Full Chorus: Don't Stop Believin' [KHV Chorus]

Don't Stop Believin'​

Stats.

11 out of 11 solos TAKEN.

1 out of 13 quartets OPEN.

4 out of 4 duets TAKEN.

Chorus OPEN.​

Notes;

★ Welcome, welcome! Time for Don't Stop Belivein', an anthem of sorts. This songs holds the magical ability to make people cheerful. It can be a lot of fun if done right, so give it your all! Be energetic! Feel the magic! Not only are we receiving the joy of singing in a chorus with each other, but we want our emotions to be captured by those who listen as well. So feel it in your heart and have loads of fun!
★ I don't know how fast this one will fill up, but if it turns into an ocean of members, don't freak out. Double check your lines and I'll update when I'm Online again.
★ Pay attention. If you mess up on a word or a line, please do it over. Sometimes it really hard to fix your mistake. I know it can be time consuming, but it's worth it.
★ Your lines are due BEFORE the listed date. If you have to drop out, drop out TWO DAYS prior at the latest. This is a new requirement. I'm tired of late minute drop outs. Please help me out by giving me enough time to work with your dropping out, if you must do so.

I've been lax with this because of the holidays. But I'll be enforcing it now.

What is this?

It's just a collaboration type musical thingy with KHV members. Anyone can join. ANYONE. All you have to do is post the lines you want, record them, and send them to me on time.

If you weren't in the previous choruses, I need you to find a picture for me to edit for you. High quality anime pictures can be found here: http://www.zerochan.net

It doesn't have to be anime, it can be anything. It just has to be HIGH quality, and LARGE enough for me to work with. Not giant. But a nice size. Bigger than our avatars. Once you turn in a suitable picture, you'll never have to again unless you want to for future chorus stuff.


So yeah, if you want to find another picture for me even if I have one, let me know. Otherwiseeee, for anyone who -hasn't- given me a picture yet at all, please do so.


There are no auditions, no microphone restrictions. It doesn't matter if you think you're an amazing singer, or if your mic is fuzzy, all I ask if that you have fun with it and turn your parts in!


The Song?

Spoiler: Original Song

[video=youtube;5I-SbwCHJ80]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-SbwCHJ80[/video]

Spoiler: Instrumental

http://www.box.com/s/84tgxx4lnuotzfdittb8

(First line starts at 00:23)

("A singer in a smokey room..." starts at 1:10-11)

("Working hard to get my fill..." starts at 2:06)

How to Record.

For those of you who aren't sure how to go about recording yourself singing it, there are several different programs you can use. Audacity is a free program. I use Reaper, which is also free for evaluation.

What I'd like to ask if that you sing along with the instrumental/main track for timing, but your finished track not have the instrumental. For example, if you make two different tracks in a program, and record yourself singing on one track and have the instrumental on another track or playing on youtube or something while you sing your part, when you send it to me I would like to just hear your voice and not the instrumental. It is MUCH better for you to be too quiet than too loud. If you're quiet, I can turn your volume up. If you're too loud and your mic peaks, I have to turn your volume way dowwwn.

You can sing along with the instrumental, and it's okay if the instrumental/main song is heard faintly in your recording, so long as it doesn't overpower you. For those of you who decide to use Reaper, I can show you a detailed tutorial on how to do it.

Here's an Audacity tutorial written by P for Mulan, but whatever;

Spoiler

How to Use Audacity

Getting the Stuff

Go here and download the version for your computer. (Use the 1.3 series.) Install it in the manner appropriate for your OS.

Go here to download and save the Mulan instrumental to somewhere on your computer. (Or whatever instrumental you may be using.)


Opening the Instrumental

Open Audacity. You'll should see this.

Open the Mulan instrumental with Audacity. In a Mac, it's File>Open. Navigate to where you saved the Mulan instrumental, and open it.

You should now see this. There are two tracks, for the two stereo tracks.


Recording

Open the Audacity preferences and look under the 'Recording' tab for the Overdub option. Make sure it is ticked, so you can hear the instrumental as you record. Mine looks like this, but yours may be slightly different.

Press the red button up top. A new track will begin to record, as can be seen here

Listen through the instrumental until you get to the part with the lines you need to sing, at which point, sing them. When the song is finished, press the yellow, square stop button. You should end up with something like this.


Fixing Errors

Of course, you'll probably screw up somewhere. That's why you can do it multiple times. Click mute on the mistake'd track, as in here. Next, click before the area where you made a mistake and press the record button. You can now sing the part again. When you're done, press the stop button. You'll end up with this. You can do this procedure as many times as needed, until all lines are correct on at least one track.


Editing

Now we have to delete everything except the lines you're gonna use. (You can now unmute any muted tracks.) We want to use the Split Delete tool. You do this by selecting the unwanted lines, as in here, and using Split Delete on it. On a Mac, the shortcut for it is Option+Command+K, but on a PC, at a guess, it would be Alt+Control+K. It will yield this result.

Continue doing this until you've only got your lines left. Mine looks like this.

Now we remove the instrumental track too, by pressing the X on the top-left of those two tracks. We're left with this.


Sending to Jayn

Now the hard work is done, we just need to export it. Go File>Export, and choose where to save the file. Make sure it is in WAV format. It'll look somewhat like this.

Ignore this metadata thing that pops up. Just hit 'OK'. Likewise, hit OK on the Mono Channel warning.

You're done! Now go and upload your file to some filehost, or email it to Jayn.

Rules?

• Have fun!
  
• Send your lines to klairecross@gmail.com in MP3 or WAV format OR provide a download link for me in this thread, PM or VM.
  
• You may have FOUR parts (FOUR lines), and a maximum of FOUR people can sing one part together--EXCEPT for the lines in [brackets]. Those are solos, so only one person can claim those. This rule may be changed depending on how many people are interested.
  
• These Kawaii Desu things here --> { ♥ } <-- are for duets. Only TWO people can claim those.
  
• The lines in black should be recorded by everyone.
  
• First come first serve for lines, but the deadline is January 8th. That means turn in your lines BEFORE then.
  
• Once a line is striked out, it means it's not available anymore.
  
• Please RESERVE your lines before you record. You can post here with what lines (FOUR max, but not three solo parts) you want. I will update the thread with who's singing what part, and what lines are all reserved out.
  
• When you send your lines to me, you can either have your lines timed to the instrumental in ONE long file !TIMED TO THE INSTRUMENTAL!, or you can record all of your lines separately and send them to me that way in a ZIP or RAR file.
  
• Once again...TIME your vocals. Sing to the TIMING of the song. Sing to the song.
  
• Remember that I don't actually want to hear the song behind your vocals. If you sing along, wear headphones so your mic doesn't pick it up OR have the song really low while you record. If I hear it, the audience will too and that makes it sound bad.
  
• Please help fill out the song. If you have the time, please pick four parts. REMEMBER to record the BLACK LINES. Otherwise, when the chorus sings together, your voice will not be included.
  
• Anyone can sing the black lines, but I'm less likely to fit you into the video if the only thing you sang were the black lines. (When it's much harder to fit everyone in to begin with.)

Lyrics/Parts:

Black Lines = EVERYONE records that part.
{ ♥ } = Duets. TWO people can claim that part online.
[ ... ] = Solos. ONE person can claim that. Only ONE solo per singer. This MAY change depending on how many people join.
♂ = Male
♀ = Female
// = Anyone can sing/optional.

♀ [Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world.] [Fearless]

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere. [DarkTraitor, Fearless, Mish, Heart]

♂ [Just a city boy,
Born and raised in south Detroit.] [Andrew]

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere. [Feenie, PaW, Kisala, KH2man13]

A singer in a smoky room, [Saxima, Esther, Haseo, Heart]

A smell of wine and cheap perfume, [Midnight Star, Mish, Heart, Ryan]

{ ♥ } For a smile they can share the night. [Fearless, Esther]

It goes on and on and on and on.

Strangers waiting, [Kisala, Haseo, Heart, Fuzzy]

[Up and down the boulevard.] [Midnight]

{ ♥ } Their shadows searching in the night, [Jayn, Cookiie]

Streetlight people, [Andrew, Haseo, Kisala, Ryan]

[Living just to find emotion] [PaW]

Hiding somewhere in the night. [DarkTraitor, Cookiie, Excasr, Fuzzy]

[Working hard to get my fill,] [Esther]

Everybody wants a thrill, [Esther, Excasr, Ryan, KH2man13]

{ ♥ } Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time. [Jayn, Midnight]

[Some will win,] [Saxima]

[some will lose] [Cookiie]

[Some were born to sing the blues.] [DarkTraitor]

Oh, the movie never ends [Ryan, Haseo, What?]

It goes on and on and on and on.

{ ♥ } Strangers waiting, [Feenie, Saxima]

[Up and down the boulevard,] [Jayn]

Their shadows searching in the night.

Streetlight people, [DarkTraitor, Fuzzy, Andrew, What?]

Living just to find emotion, [Jayn, Midnight, Cookiie, Andrew]

Hiding somewhere in the night.

//Ad libs, oohs, lalalas.// (does not count for a line, just send it in if you have it.)

Don't stop believin'

[Hold on to that feelin'] [PaW]

Streetlight people

Don't stop believin' [Fearless, Feenie, Excasr, Kisala]

[Hold on!] [Mish]

Streetlight people [Saxima, Excasr, Kh2man13, Mish]

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people!

Lines In

Ryan
Andrew
Jayn
Excasr
Dr. Doctor
Esther
Cookiie
KH2man13
Feenie
Kisala
Heart
DarkTraitor
Saxima
Fearless
Midnight Star
Mish
Haseo
What?

Mixing Progress.

> Jayn, Ryan and Andrew mixed. 1/2
> Excasr, Dr. Doctor, Esther, Cookiie, KH2man13, Feenie and Kisala are mixed. 1/6
> All received mixed. 1/8

Video Progress

> Photoshopping done, images placed. 1/5

Pictures Needed From...

N|A
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A smell of wine and cheap perfume

[Up and down the boulevard.]

{ ♥ } Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time.

Living just to find emotion,

 

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere.

Hiding somewhere in the night.

[Some were born to sing the blues.]

Streetlight people,

The above lines, if you please, Jayn.

 

Hey Jayn, may I get these lines :

{ ♥ } Their shadows searching in the night,

Hiding somewhere in the night.

[some will lose]

Living just to find emotion,

 

♀ [Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world.]

{ ♥ } For a smile they can share the night.

Don't stop believin' (last one)

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere.[DarkTraitor]

 

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere.

Don't stop believin' (last one)

{ ♥ } Strangers waiting,

 

Deciding to make my KHV Chorus debut with, of course, a Journey song. lol. I would like these lines~

A singer in a smoky room,

[Some will win,]

{ ♥ } Strangers waiting,

Streetlight people [that last one]

Woo! MY BODY IS READY

Also, here is the HQ anime image you asked for ~ WOO​

 

♂ [Just a city boy,
Born and raised in south Detroit.]
~In purple

{ ♥ } Their shadows searching in the night, [Jayn]
~In red

Streetlight people,
~In magenta

Living just to find emotion, [Jayn, Midnight]
~In dark blue

 

[living just to find emotion]-in orange

Oh the movie never ends-in blueee

Streetlight people-in pink


Been oh so long since I have been in one of these,but I got a new mic so why not <333

 

Hey Jayn,
I'd like to have this lines:

A singer in a smoky room, -in green

{ ♥ } For a smile they can share the night. - in gray

[Working hard to get my fill,] - in green

Everybody wants a thrill, - in blue

Is it possible????
Any problems just tell me!!!
Thanks

 

Damn you Andrew for getting the male stuff before me. Ah well.
These would be loevely:

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere.

Living just to find emotion, [Jayn, Midnight]

Living just to find emotion

[Hold on to that feelin']

 

Funny enough, I don't have much a masculine voice. xD

 

Hey everyone!
I'd like...

Hiding somewhere in the night. [DarkTraitor]

Everybody wants a thrill,

Don't stop believin' (the last one)

Streetlight people (the last one)

If it's possible. Thank you.

...Oh yea Jayn, why the first post is saying "Chorus CLOSED" if there still are lines?

 

Strangers waiting,

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere.

{ ♥ } Strangers waiting,

Don't stop believin'

 

Since I'm going to Buenos Aires tomorrow, here are my lines:

http://www.4shared.com/get/JMKzCLOh/Excasr_DontStopBelievin_Lines.html

And here are my Ohhhs!:

http://www.4shared.com/get/FPKGGvQi/Excasr_DontStopBelievin_Ooohs.html

If you find any trouble with my lines, I will record them again. Or if I can't, drop me out; same Ven's picture from Auld Lang Syne!
Thank you. =]

 

[Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world.]

{ ♥ } For a smile they can share the night.

{ ♥ } Their shadows searching in the night,

Living just to find emotion,

This song is going to be a real challenge, but I'm excited to be able to try it.

 

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere. (Blue)

[Working hard to get my fill,] (Green)

And the final "Streetlight people" (Green)

 

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere.

A smell of wine and cheap perfume.

[Hold on!]

Streetlight people


If any of these lines are unavailable, so help me.. I double-checked. x}

 

Are these still available? If not can you put me anywhere needed?

Just a small town girl...

Paying anything to roll the dice...

Oh the movie never ends...

Don't stop (the first one)

Thanks!

EDIT, the first line was a solo, wasn't it? Is this one still open?

[Some will win]

 

[Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world.]

{ ♥ } For a smile they can share the night.

It goes on and on and on and on.

Strangers waiting,

Can I have these please?