Tuesday, November 30, 2010
German? Or beatboxing?
Got this from a post over at the RARB forum. Apparently if you type in consonants but no vowels into the German google translate site, you can make it beatbox for you.
For a demo, click on this link.
Then click on "listen", on the right hand side.
:-)
Made me laugh!
For a demo, click on this link.
Then click on "listen", on the right hand side.
:-)
Made me laugh!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Free album by Overboard!
Contemporary a cappella group Overboard is offering their album Help! for free download:
http://www.overboardvocals.com/
(They did this last year, too.)
In case you aren't familiar with it, Help! was one of the six albums nominated for the Best Pop/Rock CARA award last year. I was one of the CARA judges, and if I recall correctly voted for this album to win the category.
It's an amazing album. A cappella arrangements of Beatles' music, all done in "gapless" fashion. That is, one song merges into the next with no pause between tracks. It's pretty much like a 56 minute song. And the arranging of the songs is top-notch; very interesting to listen to for Beatles and/or a cappella fans. I would rate all of the tracks but one as 5/5 stars. (That one was kind of a strange concept... it's a combination of lots of different tunes, and I think last year Overboard ran a contest to see who could correctly identify all of the different parts.)
In short: this is one of the best albums in my collection. Oh, and did I mention-- it's free!! :-)
http://www.overboardvocals.com/
(They did this last year, too.)
In case you aren't familiar with it, Help! was one of the six albums nominated for the Best Pop/Rock CARA award last year. I was one of the CARA judges, and if I recall correctly voted for this album to win the category.
It's an amazing album. A cappella arrangements of Beatles' music, all done in "gapless" fashion. That is, one song merges into the next with no pause between tracks. It's pretty much like a 56 minute song. And the arranging of the songs is top-notch; very interesting to listen to for Beatles and/or a cappella fans. I would rate all of the tracks but one as 5/5 stars. (That one was kind of a strange concept... it's a combination of lots of different tunes, and I think last year Overboard ran a contest to see who could correctly identify all of the different parts.)
In short: this is one of the best albums in my collection. Oh, and did I mention-- it's free!! :-)
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Utah Baroque Ensemble concerts
For Utah residents out there...I forgot to post the info before our concert last Sunday, but here are the three concerts we still have upcoming:
Sunday November 21, 7PM Orem East Stake Center 600 N 800 E Orem
Monday December 6th 6:00 and 7:30 PM (two identical concerts), Orem Public Library
Sunday November 21, 7PM Orem East Stake Center 600 N 800 E Orem
Monday December 6th 6:00 and 7:30 PM (two identical concerts), Orem Public Library
Friday, November 19, 2010
The Sing-Off v. 2 coming up soon!
I'm excited, looks like it will be much better than the first go around (which I quite enjoyed). Here's the opening number. Less than three weeks away until it airs! Personally, I'm most excited about seeing Jerry Lawson, the older black gentleman in this clip. He was the lead singer of the amazing a cappella group, The Persuasions.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
On the Rocks - Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Here's another one. I thought I had posted this before, but a quick search of my blog didn't find it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFh8LCBZeQ
P.S. There will likely be more to come, because there's an ongoing thread on RARB (the a cappella review website I write for) about the best YouTube a cappella videos.
http://forums.casa.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6382
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFh8LCBZeQ
P.S. There will likely be more to come, because there's an ongoing thread on RARB (the a cappella review website I write for) about the best YouTube a cappella videos.
http://forums.casa.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6382
Naturally 7 - Wall of Sound
