I’m a musical theatre kid but want to audition for an acappella group in college. I’m a soprano, do well with mix belting and belting and have a very Anna from frozen style 🙂↕️🙂↕️
I was wondering if anyone could help recommend some contemporary-pop songs (since that’s what they’re asking for) to audition with??? I’m super lost 😔😔😔
I actually have been making a cappella music inconsistently for a few months but I definitely feel like my music could be way better. Any basic tips anyone can offer?
For people arranging or singing in groups: how do you usually share rough harmony ideas before they become a real arrangement?
I'm thinking of the early messy stage where you just want the group to hear the shape of a stack, a background part, or a transition.
Do you send voice memos, quick guide tracks, notation, rehearsal recordings, or just wait until everyone is in the room?
Hello! I am a current freshman, and by some crazy twist of fate have been elected music manager for one of the best a cappella groups on my campus. I do have a music background, but nothing extreme, and I'm going to school for psychology so I'm not actively gaining knowledge in the subject. But I believe I absolutely have the drive is necessary for the job, and I am so incredibly excited to start arranging/directing this group of amazing women. It's an all-treble group with 15 singers continuing to next year. We'll hold auditions in the fall so potentially more!!
I have noticed that a common problem that all-female groups have in a competition setting is not sounding "full" enough compared to co-eds. Is there any way to combat this? I know it's kind of a generic/broad question but if any tips are out there they'd be greatly appreciated!
Also! I am in charge of arranging my group's ICCA set this year, and if any of you a cappella grads, enthusiasts, or current singers have any songs you'd love to hear a group perform, I am currently searching the internet for good song ideas for this year and would love any recommendations you have!
Thank you for your advice!! :)
The first episode is up! The video version is on YouTube or you can listen to it on any place you listen to podcasts.
The first episode has to do with helping a Harvard a cappella group come up with funny banter between songs (and, FYI, the person they are interviewing is… me!).
Hey guys! I recently became president of a collegiate South Asian a cappella group and am trying to sort out music licensing. As far as I know, my group hasn't really dealt with this in the right way in the past.
We do mashups of Bollywood/South Asian and Western pop music and post to YouTube and Spotify/Apple Music. Our music keeps getting taken down -- I'd love for it to stay up, haha, so we can gain some visibility. We haven't posted anything for years and have a huge pile of professionally recorded music that I would love for other people to hear. From what I can tell, it's consistently Indian labels (T-Series, Saregama, etc.) flagging us, not Western ones.
I know we need licenses to post covers and mashups, but I'm not sure where to even start, especially with the Indian labels. Has anyone here successfully licensed South Asian music for streaming/YouTube, or found a legitimate approach that's kept your content up? Any experience with this specifically would be really helpful. Thanks a lot!