audition songs to avoid — Page 3

DO NOT sing "Vanilla Ice Cream."

No one wants to hear it.

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Agreed re: Vanilla Ice Cream.
Also, I have a friend who sang "Will He Like Me" and, although obviously everyone is different, for her it cut really awkwardly. Also, in spite of her being a lyric soprano, it sounded way, way too high-the ending note is beautiful but can also come out awkwardly because of how unexpected it is.
If it's the best for you, it's the best for you-just my experience.

What about "Home" from Maury Yeston's "Phantom"?????

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an awesome audition song is "out of sight out of mind" from tale of two cities. its a new show, but nobody really knows it yet. it helps convey emotion and showcases an awesome belt. check out the website www.talemusical.com you can listen to it i think. email them and they'll probably release you a copy. idk but its incredible.

Is "Taylor the Latte Boy" incredibly overdone? Like, for college auditions?

I was thinking about doing Home from Maury Yeston's Phantom too. How about It's Nicer in Nice from The Boyfriend?

Most schools require that you sing a song from a published musical, so "Taylor" is out. And yes, it still is very overdone.
Don't do Fiddler
Don't do BARE
You're really not supposed to do anything that has been on Broadway in the past 5 years.
But, in the end it is ultimately your choice. If you think you're amazing at this song, and that there is no other song for you then by gosh do it.

Good luck

any ridiculously long Forbidden Broadway.

Don't do Civil War. Just stay away from Wildhorn in general.

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"Never Will I Marry" by Frank Loesser from Greenwillow, 1960

Nota bene: this song has a killer jump in it. It is either a tenth or an eleventh--I can't count that high--but if you can absolutely nail it, then do it. If you cannot cleanly make the jump, skip it.

It is on the cast recording if you can find it and also on a very early Barbra album (1st, 2nd or 3rd).

The song also gives you something to sing about. If you analyze the lyric, it could be a fairly bitter song. Don't play the bitterness, play the frustration of trying to explain your predicament. As written the character is a wanderlust which is why he can't marry. Make your POV anything you want as long as it works without going overboard.

By the by, the song was written for a man, and a basically non-singing man at that, our own Norman Bates, Anthony Perkins.

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I'm having a really hard time finding an uptempo song that would showcase my belt and isn't overdone. Any suggestions??

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what about songs that you have to slightly change your vocie for? there's at least one song that i'm considering that doesn't work unless you do a slight southern accent. i just didn't know if that was really an issue or not...

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