Would you be TOTALLY turned off if I...

[hyperchet]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 12:19pm

sang "Better" from Little Women for an uptempo peice for an audition? Just curious. If not, I am also looking at "Facade" from Jekyll & Hyde. I have a ballad...so...just wondering about this.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 12:29pm

They are both pretty lame songs. I'd choose something better. The auditors may confuse your bad choice of material with lack of talent.

[hyperchet]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 12:33pm

really, what about "Leaning on a Lamp" from Me and My Girl...

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:03pm

Would WHO be turned off? People on this board?

[hyperchet]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:05pm

NO if you were the casting director...

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:22pm

Well, if you're amazing I really wouldn't care what song you sang. But..."Facade" is a terrible audition piece. "Better" is...better than "Facade," but it's also the worst song from LITTLE WOMEN - not to mention one of the worst songs written for a musical in the last 10 years - if not more.

Do something else.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:28pm

If you really wanted to wow them, sing "Defying Gravity". Or maybe "On My Own". That'll seal the deal.














Honestly, "Astonishing" is a much better choice that "Better", if you truly want to sing something from Little Women.


ETA: I was kidding for those who didn't catch on.

Updated On: 6/29/05 at 01:28 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:29pm

....hardly.

[keggss23]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:32pm

I would stay away from Defying Gravity and On My Own, so overdone. I was at an audition the other day and 3 people in a row sang Defying Gravity. Casting Directors may not give you full attention if they are sick to death of hearing the same song over and over again. Just my 2 cents!

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:32pm

I think that most of the songs on Little Women have those really "audition song" feel to them.

If you're looking for something cutesy though and extremely rangey, try and get your hands on The Girl in 14G.

[keggss23]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:33pm

Good choice, Aigoo.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:34pm

Yes, it's rangy and showy - but overdone and obnoxious.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:37pm

Hyperchet, if you're looking for audition song help, mind filling us in on some details?

Gender? Range?
If you're a female, belt? Soprano?

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:41pm

Well, I've done casting and, honestly, I rarely care what song a performer brings in. It just matters if they do it well. I may not especially want to hear 'On My Own' but if someone comes in and sings a great 'On My Own' then I'm going to cast them.

People spend WAY too much time worrying about this.

[roquat]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:42pm

Don't EVER sing:

On My Own (or anything from "Les Miz")
Defying Gravity
If I Loved You
Soliloquy
Much More (from "Fantasticks")
Tomorrow
Memory
Anthem (from "Chess")
The Music of the Night

And ESPECIALLY

That'll Show Him from "Forum" I DO NOT KNOW why so many women think that's a perfect little audition number--it isn't funny and doesn't even really work in the show!

[zoran912]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:46pm

If you must sing a song called "Better," I would sing the "Better" from A Class Act. It's better that the other "Better."

[Katecab99]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:48pm

for audition songs, i've always been told that it's smart to stay away from anything that is "owned" by a particular performer..."memory" just made me think of that because when someone hears that song, they always hear betty buckley, and obviously it would be exceptionally difficult to be at her level or better.

just a thought.

[dietcherryemma]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:50pm

Can you buy sheetmusic to "Girl in 14G"? It's an interesting piece... but for an audition, I agree- stay away from recent shows.

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:53pm

I know several chicks who have sheet music for "The Girl From 14G."

I don't associate "Memory" with Betty at all not do I think most people do, nonetheless I would still stay away from it.

EDIT: I don't think TGF14G is a strong audition song either. Just my two cents.

Updated On: 6/29/05 at 03:53 PM

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:57pm

Now, honestly - Girl in 14G was written specifically for Kristen's voice...do you honestly think you can sing it as well or better than she can? Even if you DO get the sheet music - save it for the shower - those kinds of songs get tremendously overdone at auditions, and people have probably already been doing that one for a while - the CD's been out for 2 years or more - it would have been very easy to have it transcribed and performed. Please do yourself a favor and don't sing it.

[dietcherryemma]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 4:03pm

Oh, I just wanted the sheetmusic to play around with on the piano- I don't think it would be a wise audition piece at all.

[Falsettoland]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 5:04pm

I agree on it all coming down to talent. But only do something well known if you can do it at least as well as, if not better than the person who's known for it. Which is generally unlikely.

That said, if I have to sit through another rendition of "All That Jazz" I may throw something.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 5:08pm

Stay with not-overdone, but not so uncommon that the accompanist doesn't know the piece. Those piano players are the ones that will change your destinah. O_O

[hyperchet]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 5:10pm

OK Lets see.. male, I need uptempo peice...I have a tenory/barely baritony voice...like I can sing Tenor and Baritone...

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 6/29/05 at 5:13pm

What show are you auditioning for?