Rhonda B Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 One year ago today, October 3, 2021, I discovered ericcarmen.com. The world was in covid lockdown and I was in quite a funk... like the rest of the world. It literally got me back to my happy place of creating and discovering music again. So voila here we are a year later. This might sound a little over the top but in my case it almost changed my life. It literally got me through covid lockdown and it's still providing me with lots of reading and entertainment. I was doing a little bit of creeping initially and didn't put on my first post until Nov. 23, 2021. Here is part of my first post: "Eric Carmen's music has been a part of my life since I was a young teenager struggling with the gift of music and my own music career and not knowing how to express it... what to do with continuous music that filled my head since I was 5." Thank you to all of my new friends and like-minded Music Freaks here on the site. And of course BIGGEST THANK YOU to Bernie for getting this all started and his continued devotion. I hope to be able to continue reading and posting on this site every day for many years to come.❤ 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Rhinda, you are (real) cool beans, and the site is very fortunate to have gained such a high quality member in you. P.S....and we have learned geography from you, ie: there is actually at least one person in Saskatchewan!!....who´d have thunk it !! ; ) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 Oh James..you are the sweetest. I'm sure it's a typo, you misspelling my name, as Rhinda. Please do not edit it. I would like you to know that one of my brothers calls me Rhinda to bug me.😊 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Oooops, sorry about that, Rhonda, it was a typo, but I´ll leave it as is per your instructions. : ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Rhonda, you, and a couple of the other ladies who recently joined, were a real shot in the arm for this website. Thank you! On a side note, spoonerisms seem to run in my family. My wife referred to some friends of ours as 'Lick and Rinda' LOL! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Rhinda name popularity: https://www.nameslist.org/meaning/baby-name-Rhinda 😚 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 It seems longer than a year...like you're already an old family member. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Raspbernie said: Rhinda name popularity: https://www.nameslist.org/meaning/baby-name-Rhinda 😚 Wow I didn't even realize it was a name. But it commonly comes up as an error because of "i" beside "o" on the keyboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen G Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Rhonda - amazing in many ways that your joining this forum is similar to mine. I found EC first on Twitter during 2020 ("Is this the REAL Eric Carmen?" I asked myself. Yes it was, much to my ever-loving surprise! And while I don't typically linger on Twitter for more than a few minutes, I made it a point to search out his posts on a daily basis because it was darn interesting stuff! I was pretty devastated when he dropped off of social media, to be bluntly honest.) Then I started really deep-dive digging around YouTube during the Covid lockdown to find ***everything EC*** (in great admiration and appreciation for his Mozart-like hair style iterations amongst other things! And I do say this seriously because it's indication of how he cared about his performer "image"). Thus, I reminded myself of just how GREAT his songwriting was, then I grew totally (dare I say?) truly **re-enamored** of his singing and pianist skills, having loved "All By Myself" way back in the day when it first hit the airwaves as a complete departure from the usual Top 40 musical pablum (or "drivel" as my music compositional husband would say! Hahahaha!). Who knew *that song* would, over time, grow to be THAT big and enter into the "unforgettable song(s) of our lifetime" category? And you're exactly right, Rhonda. When all is said and done, it's listening to this music (both EC and Raspberries) that continually and consistently puts a smile on my face even though I'm a pretty widely experienced musician - I admire great movie score music like Mancini, John Williams, I've performed either in the cast of or in the orchestra for the American musical theater favorites like "My Fair Lady", Rodgers & Hammerstein; I've performed 100's of classic choral literature selections (Randall Thompson, Peter Lutkin, Lloyd Pfautsch come to mind). And I have in-depth knowledge of music in most all genres and centuries (yes - CENTURIES - I studied Music History in college as a minor so the "oldies" to me means Gesualdo, Thomas Tallis, Palestrina, etc. out of the 16th century 😉 ). And every day, I listen to and research songs mostly in the "American Songbook" because our music publishing company represents 6 arranger/composers doing choral/a cappella/barbershop arrangements of songs MOSTLY of the 20th century, and I'm THE copyrights/licensing mgr. for our company which has a world-wide reach for ensembles coming to us for music for their repertoire needs. But .... it's EC I listen to in my car on the way to and from my music rehearsals on the other side of town (1/2 hour drive each way to / from home) to warm up to with my own singing voice (ex. "Change of Heart" is REALLY good for practicing accuracy in downward interval jumps! 🙂 and his original-range "Let's Pretend" is perfect for me to warm up my own middle register). When I'm stressed about regular life stuff going on with my family (and there's a lot more to that right now than I'm willing to share on public media), EC/Raspberries has become my "go to" tunes with their amazing melodies and harmonizations/lush chord choices for instant "music therapy" that brings a calm over me within seconds. And I'm NOT kidding at all about that! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Helen, you are indeed one of the ladies I was referring to when complimenting Rhonda above. You bring different, but no less compelling, insights to this site. Thank you! It struck me when you mentioned Let's Pretend as a warm-up for your MIDDLE register. A true soprano you are! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 Same Helen, I do all my warmups in the car as well. Re-enamored is a good definition of how I got back into his music as well. Good going here Helen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I do my warm-ups only for my dog Lucy. Poor thing. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I see that a new member, Dave Caruso has signed up…Welcome and look forward to your first post… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Dave does killer covers of Eric's songs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Have you posted one, Kirk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Several, LC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I will go hunting for them. Could you start me off by recommending your favorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Here's a link to a bunch of them- hope it works: david caruso eric carmen - YouTube Another link that I copy and pasted that doesn't work. Just type in David Caruso Eric Carmen and 6 or 7 of his Eric covers will show up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Thanks Bernie. Nice reading there. I'll dig out some more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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