JDQEntity

I love music dearly and my collection is geared towards adult contemporary music, new age, some country, and dance mixes. I do karaoke twice or three times a week in my area with friends of mine and I’m always thinking of what I could do next, where songs are concerned. Barry Manilow’s music is what I’m known to do. I change it up weekly, however I do his stuff, but not so much the hits. Here’s rundown of some songs and artists I perform from downloads burned to cd. Stay (Barry Manilow) Keep Each Other Warm (Barry Manilow) If Tomorrow Never Comes (Barry Manilow’s version) My True Love (Kenny Woods) Can't Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon) For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) Tomb Of The Unknown Love (Kenny Rogers) Scarlet Fever (Kenny Rogers) Place In This World (Michael W. Smith) Together Forever (Rick Astley) Love Changes Everything (Michael Ball) Ocean Deep (Cliff Richard) Silhouettes (Cliff Richard) My Love (Westlife) What About Us? (John Barrowman) Looks Like We Made It -"Live" rendition (Barry Manilow) Somewhere Down The Road (Barry Manilow) Please Don't Be Scared (Barry Manilow) Even Now -"Live" rendition (Barry Manilow) Dancing In The Aisles (Barry Manilow) You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Barry Manilow's version) If There Were No Dreams (Neil Diamond) Heart To Heart (John Denver) Morning Desire (Kenny Rogers) When You Put Your Heart In It (Kenny Rogers) I Believe In Happy Endings (Neil Diamond) When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Julio Iglesias) One Step Out Of Time (Michael Ball) Every Woman In The World (Air Supply) The Best Of Me (Barry Manilow or Cliff Richard) Ready To Take A Chance Again (Barry Manilow) Weekend In New England (Barry Manilow) Don't Close Your Eyes (Keith Whitley) ...the list goes on for a LONG time I must give credit to the companies that put out these songs. Ameritz, Stingray, APM, Musical Creations, to name a few, are great in recreating a lot of these songs and more. I do songs from my DJ friends’ songbook, but they keep these songs and more possibly in their hard drive. Singing without the words and from memory is great when people watch and wonder how I memorized these songs and do them with feeling. You have to like the songs and respect the artists and listen to what you are singing. I care about the way I sound and I love to entertain them, let alone sing these great songs. They are sincere, meaningful, and romantic. I made a new friend within the past few months who means a lot to me and I decided to put up a banner. Brandon White is his name and I thoroughly enjoy his music. Avian Sunrise and Gus Bryce are two other artists I'm clinging to musically, as I am John Galea and Joshua Payne. As far as what I listen to otherwise and get inspiration from, it varies greatly. In my library in addition to the artists there, I have: Dan Fogelberg, Lee Greenwood, Rita Coolidge, Peter Cetera, Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees, Anne Murray, Judy Collins, Stephen Bishop, Michael McDonald, Russell Watson, Sarah Brightman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford, Michael Bolton, Billy Gilman, Neil Diamond, Joey McIntyre, Alias, Air Supply, Russell Hitchcock (of Air Supply), Glenn Medeiros, Kris Allen, Bucks Fizz, Celine Dion, Ron Dante, David Archuleta, Kyle Vincent, Donna Summer, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Patrizio Buanne, Paul Anka, Bobby Vinton (my childhood idol!!), Ballas Hough Band, David Foster.. That’s enough for now LOL I listen to my friends on here a lot, too. DOWNLOAD THIS- Russell Hitchcock “Take Time” This is one of the best pop albums I’ve ever heard. It just resurfaced last September or October. It was recorded in the 1990’s and I guess Russell decided to release it. I found it back in March of this year!! My favorite song as of late has been “I’ll Be Good To You”. It’s from his album and the song itself is so like an anthem. I wrote a chapter around that song and the album since I’m using a “pop” soundtrack to influence the actions/behaviors of the characters in my vampire novel. I’m writing it to be fun, entertaining, and clever. That song will likely show up throughout the novel. Air Supply released a new album on May 4, 2010. “Mumbo Jumbo” is its title and it’s one of the best albums I’ve heard all year next to Russell’s. They’ve reinvented themselves.