I have been talking to the members of my band since I got home, I am so incredibly pumped to get started and start gigging. I cannot wait to get a gig and rock the faces off of the crowd. I have a lot of really good ideas to take older tunes and rock them the hell out.
This last weekend definitely lit a fire to get my band rolling and get out there. I have been so passive the last couple years about making music and gigging. I'm sure part of it had to do with my weight gain and not feeling confident about myself in that aspect. The other part, I know was because I just didn't believe in myself anymore. After my weekend in Chicago, that has 100% changed. I definitely feel ready to take the world by storm and rock the world with my music.
I cannot wait until I can tell all of you when we have our first gig! Hopefully, we will be ready in a few weeks. Even if it's just a short show, I don't care. I just want to play!! I know that my bandmates are ready and excited to get out and jam too. When it's in your blood, it's in your blood and there isn't anything that can replace that feeling that you get on stage! :)
We are having our first practice on Monday and will talk about band names then, I'm sure. I hope we can all agree on something awesome. Not actually "Something Awesome" as a band name but it does kind of fit all of our personalities. Haha. It is a little too close to "Something Corporate" for me but we'll see what the boys have up their sleeves for ideas for band names.
I am just so excited! I can't wait!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
What a freakin' whirl wind!
Wow. I am all ready back home. Seems just like last night that I was sitting here telling you all about how freaking nervous I was getting. Well, I know everyone wants details.. So I'll give you the details I can.
We left Wednesday evening, drove all the way to my mom's and got there a little after 4am. We piddled around during the day, ended up doing a little shopping and then my step-dad talked me into going to karaoke Thursday night. We found $1 bottle, domestic beers. Can you say JACKPOT!? Every time I went up to the bar, I grabbed six beers! It was a blast. The owner of the Savannah House (http://savannahouse.com/index.html), sang a duet with me! We sang "Take me or leave me" from RENT. Brought the friggen house down.
Fast forward to Friday. We got up, later than I wanted to - $1 beers will do that to ya. I bawled my eyes out having to leave Jack for the first time overnight and this would be three nights. Got on the Metra, rode to the O'hare transfer, took a shuttle to O'hare, got on the blue line at O'hare, went to Logan Square and started the trek to my brother's house. Prior to leaving my mom's house, my mom told Logan and I that it was only "five or six blocks from Logan Square (the train stop) to Zach's house." Yeah, no. Turns out it's more like 2 miles but if you get lost -- it turns into four. So, we barely get to Zach's by the time we needed to be downtown to meet my friend Steve. Luckily, he drove down (well, technically I think it's up.. but to-may-to/to-mah-to) and came to pick us up. We were going to go to the Outback for dinner but we barely had enough time to get to the hotel - so we ate at the bar. Turns out, to make a blt sandwich it takes a half hour. Anyway, I had to scarf down my food (because Logan and I hadn't eaten anything all day because we hadn't intended on getting lost and not having time to grab lunch with Steve!) before going to the meet and greet.
I get to the meet and greet and there is hardly anyone in there. I found out I was going to get a medal for making it that far in the competition and had my picture taken about a zillion times. I verified my songs, their key and then sat down for about an hour and a half. Luckily, we brought the iPad and Logan and I played scrabble. :) After waiting forever, we finally found out that Carnie Wilson would be one of the judges! (I heard a shriek from someone who would later turn out to be the person I became closest friends with during the competition.) Then a bunch of other mumbo-jumbo about how if we told anyone about the show that we could have a major law suit brought upon us. After all of that, Logan and I tried to get a hold of my friend Nick and his wife Cora but didn't have any luck. We said that we would go to iCream, which is Cora's ice cream shop in Wicker Park, and the only time that we had available to go was that night. So, we hopped on the blue line and headed to Wicker Park.
We got off the train, tried to find iCream ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/ICream-Cafe ) and of course our phones are dying. We decided to just walk down the street until we found it, yes after all ready having walked four miles about three hours earlier our bright idea is to walk MORE. Of course, we can't find it. Why would anything go right for us? We hit up a Walgreens to get a few things that I knew I would need before the competition, wisps, nail polish remover, eyeliner, an eyeliner sharpener, listerine, etc. Then we ask for directions. Turns out, we had all ready passed it. Yay for us. We get there finally and there wasn't much of a line but about two minutes into being there - it's packed. (If you haven't heard of iCream, there is a video on youtube from when it was on the Food Network. Essentially, you pick out what kind of ice cream you want [or frozen yorgurt, organic ice cream, shake or hot pudding], then you pick out the flavor, color and mix-in's. They put it into a regular kitchen-aid mixer, which has a hose for liquid nitrogen to flash freeze your ice cream and they make it right in front of you. Let me tell you, with out a doubt, best ice cream I have EVER had. It was so smooth and creamy, I almost died. After that we wanted to find some Chicago style pizza. We walked around and couldn't find a place that had it, so we settled on New York style pizza -- makes sense, right? We were hungry and it was delicious. Then, we had to make the trek home. I wore my ballet flats, not the ideal shoe for walking miles in the city. We finally made it home around 11ish pm. I was exhausted but definitely ready for the day ahead. I knew that I wouldn't have to sing the next day and so the pressure was off.
We slept in until 8am, got ready and hit the road. As soon as we made it to the House of Blues ( http://www.facebook.com/hobchicago ), I met the most amazing guy - Brandon Hynes. He had a group of friends with him with shirts that said "Brandomonium 2011" and they were amazing too. Logan, my Mom and step-dad sat next to his Grandma and Mom. Apparently, we were meant to be friends. Haha. Anyways, remember earlier when I said I heard someone shriek when they said Carnie Wilson was a judge? It was Brandon. Again, another sign. So, we get inside FINALLY after melting outside forever (because what is a better time to make people show up to a taping than 12:30pm on a hot and humid day? Oh, and in camera ready make-up too.)
Well, we finally got in and it took forever to start the actual singing but once the singers started singing, it stopped being karaoke and started being more like American Idol or America's Got Talent. It was no longer a bunch of drunks up on a stage singing, it was a rip your heart out judgement on your vocals and stage performance. I thought in that moment, after the first performer, "For all of you that thought this was just a shitty karaoke show.. humph! This is the real deal." I clapped, cheered, booed and stood up then sat down more than I ever have in my life. My mom's fingers were cracked from all the clapping!!
We finally got out of The House of Blues around 10pm, we took the train back to the bus stop but we had no idea that the bus didn't run in the evenings. So, we didn't get home until 1130ish. Man, was I livid. I was on so unbelievably hot and annoyed from the long walk. Plus, I had to be up at 5am to be there the next day by 730am. My brother's apartment doesn't have central air. I'm a grown up, I have central air. (Don't worry, when I saw him I told him that he's a grown up and he needs to join the group that has central air. lol) I finally got to sleep around 2am. I had to soak my feet in cold water because they were so sore and swollen from all the walking we had done in the last two days.
We got up, I could barely get my makeup on because I was sweating so badly. My hair looked awful. I was SO mad. We got to the bus, we were afraid we were going to be late for the train. My mom and Zach were going to meet us at the House of Blues. Luckily, they stopped at Dunkin' Donuts and got coffee. My throat was KILLING me and I couldn't stop coughing. Oh, and the real kicker? I knew the week before we left that I was going to get my period while we were in Chicago. I made it through Saturday, no problems. Sunday, I didn't get so lucky. So, not only was I coughing up a storm, my nose was either stuffy or running, my chest was on fire and my throat felt like it was ripped and bleeding -- I was bloated and got my period. THANKS SO MUCH MOTHER NATURE!!
I definitely learned that television isn't all about talent. It isn't all about ratings. It isn't all about filling demographics. It is mostly about ratings, then about filling demographics and then about talent. There was such an unbelievable amount of talent in the room I sat in and I honestly feel so humbled to have been included in that group.
Coming back to Chicago is always such an emotional experience for me. It is where my family started. It is where the most beautiful baby girl was born and placed into my arms. It is where I became a mother. It is where I learned about the importance of need versus want. All I wanted was just to make my kids proud with my performance and talking about my song (since I'm not sure if I can tell you until the show airs without getting sued, I'll wait) just made all of those feelings come to the table. I wanted them to see me as someone who wasn't just their mom but someone who was following her dreams. I have dreamed about being on t.v. and singing since as long as I can remember. My Mom says I was singing since the moment I came out of the womb. I believe that. I don't remember a time in my life when I wasn't singing.
I have always felt I was somewhat talented until this last weekend and now I feel truly blessed. I wasn't on my "a-game" this weekend, I was (and still am) really sick but even still, I feel that it is a major stepping stone for me. My band has our first practice on Monday. I received a HUGE compliment from my guitarist on Tuesday. I was asked to co-sing a jingle for a local business today (details later when I can fully inform you on what it is). It just seems like the ball is fully rolling now. I know that eventually my name will be up in lights, the drive and determination is here more now than ever before.
This is just the beginning for me, I can feel it.
We left Wednesday evening, drove all the way to my mom's and got there a little after 4am. We piddled around during the day, ended up doing a little shopping and then my step-dad talked me into going to karaoke Thursday night. We found $1 bottle, domestic beers. Can you say JACKPOT!? Every time I went up to the bar, I grabbed six beers! It was a blast. The owner of the Savannah House (http://savannahouse.com/index.html), sang a duet with me! We sang "Take me or leave me" from RENT. Brought the friggen house down.
Fast forward to Friday. We got up, later than I wanted to - $1 beers will do that to ya. I bawled my eyes out having to leave Jack for the first time overnight and this would be three nights. Got on the Metra, rode to the O'hare transfer, took a shuttle to O'hare, got on the blue line at O'hare, went to Logan Square and started the trek to my brother's house. Prior to leaving my mom's house, my mom told Logan and I that it was only "five or six blocks from Logan Square (the train stop) to Zach's house." Yeah, no. Turns out it's more like 2 miles but if you get lost -- it turns into four. So, we barely get to Zach's by the time we needed to be downtown to meet my friend Steve. Luckily, he drove down (well, technically I think it's up.. but to-may-to/to-mah-to) and came to pick us up. We were going to go to the Outback for dinner but we barely had enough time to get to the hotel - so we ate at the bar. Turns out, to make a blt sandwich it takes a half hour. Anyway, I had to scarf down my food (because Logan and I hadn't eaten anything all day because we hadn't intended on getting lost and not having time to grab lunch with Steve!) before going to the meet and greet.
I get to the meet and greet and there is hardly anyone in there. I found out I was going to get a medal for making it that far in the competition and had my picture taken about a zillion times. I verified my songs, their key and then sat down for about an hour and a half. Luckily, we brought the iPad and Logan and I played scrabble. :) After waiting forever, we finally found out that Carnie Wilson would be one of the judges! (I heard a shriek from someone who would later turn out to be the person I became closest friends with during the competition.) Then a bunch of other mumbo-jumbo about how if we told anyone about the show that we could have a major law suit brought upon us. After all of that, Logan and I tried to get a hold of my friend Nick and his wife Cora but didn't have any luck. We said that we would go to iCream, which is Cora's ice cream shop in Wicker Park, and the only time that we had available to go was that night. So, we hopped on the blue line and headed to Wicker Park.
We got off the train, tried to find iCream ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/ICream-Cafe ) and of course our phones are dying. We decided to just walk down the street until we found it, yes after all ready having walked four miles about three hours earlier our bright idea is to walk MORE. Of course, we can't find it. Why would anything go right for us? We hit up a Walgreens to get a few things that I knew I would need before the competition, wisps, nail polish remover, eyeliner, an eyeliner sharpener, listerine, etc. Then we ask for directions. Turns out, we had all ready passed it. Yay for us. We get there finally and there wasn't much of a line but about two minutes into being there - it's packed. (If you haven't heard of iCream, there is a video on youtube from when it was on the Food Network. Essentially, you pick out what kind of ice cream you want [or frozen yorgurt, organic ice cream, shake or hot pudding], then you pick out the flavor, color and mix-in's. They put it into a regular kitchen-aid mixer, which has a hose for liquid nitrogen to flash freeze your ice cream and they make it right in front of you. Let me tell you, with out a doubt, best ice cream I have EVER had. It was so smooth and creamy, I almost died. After that we wanted to find some Chicago style pizza. We walked around and couldn't find a place that had it, so we settled on New York style pizza -- makes sense, right? We were hungry and it was delicious. Then, we had to make the trek home. I wore my ballet flats, not the ideal shoe for walking miles in the city. We finally made it home around 11ish pm. I was exhausted but definitely ready for the day ahead. I knew that I wouldn't have to sing the next day and so the pressure was off.
We slept in until 8am, got ready and hit the road. As soon as we made it to the House of Blues ( http://www.facebook.com/hobchicago ), I met the most amazing guy - Brandon Hynes. He had a group of friends with him with shirts that said "Brandomonium 2011" and they were amazing too. Logan, my Mom and step-dad sat next to his Grandma and Mom. Apparently, we were meant to be friends. Haha. Anyways, remember earlier when I said I heard someone shriek when they said Carnie Wilson was a judge? It was Brandon. Again, another sign. So, we get inside FINALLY after melting outside forever (because what is a better time to make people show up to a taping than 12:30pm on a hot and humid day? Oh, and in camera ready make-up too.)
Well, we finally got in and it took forever to start the actual singing but once the singers started singing, it stopped being karaoke and started being more like American Idol or America's Got Talent. It was no longer a bunch of drunks up on a stage singing, it was a rip your heart out judgement on your vocals and stage performance. I thought in that moment, after the first performer, "For all of you that thought this was just a shitty karaoke show.. humph! This is the real deal." I clapped, cheered, booed and stood up then sat down more than I ever have in my life. My mom's fingers were cracked from all the clapping!!
We finally got out of The House of Blues around 10pm, we took the train back to the bus stop but we had no idea that the bus didn't run in the evenings. So, we didn't get home until 1130ish. Man, was I livid. I was on so unbelievably hot and annoyed from the long walk. Plus, I had to be up at 5am to be there the next day by 730am. My brother's apartment doesn't have central air. I'm a grown up, I have central air. (Don't worry, when I saw him I told him that he's a grown up and he needs to join the group that has central air. lol) I finally got to sleep around 2am. I had to soak my feet in cold water because they were so sore and swollen from all the walking we had done in the last two days.
We got up, I could barely get my makeup on because I was sweating so badly. My hair looked awful. I was SO mad. We got to the bus, we were afraid we were going to be late for the train. My mom and Zach were going to meet us at the House of Blues. Luckily, they stopped at Dunkin' Donuts and got coffee. My throat was KILLING me and I couldn't stop coughing. Oh, and the real kicker? I knew the week before we left that I was going to get my period while we were in Chicago. I made it through Saturday, no problems. Sunday, I didn't get so lucky. So, not only was I coughing up a storm, my nose was either stuffy or running, my chest was on fire and my throat felt like it was ripped and bleeding -- I was bloated and got my period. THANKS SO MUCH MOTHER NATURE!!
I definitely learned that television isn't all about talent. It isn't all about ratings. It isn't all about filling demographics. It is mostly about ratings, then about filling demographics and then about talent. There was such an unbelievable amount of talent in the room I sat in and I honestly feel so humbled to have been included in that group.
Coming back to Chicago is always such an emotional experience for me. It is where my family started. It is where the most beautiful baby girl was born and placed into my arms. It is where I became a mother. It is where I learned about the importance of need versus want. All I wanted was just to make my kids proud with my performance and talking about my song (since I'm not sure if I can tell you until the show airs without getting sued, I'll wait) just made all of those feelings come to the table. I wanted them to see me as someone who wasn't just their mom but someone who was following her dreams. I have dreamed about being on t.v. and singing since as long as I can remember. My Mom says I was singing since the moment I came out of the womb. I believe that. I don't remember a time in my life when I wasn't singing.
I have always felt I was somewhat talented until this last weekend and now I feel truly blessed. I wasn't on my "a-game" this weekend, I was (and still am) really sick but even still, I feel that it is a major stepping stone for me. My band has our first practice on Monday. I received a HUGE compliment from my guitarist on Tuesday. I was asked to co-sing a jingle for a local business today (details later when I can fully inform you on what it is). It just seems like the ball is fully rolling now. I know that eventually my name will be up in lights, the drive and determination is here more now than ever before.
This is just the beginning for me, I can feel it.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Holy Nervousness Batman.
It has hit. I am nervous. I have been cleaning and packing all morning and I am ready to throw up. I just want to do well and rock. I'm not really nervous about the competition. I'm worried about crying during my damn song. I talked to my mom and step-dad this morning and they both said they're going to be bawling the entire time through my song. That's comforting. Knowing if I catch a glimpse of them bawling, I will lose it. I have been singing it all morning and I do fine until "you leave home, you move on and you do the best you can.. I got lost in this ol' world and forgot who I am. I thought if I could touch this place or feel it.. This brokenness inside me, might start healing.. Out here it's like I'm someone else.. I thought that maybe I could find myself. If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave.. won't take nothin' but a memory... from the house that built me.."
When I moved to Chicago, that is exactly how I felt. I felt lost and broken. I felt alone and scared. If that song would have came out at that time, I might not have been able to stop crying.
Now, I am going back to Chicago - the place that feels like "home" to me and I'm chasing my dream. It just seems so surreal. First of all, I can't believe I am getting this opportunity. I have wanted this for my entire life. A chance to be on stage, in front of millions. A chance to be on the radio. A chance to sing for a living. I can't remember a time when I didn't want that.
One of the questions on the info sheet that abc sent me was "how would it feel if you won this competition?" How do you put into words of how you would feel if your dream came true? I don't have words for it. I really, really don't. Disbelief. That's about the only word I can come up with that even comes close to how I would feel. I remember being eight years old and wanting nothing more than to be on stage with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men and sing their songs with them. Now, almost 20 years later -- I still want that very same thing. Instead of being on stage with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, I'd like to be on stage with my band and playing my songs. My dream hasn't changed in twenty years. When I tried to come up with any other career besides being a musician, I couldn't figure anything out that would make me as happy. When I am on stage, the feeling I have is indescribable. It feels perfect. I feel like I was meant to be put there. I don't feel that way anywhere else. Well, except when I'm with my kids.
Maybe the best way to explain how I feel is to associate it to the first time you saw your baby, right after you delivered your baby and they bring him/her to you. That feeling of jubilation and pride. Even then, it's not the same feeling but it's close. For me, it is different than those of you mom's that have natural births and get to hold your babies right away. I just got to see my kid's faces before they whisked them away. In that moment, when my eyes met their eyes the world was perfect. There was nothing else that even mattered.
That's what it's like when I'm on stage. My eyes meet the eyes of everyone in the audience and that is all that matters. Giving every bit of me to them. Putting my heart on my sleeve and letting go of all other cares in the world. It's just me and them. For those few minutes, nothing else matters. I want them to feel what I feel. I want them to know what that song means to me, what it feels like in my heart. It sounds crazy but it's the only real way I can describe it.
So, to be able to win and sing - literally - for the world isn't even fathomable to me. The biggest crowd I have preformed for is 2200 people. I sang the national anthem at a muskie's game a few years ago. Now, it's millions, with the possibility of billions of people. It just doesn't even seem real to me. I feel like I am going to wake up tomorrow and this will have all been a really awesome dream.
I am so glad I chose to blog my feelings about all of this. I really talked myself out of my nervousness. I have this stupid looking smile on my face and I am completely content. I know I have some of the best friends in the world because you have all been SO supportive and given me such great words of encouragement and for that, I am eternally thankful. You will probably never know how much it means to me to have your support. I will continue to blog while I am away and post pictures on facebook. I will keep you all updated and "in the know".
Gotta finish packing. :)
When I moved to Chicago, that is exactly how I felt. I felt lost and broken. I felt alone and scared. If that song would have came out at that time, I might not have been able to stop crying.
Now, I am going back to Chicago - the place that feels like "home" to me and I'm chasing my dream. It just seems so surreal. First of all, I can't believe I am getting this opportunity. I have wanted this for my entire life. A chance to be on stage, in front of millions. A chance to be on the radio. A chance to sing for a living. I can't remember a time when I didn't want that.
One of the questions on the info sheet that abc sent me was "how would it feel if you won this competition?" How do you put into words of how you would feel if your dream came true? I don't have words for it. I really, really don't. Disbelief. That's about the only word I can come up with that even comes close to how I would feel. I remember being eight years old and wanting nothing more than to be on stage with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men and sing their songs with them. Now, almost 20 years later -- I still want that very same thing. Instead of being on stage with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, I'd like to be on stage with my band and playing my songs. My dream hasn't changed in twenty years. When I tried to come up with any other career besides being a musician, I couldn't figure anything out that would make me as happy. When I am on stage, the feeling I have is indescribable. It feels perfect. I feel like I was meant to be put there. I don't feel that way anywhere else. Well, except when I'm with my kids.
Maybe the best way to explain how I feel is to associate it to the first time you saw your baby, right after you delivered your baby and they bring him/her to you. That feeling of jubilation and pride. Even then, it's not the same feeling but it's close. For me, it is different than those of you mom's that have natural births and get to hold your babies right away. I just got to see my kid's faces before they whisked them away. In that moment, when my eyes met their eyes the world was perfect. There was nothing else that even mattered.
That's what it's like when I'm on stage. My eyes meet the eyes of everyone in the audience and that is all that matters. Giving every bit of me to them. Putting my heart on my sleeve and letting go of all other cares in the world. It's just me and them. For those few minutes, nothing else matters. I want them to feel what I feel. I want them to know what that song means to me, what it feels like in my heart. It sounds crazy but it's the only real way I can describe it.
So, to be able to win and sing - literally - for the world isn't even fathomable to me. The biggest crowd I have preformed for is 2200 people. I sang the national anthem at a muskie's game a few years ago. Now, it's millions, with the possibility of billions of people. It just doesn't even seem real to me. I feel like I am going to wake up tomorrow and this will have all been a really awesome dream.
I am so glad I chose to blog my feelings about all of this. I really talked myself out of my nervousness. I have this stupid looking smile on my face and I am completely content. I know I have some of the best friends in the world because you have all been SO supportive and given me such great words of encouragement and for that, I am eternally thankful. You will probably never know how much it means to me to have your support. I will continue to blog while I am away and post pictures on facebook. I will keep you all updated and "in the know".
Gotta finish packing. :)
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Lives for e-mail.
Prior to the last week, my e-mail was mostly comprised of junk. I'd get a few e-mails each day about Pampered Chef and usually one each day from my "boss" but other than that my inbox would burst at the seams from junk mail. Lately, it has become an entirely different story.
I check my e-mail with excitement now, hoping that I will get another message from one of the producers. Over the weekend, I didn't receive anything from the producers of the show and I didn't check my notifications on my phone as often. I'd just clear out the screen on my phone and after I got several, I would finally check it. Well, I did the same thing starting today. I just cleared out my screen and didn't think anything of it. I accidentally went into my e-mail instead of my facebook and I got an e-mail from one of the producers!
It said, "Below are the songs that you will perform in Chicago. Everyone will perform song 1. Only the top two males and top two femails will perform their song 2. Everyone practice hard and be ready. The competition is intense, grueling, exciting and a huge new experience. Work your vocals to be perfect in pitch and tone. Have fun and give every moment your all. You will have a blast.
Song 1 - House that built me by Miranda Lambert
Song 2 - What's up by 4 Non Blondes
Shit. I should have decided the order before I chose my songs. They didn't give any instruction when we were told to choose our songs. Just choose them. Now I am worried that I chose my songs in the wrong order.
I wanted to show that I had range in my genres as well as vocally. I am starting to flip out now. So much for my post earlier about being unusually calm. Here it is, the freak out. Luckily, I know this song well and can sing it well. I'm just not sure that it is the song I should have chosen to be my first song.
I guess I'll be singing it non-stop until Saturday. That gives me enough time to put my own spin on it, make it more my own and give it some flare. I love Miranda Lambert but this song isn't much in the way of a flashy tune.
I wish we would have had more songs to choose from. There just weren't many that I felt comfortable singing. Here's the list. This is what they gave all the preformers to choose from..
I just didn't feel like many of these were awesome song selections. I dunno. I need to get some cleaning done before my son wakes up.
If you have any suggestions as to what songs you think would have been good choices. Feel free to let me know. :)
I check my e-mail with excitement now, hoping that I will get another message from one of the producers. Over the weekend, I didn't receive anything from the producers of the show and I didn't check my notifications on my phone as often. I'd just clear out the screen on my phone and after I got several, I would finally check it. Well, I did the same thing starting today. I just cleared out my screen and didn't think anything of it. I accidentally went into my e-mail instead of my facebook and I got an e-mail from one of the producers!
It said, "Below are the songs that you will perform in Chicago. Everyone will perform song 1. Only the top two males and top two femails will perform their song 2. Everyone practice hard and be ready. The competition is intense, grueling, exciting and a huge new experience. Work your vocals to be perfect in pitch and tone. Have fun and give every moment your all. You will have a blast.
Song 1 - House that built me by Miranda Lambert
Song 2 - What's up by 4 Non Blondes
Shit. I should have decided the order before I chose my songs. They didn't give any instruction when we were told to choose our songs. Just choose them. Now I am worried that I chose my songs in the wrong order.
I wanted to show that I had range in my genres as well as vocally. I am starting to flip out now. So much for my post earlier about being unusually calm. Here it is, the freak out. Luckily, I know this song well and can sing it well. I'm just not sure that it is the song I should have chosen to be my first song.
I guess I'll be singing it non-stop until Saturday. That gives me enough time to put my own spin on it, make it more my own and give it some flare. I love Miranda Lambert but this song isn't much in the way of a flashy tune.
I wish we would have had more songs to choose from. There just weren't many that I felt comfortable singing. Here's the list. This is what they gave all the preformers to choose from..
| Title | Performer | Key | Version | ||||||||
| (I can’t get No) Satisfaction | Rolling Stones | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight | Cutting Crew | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave | Linda Ronstadt | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | 2520 | |||||||||
| A Broken Wing | Martina McBride | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action | Toby Keith | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| A Thousand Miles | Vanessa Carlton | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| A Well Respected Man | The Kinks | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| A Whiter Shade Of Pale | Procol Harum | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| ABC | The Jackson 5 | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ain't It Funny | Jennifer Lopez | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Diana Ross | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Michael McDonald | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ain't Too Proud To Beg | The Rolling Stones | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ain't Too Proud To Beg | The Temptations | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| All By Myself | Celine Dion | ||||||||||
| All Day And All Of The Night | The Kinks | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| All Out Of Love | Air Supply | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| All She Wants To Do Is Dance | Don Henley, The Eagles | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| All Shook Up | Elvis Presley | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| All That Jazz | Chicago (Broadway) | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| All These Years | Sawyer Brown | Abm | 2682 | ||||||||
| Alone | Celine Dion | Bbm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Already Gone | Kelly Clarkson | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Always On My Mind | Elvis Presley | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Always On My Mind | Willie Nelson | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Amarillo By Morning | George Strait | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Amazing Grace | Elvis Presley | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Amazing Grace | Mahalia Jackson | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Amazing Grace | Various | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| American Honey | Lady Antebellum | TKC | |||||||||
| American Ride | Toby Keith | E | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going | Jennifer Hudson | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going | Jennifer Holiday | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Angel | Sarah McLaughlin | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Another Day In Paradise | Phil Collins | F#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Another Saturday Night | Jimmy Buffett | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Another Saturday Night | Sam Cooke | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Anything Goes | Broadway Version | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Apologize | One Republic | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| As Tears Go By | Rolling Stones | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| At This Moment | Billy Vera & The Beaters | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Baby I Love Your Way | Big Mountain | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Baby, I Love Your Way | Peter Frampton | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Baby I Need Your Lovin' | Four Tops | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Baby I'm A Want You | Bread | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Baby Love | The Supremes | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Baby One More TIme | Britney Spears | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Back In My Arms Again | Kenny Chesney | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Bad Case Of Lovin' You (Doctor, Doctor) | Robert Palmer | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Dm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Bad Romance | Lady Gaga | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Before He Cheats | Carrie Underwood | 17333 | |||||||||
| Before You Accuse Me | Eric Clapton | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Big Dog Daddy | Toby Keith | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Black Velvet | Alanah Myles | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Black Velvet | Robin Lee | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Bleeding Love | Leona Lewis | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Blue Moon | The Marcels | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Blue Suede Shoes | Elvis Presley | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Boogie Shoes | KC & the Sunshine Band | ||||||||||
| Boots On | Randy Houser | Chartbuster Karaoke | |||||||||
| Borderline | Madonna | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Born This Way | Lady Gaga | Eb | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| Born To Be Wild | Steppenwolf | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Breathe | Michelle Branch | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Bring It on Home to Me | Sam Cooke | C | 17439 | ||||||||
| Bring It On Home To Me | Sam Cooke | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Broken Wings | Mr. Mister | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Brown Sugar | Rolling Stones | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Bubbly | Colbie Caillat | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Burnin' Love | Elvis Presley | TKC | |||||||||
| Cafe on the Corner | Sawyer Brown | 7532 | |||||||||
| Can't Fight This Feeling | REO Speedwagon | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Can't Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley | D | 873 | ||||||||
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Chain Of Fools | Aretha Franklin | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Chrome Plated Heart | Melissa Etheridge | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Come Monday | Jimmy Buffet | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Consider Me Gone | Reba Mcentire | Ab | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| Cooler Than Me | Mike Posner | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| Copacabana | Barry Manilow | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Could It Be I'm Falling Love | The Spinners | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Crazy | Patsy Cline | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Crazy | Leann Rimes | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Crazy Town | Jason Aldean | C#m | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| Cruisin' | D'angelo | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Cruisin' | Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Cruisin' | Smokey Robinson | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Cry Me A River | Julie London | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Crying | Roy Orbison | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Danke Schoen | Wayne Newton | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Dancing in the Street | Martha & The Vandellas | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Dancing in the Street | David Bowie & Mick Jagger | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Daydream Believer | Anne Murray | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Daydream Believer | The Monkees | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Dead Flowers | Rolling Stones | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| December '63 (Oh What A Night) | Four Seasons | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Devil With A Blue Dress On | Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Diggin' On You | TLC | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Disturbia | Rihanna | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Do It Again | Steely Dan | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Do It Again | Smashmouth | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Aretha Franklin | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Does My Ring Burn Your Finger | LeeAnn Womack | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Don't Cha | Pussycat Dolls | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Don't Cha (No Rap Version) | Pussycat Dolls | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| Don't Close Your Eyes | Keith Whitley | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Don't Know Why | Norah Jones | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Don't Leave Me This Way | Thelma Houston | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Don't Rain On My Parade | Barbara Streisand | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Down By the River | Bing Crosby | ||||||||||
| Down the Road | Kenny Chesney | Chartbuster | |||||||||
| Down The Road | Mac McAnally | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Downtown | Petula Clark | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Easy | Commodores | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Easy | Faith No More | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Elenore | The Turtles | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | Rupert Holmes | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Everlasting Love | Gloria Estefan | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Everlasting Love | Robert Knight | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Everytime I Close My Eyes | Babyface | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Fat Bottomed Girls | Queen | 3905 | |||||||||
| Fire and Ice | Pat Benatar | Cm | Clearance is pending | ||||||||
| Flame | Cheap Trick | ||||||||||
| Flashdance... What A Feeling | Irene Cara | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Feels Like Today | Rascal Flatts | F# | 15619 | ||||||||
| Fire and Ice | Pat Benatar | Cm | 7559 | ||||||||
| Fly Me To The Moon | Frank Sinatra | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| For Once In My Life | Stevie Wonder | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| For The Good Times | Aaron Neville | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| For The Good Times | Al Green | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| For The Good Times | Ray Price | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Fun Fun Fun | The Beach Boys | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Get Down On It | Kool & The Gang | Em | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Get Down Tonight | KC & The Sunshine Band | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Get Here | Oleta Adams | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Get Ready | The Temptations | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Gimme Shelter | Rolling Stones | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Girls Just Want To Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Good Vibrations | The Beach Boys | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Gotta Be Somebody (Radio Version) | Nickleback | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Gotta Get Thru This (Radio Version) | Daniel Bedingfield | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves | Cher | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart | Randy Travis | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Have I Told You Lately? | Rod Stewart | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Have I Told You Lately? | Van Morrison | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman | Bryan Adams | 4558 | |||||||||
| Have You Seen Her | The Chi-lites | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Having A Party | Rod Stewart | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Having A Party | Sam Cooke | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Heart And Soul | Huey Lewis And The News | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Heaven | Bryan Adams | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Heaven Is A Place On Earth | Belinda Carlisle | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Here Comes Goodbye | Rascall Flatts | Chartbuster | |||||||||
| Hero | Mariah Carey | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Hey There Delilah | Plaine White Tees | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| High Maintenance Woman (Radio Version) | Toby Keith | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Higher Ground | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Em | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder | Ebm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Hip To Be Square | Huey Lewis And The News | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me | Mel Carter | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Honkey Tonk Women | Rolling Stones | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Hot Stuff | Donna Summer | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| House That Built Me | Miranda Lambert | F | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| How Am I Supposed To Live Without You | Laura Branigan | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| How Am I Supposed To Live Without You | Michael Bolton | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| How Do I Live | Leann Rimes | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| How Do I Live | Trisha Yearwood | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | James Taylor | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You | Marvin Gaye | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| How You Remind Me | Nickleback | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Can Dream About You | Dan Hartman | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Can't Help Myself | Four Tops | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Can't Stop Loving You | Ray Charles | TKC | |||||||||
| I Can't Stop Loving You | Ray Charles | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Don't Want To Miss A Thing | Mark Chesnutt | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Don't Want To Miss A Thing | Aerosmith | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Drove All Night | Cyndi Lauper | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Drove All Night | Pinmonkey | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Fall To Pieces | Patsy Cline | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Fall To Pieces | LeAnn Rimes | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Found Someone | Michael Bolton | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Got You Babe | Sonny & Cher | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Gotcha | Joe Tex | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | Ebm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Left My Heart In San Francisco | Tony Bennett | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Like It | Enrique Iglesias | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| I Love A Rainy Night | Rabbitt | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Love Music (Part 1) | The O'Jays | Fm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Love Rock 'N Roll | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Love Rock 'N Roll | Britney Spears | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round) | Alicia Bridges | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Need to Know | Marc Anthony | Bbm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Never Promised You A Rose Garden | Martina McBride | TKC | |||||||||
| I Only Want To Be With You | Bay City Rollers | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Only Want To Be With You | Samantha Fox | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Only Want To Be With You | Dusty Springfield | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Think I Love You | The Partridge Family | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Think We're Alone Now | Tiffany | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Think We're Alone Now | Tommy James & The Shondells | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Walk The Line | Johnny Cash | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Whitney Houston | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Want You Back | N'Sync | 8506 | |||||||||
| I Want You Back | The Jackson 5 | Abm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Want You To Want Me (Radio Version) | Dwight Yoakam | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton & Vince Gill | 5225 | |||||||||
| I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | 2468 | |||||||||
| I Will Survive | Chantay Savage | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I'll Be Around (Whenever You Want Me) | The Spinners | Abm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I'll Be There | Mariah Carey & Trey Lorenz | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I'll Make Love To You | Boyz II Men | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I'm In The Mood For Love | Barbra Streisand | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I'm Real (Radio Version) | Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| I’m Yours | Jason Mraz | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| If I Were Your Woman | Gladys Knight And The Pips | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| If My Heart Had Wings | Faith Hill | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| If U Seek Amy | Britney Spears | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Imagine | John Lennon | ||||||||||
| In The Air Tonight | Phil Collins | Dm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| In The Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Independence Day | Martina McBride | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Independent Woman Part 1 | Destiny's Child | F#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Is This Love | Whitesnake | Em | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| It's All Coming Back To Me | Celine Dion | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| It's Only Make Believe | Conway Twitty | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| It's Raining Men | The Weather Girls | Fm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| It's Your Love | Tim McGraw | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| It's Your Love | Tim McGraw and Faith hill | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| It's Your Thing | Isley Brothers | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Jessie's Girl | Rick Springfield | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Joy To The World | Three Dog Night | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Jumpin' Jack Flash | Rolling Stones | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Jungle Boogie | Kool & The Gang | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Just A Gigolo | David Lee Roth | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Just Can't Get Enough | Depeche Mode | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Just One Look | Linda Ronstadt | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Just One Look | Doris Troy | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Keep Your Hands To Yourself | Georgia Satellites | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Kiss Me | Sixpence None The Richer | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Kiss You All Over | Exile | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ladies Night | Kool & The Gang | C#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Lady Marmalade | Labelle | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Lady Marmalade | Mya & Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim & Pink | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Last Name | Carrie Underwood | 18564 | |||||||||
| Let Er Rip | Dixie Chicks | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Let It Ride | Bachman Turner Overdrive | F#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan | 10335 | |||||||||
| Like A Virgin | Madonna | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Listen To The Music | The Doobie Brothers | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Listen To Your Heart | DHT | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Little Rock | Collin Raye | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Living After Midnight | Judas Priest | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Living In America | James Brown | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Long Black Train | Josh Turner | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Long Tall Sally | Little Richard | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Long Train Runnin | The Doobie Brothers | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Lost in Love | Air Supply | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Love Me | Elvis Presley | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Love Potion Number Nine | The Searchers | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Love Song | Sarah Bareilles | Gm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Lucille | Little Richard | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Magic Man | Heart | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mama Tried | Merle Haggard | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys | Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson | C/ D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Maniac | Michael Sembello | Ebm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Material Girl | Madonna | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Me And Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mickey | Toni Basil | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Milkshake (Radio Version) | Kelis | 14763 | |||||||||
| Missing | Everything But The Girl | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mony Mony | Tommy James & The Shondells | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mony Mony (Live) | Billy Idol | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Mony Mony | Billy Idol | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Moon River | Andy Williams | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| More Than Words | Extreme | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| My All | Mariah Carey | Gm | Clearance is pending | ||||||||
| My Boy Lollipop | Millie Small | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| My Funny Valentine | Frank Sinatra | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| My Girl | The Temptations | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| My Guy | Mary Wells | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) | En Vogue | Bbm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Neon Moon | Brooks & Dunn | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Neutron Dance | Pointer Sisters | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Never Can Say Goodbye | Gloria Gaynor | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Never Can Say Goodbye | The Jackson 5 | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| No One | Alicia Keys | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Oh Girl | The Chi-lites | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Oh Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Oh Pretty Woman | Van Halen | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Okie From Muskogee | Merle Haggard | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Old Time Rock & Roll | Bob Seeger | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| On The Road Again | Willie Nelson | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| One Toke Over The Line | Brewer & Shipley | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Only You | The Platters | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Only You | Travis Tritt | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Oops I Did It Again | Britney Spears | C#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Opposites Attract | Paula Abdul | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Paint It Black | Rolling Stones | Fm | 17447 | ||||||||
| Paint It Black | Rolling Stones | Fm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Paparazzi | Lady Gaga | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Passionate Kisses | Mary Chapin Carpenter | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Poker Face | Lady Gaga | Abm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Pretty Little Angel Eyes | Curtis Lee | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Proud Mary | Tina Turner | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Proud Mary | Ike and Tina Turner | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Raise Your Glass | Pink | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ramblin Man | The Allman Brothers | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) | Diana Ross | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Reach Out I'll Be There | Michael Bolton | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Reach Out I'll Be There | The Four Tops | Ebm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Red Light Special | TLC | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Redneck Woman | Gretchen Wilson | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Respect | Aretha Franklin | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo | Rick Derringer | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Rockstar | Nickelback | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Roll On Down The Highway | Bachman Turner Overdrive | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Ruby Tuesday | Rolling Stones | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Running Scared | Roy Orbison | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Say You Love Me | Fleetwood Mac | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Secrets | One Republic | D | TKC | ||||||||
| Sex As A Weapon | Pat Benatar | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| She's Got You | Patsy Cline | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sherry | Four Seasons | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sideways | Dierks Bentley | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Simply Irresistable | Robert Palmer | TKC | |||||||||
| Single White Female | Chely White | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Slow Hand | Conway Twitty | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | The Platters | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| So Alive | Ryan Adams | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| So Emotional | Whitney Houston | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| So What (Radio Version) | Pink | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| Someday | Nickelback | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sometimes When We Touch | Dan Hill | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sometimes When We Touch | Dottie West | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Son-Of-A Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| St. Elmo's Fire | John Parr | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Stand By Me | Rockapella | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| Stand By Your Man | Tammy Wynette | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Stays In Mexico | Toby Keith | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Still | Commodores | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Stop! In The Name Of Love | The Supremes | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Straight Up | Paula Abdul | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Street Fighting Man | Rolling Stones | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Suddenly I See | K.T.Tunstall | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sugar, We're Goin' Down | Fall Out Boy | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sunshine Superman | Donovan | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Super Freak | Rick James | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Superstition | Stevie Wonder | Ebm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Surrender | Cheap Trick | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Suspicious Minds | Dwight Yoakam | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynrd | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sweet Home Alabama | Jewel | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Swing | Trace Adkins | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Sympathy For The Devil | Rolling Stones | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Take On Me | A-HA | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Takin Care Of Business | Bachman Turner Overdrive | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| That's The Way (I Like It) | KC And The Sunshine Band | Cm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Chair | George Strait | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Change | Garth Brooks | Bd | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The First Cut Is The Deepest | Sheryl Crow | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The First Cut Is The Deepest | Keith Hampshire | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The First Cut Is The Deepest | Rod Stewart | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Gambler | Kenny Rogers | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Lady Is A Tramp | Frank Sinatra | Bb- | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Letter | The Box Tops | Am | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Letter | Joe Cocker | Bbm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Nearness Of You | Norah Jones | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Nearness Of You | Sheena Easton | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Power Of Love | Celine Dion | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Right Time | The Corrs | 5780 | |||||||||
| The Right Time | The Corrs | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Rose | Bette Midler | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Tracks Of My Tears | The Miracles | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| The Tracks Of My Tears | Go West | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| These Boots Are Made for Walking | Nancy Sinatra | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| This Kiss | Faith Hill | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) | Natalie Cole | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Through The Years | Kenny Rogers | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Touch Me In The Morning | Diana Ross | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Treat Me Right | Pat Benatar | Dm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| True Colors | Phil Collins | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Trying To Get Over You | Vince Gill | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Turn The Beat Around | Gloria Estefan | F#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Turn The Beat Around | Vickie Sue Robinson | F#m | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Tutti Frutti | Little Richard | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Twistin' The Night Away | Sam Cooke | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Un-Break My Heart | Toni Braxton | Bm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Unchained Melody | Gareth Gates | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Unchained Melody | LeAnn Rimes | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Under My Thumb | Rolling Stones | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Undo It | Carrie Underwood | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | |||||||||
| Use Ta Be My Girl | The O'Jays | Db | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Waking Up In Vegas | Katy Perry | F | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| Walkin' After Midnight | Patsy Cline | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Walkin' On The Sun | Smashmouth | Abm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Walking In Memphis | Marc Cohn | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wasted Days And Wasted Nights | Freddy Fender | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Water Runs Dry | Boyz II Men | C | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| We Belong | Pat Benatar | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| What I Like About You | Lillix | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| What I Like About You | The Romantics | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| What's Up | 4 Non Blondes | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Whataya Want from Me | Adam Lambert | D | Chartbuster Karaoke | ||||||||
| When Can I See you | Babyface | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| When I Fall In Love | Celine Dion & Clive Griffin | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| When I Fall In Love | Nat King Col/Natalie Cole | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| When Will I Be Loved | Linda Ronstadt | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| When You Say Nothing At All | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| When You Say Nothing At All | Keith Whitley | Eb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman | Dr. Hook | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wherever You Will Go | The Calling | D | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Who's Your Daddy? | Toby Keith | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Why Didn't You Call Me | Macy Gray | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | E | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wild Thing | The Troggs | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wind Beneath My Wings | Gary Morris | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Wishing On A Star | The Cover Girls | Fm | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| With You I'm Born Again | Billy Preston | C# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Word Up | Cameo | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Working For A Living | Huey Lewis And The News | TKC | |||||||||
| Working For the Weekend | Loverboy | B | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Write This Down | George Strait | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Yakety Yak | The Coasters | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet | Bachman Turner Overdrive | A | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Can't Hurry Love | The Supremes | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Keep Me Hangin' On | The Supremes | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Keep Me Hangin' On | Vanilla Fudge | Em | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Really Got Me | The Kinks | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Really Got Me | Van Halen | Ab | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Send Me | Sam Cooke | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Send Me | Michael Bolton | Bb | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Sexy Thing | Hot Chocolate | F | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This | Toby Keith | G | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice | ||||||||
| Your Man | Josh Turner | F# | Stingray Digital/Sound Choice |
I just didn't feel like many of these were awesome song selections. I dunno. I need to get some cleaning done before my son wakes up.
If you have any suggestions as to what songs you think would have been good choices. Feel free to let me know. :)
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