Portamental is dedicated to the exploration of music in all its forms and the promotion of musical understanding for all. Contributors include:
Pianist, instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger, molecular biologist and music theorist. Former Music Director of the Achordants. For arranging services, see Broze Brothers Music; for performing and lessons, see Yuri Broze.com.
Accomplished guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and photographer.
Composer, arranger, double bassist, writer, and didgeridoo builder. Music Director of Brandeis University's Rather Be Giraffes. For arrangement and other sundry music services, check out MusicaRanger.
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If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Stevie’s a bit of a diva here, but he’s also relatively young and probably excited as hell! That head shaking vibrato isn’t a great habit though — [...]
Here’s Sammy Davis Jr. being his bad self, with a truly kicking band behind him (and some very impressive soul girls!). Sammy seems a bit ridiculous here, spinning around underneath an enormous cutout of himself, but these were ridiculous times, ladies and gentlemen. His phrases are all timed so casually; it’s almost as though he [...]
Not to beat an already pulverized equine, but this is just mind-blowing to me: If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Turns out that the world-famous 1985 hit, Take On Me, was a remixed [...]
Literal version of the video. Oh, how these lyrics seem to match! If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. This set of sound effects are so reminiscent of certain Super Nintendo games. Especially Shadowrun, [...]
This is almost beyond description. Simply unbelievable to hear this — not sure where it came from though! The track is “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” There’s no question of the pure energy of this singer, nor his incredible vocal control. Listen to the strength and richness of his falsetto (and weep for his [...]
