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DarrenInCA commented 7 months ago

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2011 Worlds: Patrick Chan free skate - from Universal Sports

http://www.UniversalSports.com 2011, Moscow, Russia, ISU World Figure Skating Championship, Chan (CAN) finally gets his World Championship gold, af...

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DarrenInCA said:

"Chan did great on the quad combo but fails on almost everything else."

@thequadlegend Um, what program where you looking at? Patrick's only mistake in this program was stepping out of a single triple axel. Triple/Triple sequence with a half loop late in the program, jumps distributed through...

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  2011 Worlds: Yuna Kim short program - from Universal Sports

  http://www.UniversalSports.com 2011, Moscow, Russia, ISU World Figure Skating Championship, after a year off, 2009 champ and Olympic champ Yuna (KO...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @biancamilano Someone is smoking crack. Small and low are two words I would never use to describe her jumps. Period. And please, Carolina fell on her ASS in the short program. Don't make me laugh. If anyone was overscored, as per usual in the PCS, it would be Caroline Kostner.

  If you don't ...

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  2011 Worlds: Alissa Czisny short program - from Universal Sports

  http://www.UniversalSports.com 2011, Moscow, Russia, ISU World Figure Skating Championship, the American champ Czisny scored a 61.47 and sits in 4t...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  And let me say this. I enjoy Alissa and she is a good skater and I thoroughly have enjoyed her all season. But if Yu-na, Miki and Mao all skate at their top level, Alissa will never be on the podium. At worlds, had she not fallen on her triple lutz in the long she would have come home with the...

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  2011 Worlds: Alissa Czisny short program - from Universal Sports

  http://www.UniversalSports.com 2011, Moscow, Russia, ISU World Figure Skating Championship, the American champ Czisny scored a 61.47 and sits in 4t...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @anubethc45 Spins and spirals yes. (More like a HELL YES!) Edges, you must be smoking crack. Have you even taken a judging seminar on edges evaluation? I somehow doubt it. In the PCS criteria, Kim is superior to Czisny. Repeat after me, ARTISTRY IS NOT SOMETHING JUDGED IN FIGURE SKATING. It...

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  2011 Worlds: Alissa Czisny free skate - from Universal Sports

  http://www.UniversalSports.com 2011, Moscow, Russia, ISU World Figure Skating Championship, the American champ Czisny has some trouble in the free ...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @anubethc45 I STRONGLY disagree with this. Stylistically, she is exceptional, and her spins are to die for. Kim is way faster, much better edges, can spin just as fast (though the positions aren't as exceptional), great presentation and much, Much, MUCH better jump technique. Mao, in her curre...

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DarrenInCA commented 7 months ago

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Michelle Kwan - Taj Mahal - Pure Music

This is Michelle Kwan's 1997 Worlds Long Program Performance of Taj Mahal with a music edit I did myself. Enjoy

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DarrenInCA said:

This is, by far, my absolute favorite program Michelle ever did. Just the moves in the field sequence she did after her opening triple lutz combination was divine!

This program had it all. Good spins, exceptional choreography, good speed, difficult jumps, and exceptionally well choreography ex...

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  Michelle Kwan - Taj Mahal - Pure Music

  This is Michelle Kwan's 1997 Worlds Long Program Performance of Taj Mahal with a music edit I did myself. Enjoy

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @CapNRachs No. This is the cleanest performance of this program she did the entire season. And it placed her 1st in the long program at World's that season, giving her the silver medal overall.

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  Michelle Kwan - Taj Mahal - Pure Music

  This is Michelle Kwan's 1997 Worlds Long Program Performance of Taj Mahal with a music edit I did myself. Enjoy

  7,647 views

  DarrenInCA said:

  @danjohnrob64 Actually, Michelle won the long program. It's just that she was in 4th place after the short program and Tara was in 1st. Michelle needed someone else to beat Tara in the long to win the title overall. If she had landed the 2nd triple lutz, it would have made no difference in the...

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  Kevin Reynolds Quad Loop 4Lo

  2011 Nationals practice session 4Lo quad loop

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  DarrenInCA said:

  Obviously under-rotated once downloaded and viewed in super-slow motion. (Easily more than 1/4 cheat on the landing)

  Full value of a quad loop is 12 points. This particular attempt, if judged under CoP, would get 8.4 points for the base mark, slightly less than a triple axel.

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  Quad Loop

  Quad Loop

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  DarrenInCA said:

  Right on the 1/4 under-rotation on the landing. (Downloaded the vid and super slow motioned it) Depending upon the viewing angle would determine whether he got credit for full rotation or under-rotated. Even if this jump was under-rotated, he would get 8.4 points for it under the current under...

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DarrenInCA commented 8 months ago

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Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (Lisa Lavie & David Sides)

David Sides & I have been wanting to do a collab for quite some time and we thought that "Need You Now" would be the perfect song. I hope you guys ...

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DarrenInCA said:

@TheAmaliss oh yes, because how she looks when singing is SO important compared to HOW she sings. I'd rather hear Lisa than most recording artists on the radio because she sings beautifully. I could give 2 f***s how she looks when singing. She could stand there like a corpse while singing and ...

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DarrenInCA commented 8 months ago

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Beyonce - Halo (Lisa Lavie)

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT & SHARE if you like it!!! :-D

This song "Halo" by Beyonce was highly requested so I thought I'd sing it for you guys. :-...

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DarrenInCA said:

@ernie325 Your welcome. Basically I think since auto-tune has become common knowledge, people automatically assume that anyone who sounds "too good" must be using it. The truth is any singer worth their talent wouldn't even touch it because of its limitations. Pitch correction is fine for some...

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  Beyonce - Halo (Lisa Lavie)

  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT & SHARE if you like it!!! :-D

  This song "Halo" by Beyonce was highly requested so I thought I'd sing it for you guys. :-...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @greysonchanceloveful You sir are a moron and don't know what you're talking about, nor do you know how autotune works. The main vocals are equalized slightly, compressed (which is standard in the music industry, has been for years) but nary a hint of even reverb. She would sound like a robot, ...

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  Beyonce - Halo (Lisa Lavie)

  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT & SHARE if you like it!!! :-D

  This song "Halo" by Beyonce was highly requested so I thought I'd sing it for you guys. :-...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  To those doing the Beyonce comparisons, there is no real need to compare the two. This is a cover, obviously, but talking about whom is better is not the way to settle it.

  Both versions are beautiful and done great for a reason. They are sang by two great women! And both are EQUALLY good for ...

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  Beyonce - Halo (Lisa Lavie)

  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT & SHARE if you like it!!! :-D

  This song "Halo" by Beyonce was highly requested so I thought I'd sing it for you guys. :-...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @cirkic the legato's and melisma's she performs, as well as the ample vibrato in the voice that is exhibited while performing, negates any possibility that her voice is being "tuned". Any auto-tuning program would make a vibrato sound sound shrill, robotic, metallic, and seem like a sudden pitch...

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  Alicia Keys-No One (Lisa Lavie) My Debut album now on iTunes

  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, SHARE if you like it! :-D

  So many of you had requested this song, I know I'm really late in the game. Heheheh but here ...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @ThePianoguy89 Now now there. I didn't "diss" Alicia. I believe I said I don't agree with some people saying Alicia can't sing. If you feel I am dissing her by pointing out the obvious flaws in her vocal technique then you need some thicker skin. And Alicia is not close to the greats on your ...

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  Alicia Keys-No One (Lisa Lavie) My Debut album now on iTunes

  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, SHARE if you like it! :-D

  So many of you had requested this song, I know I'm really late in the game. Heheheh but here ...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @MsDjoex Sorry to butt into your otherwise peachy argument BUT Alicia is not a great singer. She is nasally, has no proper control over her vibrato or tonal changes, and her timbre is thin and forced. Is Alicia a great artist? Yes. And she writes really good songs. But I can see how others w...

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DarrenInCA commented 8 months ago

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Cher Lloyd: "I'm not gonna win, I'm the rapper"

Cher Lloyd reacts to the internet hate campaign against her. For all the latest X Factor news, visit http://www.digitalspy.co.uk...

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DarrenInCA said:

@antonio12aniello And I suppose your whole "culture" is all the rap artists signed and selling millions of records, rapping about killing a woman, knocking another man's woman up, or my personal favorite, rapping up a shopping list, is keeping it "real", heaven forbid that most of the rap artists...

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  4Lutz 3 21 11

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @Newday23b I've downloaded this clip and slow-motioned it down to playing at 10% of its regular speed. This jump is in no way, shape, or form fake at all. Nor is the recording of it.

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  Oh Holy Night - Celine Dion (Lisa Lavie)

  This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. :)

  I hope you like this video. Please leave your comments, rate and Subscribe.

  Ok, Favorite and shar...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @mvode Yes, there is only one Celine. And there is only one Lisa. They both do a great job and both are "spot on" in their performances. This version is not only tonally PERFECT (without using any fancy recording techniques) but you can just SEE that she thoroughly enjoys and channels the song...

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  Oh Holy Night - Celine Dion (Lisa Lavie)

  This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. :)

  I hope you like this video. Please leave your comments, rate and Subscribe.

  Ok, Favorite and shar...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  Two words. SIMPLY BREATHTAKING!

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  (HD) Mariah Carey - O Holy Night (Live ABC Christmas Special 2010)

  Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ernest_S...

  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pag...

  From the Orpheum Theater in Los A...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @lc0309 Well how about you do what I did, and load it into your music editing program (since I record music and am a musician) and after adjusting the gain to make the peaks match from one version to another, you will see obvious and distinct differences in wave form, pitch modulation, harmonics,...

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  (HD) Mariah Carey - O Holy Night (Live ABC Christmas Special 2010)

  Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ernest_S...

  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pag...

  From the Orpheum Theater in Los A...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  This is live. I've listened to the studio recording several times. She mistimed the line "a new and glorious morn", also added some more notes to the small whistle register part she did. There are also several parts where she changes the intonation from the recording, i.e. going up 1 more step...

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DarrenInCA commented 10 months ago

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Tori Amos - '97 Bonnie and Clyde

This was requested by a youtuber who, sadly, missed the beginning of his 2001 Tori concert and thus also this song. Tori's not on stage while this ...

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DarrenInCA said:

@ieatpaste789 Your posts lost all credibility when you screamed "talentless" in your post. Tori actually writes MUSIC not just lyrics. She's written more music than Eminem ever will. Though, in all fairness, Eminem has quite possibly written more lyrics.

I suggest a Music Theory course if you...

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  Caroline Zhang 2011 US Nationals SP (JPN TV)

  No copyright infringement intended.

  10th after SP-48.48

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  DarrenInCA said:

  It's not about she used to be SO good, its just in comparison to her peers as a Junior it was no contest. She's gotten slower, if that was even possible, and when you're 4'09" and weight 85 pounds, her awful technique still allowed the jumps to be landed. Now that she's gone through puberty, gr...

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  Charlie Brown Christmas

  Linus explains what Christmas is all about.

  3,236,521 views

  DarrenInCA said:

  @music0iz0life0 Furthermore you prove my point about "pushing beliefs on others" by stating, ad nauseam, your beliefs whether or not someone else wants to hear them with your little rant. Beliefs are beliefs, and I don't trample on what another person decides to believe. Preaching isn't defendi...

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  Charlie Brown Christmas

  Linus explains what Christmas is all about.

  3,236,521 views

  DarrenInCA said:

  @music0iz0life0 Wow! Someone got their panties all in a bunch. I know Christmas is a Christian holiday, and made no argument against that and, being a non-Christian myself, I don't feel a need to attack it or slander it. It is what it is, as well as a deeply entrenched holiday in the United St...

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  Christina Aguilera - You Lost Me [Late Show With David Letterman]

  Christina Aguilera Performing LIVE "You Lost Me"

  @ Late Show With David Letterman [June 9th 2010]

  From The Album BIONIC:

  http://itunes.apple.com...

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  DarrenInCA said:

  @SD777 Check out Lisa Lavie doing this song. She comes very close. At the very least, she does the song justice.

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DarrenInCA commented 1 year ago

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Firework by Nick Connell

Free Download: http://soundcloud.com/nicho...

By request, a cover of Katy Perry's "Firework" written by: M. Eriksen, T. Erik Hermansen, S. ...

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DarrenInCA said:

This version is beautiful. However, too bad you totally messed up how gorgeous it could have sounded without you auto-tuning the choruses. I understand it was done for effect, but considering it was just a piano and vocal the effect just didn't enhance the song, rather it detracted from it. St...

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