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Terrik got in the beta too, apparently.

So here's our first duet - He didn't find his webcam for this first one so it used his avatar instead



He did this one under protest



I apologize for my atonal warbling in this one



This one was a challenge, we had technical difficulties but finally got it out

This was actually more fun than I expected it to be

And in case people missed them, here are my past solo performances


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Ok, well, not "past," did this one tonight while waiting for Terrik, too

As a side note: In the duets we aren't actually singing together--not exactly. He records his part, I join the open duet, record my part, and Twitch Sings puts both parts together to spit out the video. It's actually a neat system, because you can record a bunch of solo parts, and someone, like Gas, can sing his part whenever he's got time for it.

The reason I will never do this is because I'd look just like you guys did, plus I'd be in my basement singing. I already take enough crap from my wife about streaming I think this would push her over the edge.

Let me know when they start doing songs from Meaning of Life.

--Patrick

Dave said:

The reason I will never do this is because I'd look just like you guys did

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Ok, ruuuude...

Dave said:

I already take enough crap from my wife about streaming I think this would push her over the edge.

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Whk-CHHHSSS!

Although, another thing that the non-simultaneous nature of the duets means, is you could set your WIFE up with her own twitch login, and then you two could make duets with just the one computer...

For those who wanted to make requests, here's the song list -

Chattahoochee? Really?

Also LOL "A Hores With No Name."

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Chattahoochee? Really?

--Patrick

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Can confirm, people actually sing it unironically south of the Mason-Dixon.

GasBandit said:

Can confirm, people actually sing it unironically south of the Mason-Dixon.

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The line I think it's crossing isn't the Mason-Dixon so much as that of the last millennium.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

The line I think it's crossing isn't the Mason-Dixon so much as that of the last millennium.

--Patrick

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And yet you have nothing to say about the dozens of Beatles tracks on the list, right?

Also, even if you didn't sign up before, the twitch sings page says if you sign up now, you'll get an email to get in within 24-48 hours.

And for anyone who is interested in getting in on it but doesn't know how to stream, you don't have to. The Twitch Sings program handles everything for you, with no setup whatsoever (and you don't have to stream live while you sing, you can just have the finished product saved). And the videos it uploads are low quality (as I'm sure you can see by what we've posted) so they don't take forever to upload.

So really, anybody with a microphone can get in on this. A webcam would be good, too, but isn't strictly required.

GasBandit said:

Can confirm, people actually sing it unironically south of the Mason-Dixon.

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Have witnessed, can confirm as well. Not something I ever thought I could admit, coming from the North!

GasBandit said:

And yet you have nothing to say about the dozens of Beatles tracks on the list, right?

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Why would I? Those are timeless.

--Patrick

The only Alan Parsons Project song is "I Wouldn't Want to be Like You"? That's one of their worst "hits". Sheesh. There are so many better songs. And I'm shocked about Landing in London by 3 Doors Down. It's a duet with them & Bob Seger.

Looking at the rest of the list now.

America - A Hores With No Name.

Dave said:

The only Alan Parsons Project song is "I Wouldn't Want to be Like You"? That's one of their worst "hits". Sheesh. There are so many better songs. And I'm shocked about Landing in London by 3 Doors Down. It's a duet with them & Bob Seger.

Looking at the rest of the list now.

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Yeah, I've also had issues where the song I wanted to sing by a given artist wasn't there, but other, "lesser" tracks were. I suspect it has to do with costs to license.

Dave said:

America - A Hores With No Name.

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Duet or solo, and if solo, by who?

Dave said:

America - A Hores With No Name.

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PatrThom said:

Chattahoochee? Really?
Also LOL "A Hores With No Name."

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It really stands out, doesn’t it?

—Patrick

It did in the list. However, I only saw the Chattahoochee part of your first post. Skimming for fun & profit.

It should probably be pointed out that this list is compiled by a user, and that typo isn't in the game proper.

Four Frozen songs and Let It Go isn't in there? Bah! Bah, I say!

If you want a challenge, Dream On by Aerosmith is a great song.

EDIT: Oh wait, I see Let It Go is listed under Idina Menzel. Well, I know what I'm requestin'.

bhamv3 said:

If you want a challenge, Dream On by Aerosmith is a great song.

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Terrik complains when I pick songs that have high parts.

I would complain too, my daughter is the soprano, certainly not me.

GasBandit said:

Terrik complains when I pick songs that have high parts.

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I might try the belt them out if I was drunk and/or I wasn't afraid that my neighbors might complain

Terrik & GB doing "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens would be interesting.

Also, all that Imagine Dragons and no Radioactive? Really?

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Also, all that Imagine Dragons and no Radioactive? Really?

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GasBandit said:

Yeah, I've also had issues where the song I wanted to sing by a given artist wasn't there, but other, "lesser" tracks were. I suspect it has to do with costs to license.

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*Patiently waits for Adina Howard "Freak Like Me" to be an option*

Me trying to play will be accompanied by my daughter in the background telling me I suck. Just you wait.

Dei said:

Me trying to play will be accompanied by my daughter in the background telling me I suck. Just you wait.

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Lock her outside the house for the 4 minutes it takes to do a song

Also, tell her that, like so much in life, sucking is what makes karaoke good.

Well, maybe not in those exact words.

GasBandit said:

Lock her outside the house for the 4 minutes it takes to do a song

Also, tell her that, like so much in life, sucking is what makes karaoke good.

Well, maybe not in those exact words.

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Ever since we started paying for voice lessons for her two years ago, she thinks she's the god of singing.

"I am a man of constant sorry"

--Patrick

Oh, and it might be slightly unintuitive to find duets that we've started. The trick is the magnifying glass in the upper right, then click players, then search for the twitch name (IE, GasBandit or Terrikus1985), and when you find them that way, it will show you all the duets we've started that you can complete.

Or you can start your own duet, and let us know to go complete it

I did a couple more, and I tried doing a rando's duet for the lulz

I started a duet for Baby One More Time by Britney Spears. Complete it if you dare. Anyone.

I did one solo



And then completed the duets of a couple randos:

You go, little asian dude doing Garth Brooks!



And then there's the bayou bombshell..

My vocals are all over the fucking place. I am clearly not great at this.

Dei said:

I am clearly not great at this.

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The trick is to compensate by going LOUDER! It always works!

The first rule of karaoke.

GasBandit said:

The trick is to compensate by going LOUDER! It always works!

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You are not wrong, and TBH I always sound better when I go louder. The problem is that my brain freaks the fuck out and I'm fighting against myself.

Dei said:

My vocals are all over the fucking place. I am clearly not great at this.

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I hope you don't mind me saying your singing voice is incredibly cute.

bhamv3 said:

I hope you don't mind me saying your singing voice is incredibly cute.

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You know that part in a lot of Westerns, where a guy walks into a saloon, and says something to somebody, and everybody ELSE oh-so-casually walks out of the way and gets behind something thick enough to stop bullets?

GasBandit said:

You know that part in a lot of Westerns, where a guy walks into a saloon, and says something to somebody, and everybody ELSE oh-so-casually walks out of the way and gets behind something thick enough to stop bullets?

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Yes, that’s what happens when you call a woman a “girl” within earshot of @WasabiPoptart .

—Patrick

Terrik completed Stand By Me with me and didn't even SAY anything about it.



Also I find it hilarious that Twitch Sings apparently reset his stream title so that all his Overwatch streams since he started doing this are now called "Hakuna Matata in the style of The Lion King."

I completed a couple of @Dei's duets -


And then I did a couple duets with random people (that were distressingly better at singing than me)-


And then, since nobody completed it, I figured I'd finish my own duet for this one

Well, you guys *almost* sucked me in...but i was saved by fate

Ok..you guys get one.

I downloaded Karafun, which is free karaoke software. It has little 15-45 second snippets of tunes if you don't pay a subscription. I ain't paying to torture myself, but I'll give you guys a few seconds of Elvis Presley.

I spent a good half hour finding a song that was well within my key.

I tried to stick it on youtube, but it's stuck in process hell. I'll try to get it up tomorrow if it's finished.

Karafun is what I use for my professional Karaoke gigs.

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Hey, that's not shabby. But like I tell everybody else, try to pick songs that makes you sing LOUD! Belting it out always sounds better than soft and low, in karaoke.

everyone had just gone to bed...I didn't want my wife to yell at me from up stairs about the noise

I did a few more duets with randos. Also, I wanted to do "We don't have to take our clothes off" but it turns out they only have the slow, soulful Ella Eyre version, and not the fun 80s Jermaine Stewart version :/

I think I'm the only one still doing this. Well, I had a go at Ella Eyre anyway, even though it's not my usual bailiwick.

I DID comsider it, but was also saved at the last minute by the end of the beta.

—Patrick

I've been busy. Might try tonight again

Exhibit A, for why Gas Bandit generally doesn't attempt songs with high notes.

Twitch Sings is now out of beta and free to download and play.

SING WIT MAH

I want more songs

I downloaded it. But I'm leaving to fly out to Arizona in about 8 hours. So it'll have to wait til I get back to look at it.

GasBandit said:

Twitch Sings is now out of beta and free to download and play.

SING WIT MAH

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If you are willing to sing in spanish, Vero will karaoke with you all night.

Gas and Vero - Despacito duet?

This song

I could probably do "Porque te vas." It'd take me back to the days of Saura in film class.



--Patrick

Alas, we are limited to whatever twich gives us and I didn't even see la Bamba there.

GasBandit said:

Alas, we are limited to whatever twich gives us and I didn't even see la Bamba there.

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What? Not even "Bamboleo?"

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

What? Not even "Bamboleo?"

--Patrick

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La vida no se puede vivir asi.

A random guy completed one of my duets! Shock and surprise!

It's almost like the guy had never heard the song. He was always a beat or two slow and his delivery was clipped like you could tell he was reading more than singing.

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It's almost like the guy had never heard the song. He was always a beat or two slow and his delivery was clipped like you could tell he was reading more than singing.

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Oh he knew the song.. the problem was, this cover of "I will Survive," the Cake cover, was done by an artist with a tendency to speak-sing and do funky improvisational meter in his lyrics. And that makes it hard for two people to sing it at the same time, because everybody hits those beats somewhere different. And because the two parts are recorded separately, my recording couldn't adjust to him on the fly like I would in person. You can hear him lament this too, when he's talking about how this song's vocalist is "all over the place." He's not talking about me, he means John McCrea. If anything, I think his delivery was probably more accurate to the source than mine, because I just tried to do what I was comfortable with, and I think he was trying to emulate McCrea as closely as he could.

I know which version it was. The music made it obvious. But it was still rather typical karaoke.

And I'm not sending dispersions your way. I've done a LOT of karaoke gigs so I'm really jaded and cynical when it comes to this sort of thing.

I remember the first time I saw the video, and I thought it was a stupid cover and they were a stupid group for ruining the song.
Then I learned what they were like, and realized it was a deliberate “take” on the song, and I learned to appreciate it.

—Patrick

So, Barbie Girl is on Twitch Sings now

ROLE REVERSAL

A NEW CHALLENGER HAS JOINED THE BATTLE

MOAR