Forte

[Libby]

Mar 5, 2015 11:21:13 GMT martindn said:

Of course I do. Doesn't it mean (ungrammatically) they "I had a battle with him"?

Martin D

Umm... No....

[Richard]

See the various definitions of forte here:

www.thefreedictionary.com/forte

Richard

[martindn]

Of course it would be equally valid to call a piano a "forte" logically. After all, if we are only going to mention one of the pedals, why does it matter which one?

Martin D

[Libby]

I'm thinking they chose the name as the musical reference of the word:

adv. & adj. Abbr. f
In a loud, forceful manner. Used chiefly as a direction.
n.
A note, passage, or chord played forte.

Because male CC can certainly sound that way, albeit most of the time in a good way.

[Dave]

Laura Wright recently released a 'forte' album, didn't she?

I hope that doesn't cause even more confusion in the ranks!

Cheers,

Dave

[Libby]

Not likely, nobody in the UK knows who Forte is, and nobody in the US knows who she is! Not many, anyway.

[Libby]

Forte have released a new video of one of their songs from their album, Future Classics. As seen below (if you click See More), it has still not been released to the public yet; it was only released to fans who pledged for it ahead of time. I didn't do that, because I wanted to know what was on the album first. I didn't know all this till a few months ago, when I finally asked them about it on twitter. They were kind enough to show me the tracklisting, but I don't remember anything else that was on it except this and the Game of Thrones song (which is awesome, btw). I will have to go back and browse through my twitter notifications. I usually keep e-mail notifications when someone famous replies to me on twitter or likes one of my tweets (happens most often with skaters), but after the problems with my hard-drive failure in Sept., I lost some of the e-mails. I did get many of them back, even some I'd kept from a few years ago. But there was a gap, so I think I lost some. Oh well, for the most part, whatever they were, I'm not really missing them.

Anyway, here's the video. It's a cover of the song Collide by Howie Day, which was popular here when it first came out. I have never heard another song by this artist, since, though. I think these guys did a really nice job with it. Josh Page and Hana Ryu in particular. Sean is a little too operatic in some parts, but still enjoyable. They are certainly better vocalists than Howie.

[Richard]

Here's the link for anybody who can't see the embedded Facebook post:

www.facebook.com/ForteTenors/videos/1368602963173413/

Richard

[Libby]

I just went through my twitter notifications, and I can't find that tracklist again. They might have just put it up temporarily for my benefit, and taken it down. What I remember seeing is a lot of popular songs, most likely done in a crossover fashion (sort of), and I think when I saw it, I wasn't sure if I liked the idea of nearly all pop songs, but the song I posted above was very enjoyable, and proof that the other songs could be so, as well. I'm now interested in what the guys sing individually. Josh has a band, The Brothers Page (that's his brother Zach on guitar next to Sean Panikkar). Sean does a lot of opera productions. Too bad Fernando left, but very glad Hana returned (Sean was his replacement on AGT), as mentioned before.

[Libby]

Forte just uploaded this video. It's a cover of the Rihanna song, We Found Love. Now, the original is kind of catchy and Rihanna's voice sounds reall nice (if a bit auto-tuned) in this song, but the crazy, about-to-explode dance club music is enough to drive you mad. Forte's version with this orchestra is a much higher quality of music and singing, and is really, surprisingly good! It seemed a little weird to me at first with their loud opera vocals right in your face at the beginning. It was kind of funny watching 3 tenors jumping up and down together like rock singers might do, but after the 2nd time, it got me excited about them and wish I could see them in concert. I hope they release their album soon! If these recent videos are any indication, their album, Future Classics, will be a real treat.



I was also listening to a few cover songs that Josh Page did with his brother Zach, in The Brothers Page. I really like this one, called Hide & Seek by Imogen Heap. It's kind of weird, but catchy. I especially like the end, for some reason, and Zach has a really sweet falsetto voice. He's kind of adorable, there, actually (okay, call me weird). Anyway, it's really short, and I wish it was longer, because I like it! I tried the original verison, and didn't care for it, the vocal layering was too much and the voices not as pleasant as the Page Brothers.