He was born in Latvia in 1980, and is a well-renowed Russian singer, and is expanding his horizons to other parts of Asia. Needs to find his way to America.
And yes, he is a male, ladies and gentlemen. Countertenor to be exact.
This is him singing his infamous “Opera #2″. I like it, after listening to it DOZENS upon dozens of times. It’s sung in Russian, so don’t expect to understand what he’s singing, unless you speak Russian.
Some people say that he doesn’t do this song performance live, that it’s done lip-synching. I have to say this: after watching this video, along with other videos, and seeing how he moves the microphone away from his mouth, sound stops, and all that jazz, then moves it back….. if taping and syncing can keep up with all of that, then what am I doing here at my computer? Sign me up for a record deal!
All seriousness, I have no doubt he does these things in real-time, live as a heartbeat. If you listen to his voice, you can just tell it’s not being synched. Each voice has a significant, what I call, “live feeling” to it. I dunno if being a music major and having ear-training makes me hear these changes very closely, but when I listened to this I had no doubt he did it live. The very first one I watched by Vitas may be questionable. And that one has editing anyway, so that could simply be a dub-over. I dunno. But I’m sticking up for the man. He’s amazing.
Also, go listen to this other song too. Except for an editing flop at the end, I think this is pretty sound as well.
Pretty well. Except for I’m sure it’s bloody cold out there. : )
Well I’m off to do things, like prepare for bed, shower, and prepare for a gruesome stretch and workout in the morning. I’m not sure about an early-morning workout, but a workout nonetheless.
Until Next Time…..
Don’t forget to buckle up…. when traveling 545mph, 35,000 feet in the air.
