A Cappella Choir music

I have some really awesome videos to share today. Well hopefully you find it awesome because I find it awesome. First I came across this A cappella Jazz Choir from Slovenia. Yes, Slovenia, the country that sits near croatia and the other -Ia ending countries. The groups name is Perpetuum Jazzile and the song that they do really well is "Africa" from Toto. The eighties song about rain in Africa and such. Apart from the slight Slovenian accents, they are amazing. You have to watch this one.

And on that I started searching for other awesome A cappella groups because

after all, I was sure there were more groups like this one. Enjoy!

Acafellas - "Kiss From a Rose" not the best quality, but really really good.

The VocaPeople.- just plain entertaining

Carleton Singin Knights - "Vienna" Billy Joel

UC men's octet- "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen

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Literal Music Videos

As if the 80's weren't hilarious enough, a few people had the idea to take some music videos and record the song to sing what was actually happening in the video. Sounds a little weird, but once you watch one you will get it. This is one post that I'm sure you want to share with someone who needs a good laugh. There's a bunch more of them, but these are by far the better ones. enjoy

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Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears

Take on Me - A-Ha

I Would Do Anything For Love - Meat Loaf

I Won Big on Swagbucks.com. So can You!

So this is a perfect opportunity to tell everybody about an awesome site called swagbucks.com. This site is a search engine where you randomly win online money called "swag-bucks". Just to be clear, the search results are derived from google and ask.com, so it finds what you're looking for and on top of that you can constantly win. All you have to do is sign up. When you collect enough "swagbucks" you can go to their online store and redeem them for anything you want. And they have everything ranging from music, trading cards, comics, electronics, etc... They also have online sweepstakes for which you can "buy" entries and most of them are only 1 swag dollar.

Which brings me to my point. I entered a recent sweepstakes on swagbucks.com where the prize was two tickets to a Yanni concert plus two backstage passes. And guess what? I WON!!!! I couldn't believe it that I won something so awesome. My girlfriend and I attended the concert at the Nokia theater on tuesday jun 23.WOW. First off my seats were amazing they were center orchestra seats. I saw everything that happened on stage without the need for binoculars. The show was amazing without a doubt. I am a HUGE Yanni fan and it was so great to watch him live along with the new singers. The orchestra played quite a few

of his original pieces without singers and that was such a treat. The audience was %80 Armenian so there was a lot of cheering for Yanni's violinist, Samvel Yervinyan. After the show, it was time to go backstage. And little did we know that our passes were the highest lev

el of VIP.

WE and four other people were escorted by Yanni's Public Relations person to the Upper level of the Wachovia VIP lounge. And what made it better? We got to meet the singers before everyone else. All of the other backstage pass holders were downstairs and they had to wait. Plus there were 60 of them. The six of us upstairs waited and finally all of the singers came up and we met them. It was surreal. I, of course, acted completely dork-like and couldn't stop smiling, but hey who cares. For once, I was VIP. We only

got about ten minutes or so to talk and take pictures, because the PR people kept moving them along to meet time deadlines. Anyways here are my thoughts on each singer.

I'm the guy with curly hair, just incase you thought I wasn't

In order from left to right:

Chloe: What a voice on this girl. She can sing,dance and dominate the stage. Not only that, but she is very beautiful in person. More than you see in pictures. She seemed to be very relaxed when meeting everyone and doesn't mind talking to a fan.

Nathan Pacheco: Can you say one in a million. Yea! because that's who this is. Nathan has a phenomenal voice that will give you chills. I guarantee it. The best part is, he is a great person to match. He was so genuine and kind it's ridiculous. Both my girlfriend and I couldn't stop talking about just how great he was. I wish I could better describe it, but just trust me on this one.

Leslie Mills: Leslie is the delicate flower of the bunch. Her voice has a subtle sensuality that makes you want to keep listening to her. She was a little nervous when talking to us, but hey who wouldn't be. meeting random strangers who smile at you can make one nervous. She was great. She mentioned her favorite part of the tour was working with talented musicians.

Ender Thomas: The Latin firecracker. This guy can grab and hold the audience' attention. He is a showstopper. When he performs, you can't look away. Plus he has the cool accent. Very friendly person and is having fun on the tour. He loves performing and it really shows.

Overall. Amazing experience. Unforgettable. If any of the Yanni performers happen to read this, bravo! and feel free to contact me. ( I know it's a long-shot, but why not). Thanks to SwagBucks for the prize. And make sure to sign up for swagbucks.com. It's free and you can win stuff so why not. please use the link from this blog as it helps me out. Let me know if you win anything!

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One of the Most Unique Songs You Will Hear

I love me some french music although I understand very little, but in this case it is a song without words sung by french kids so it makes no difference. If you have not heard this then now is a good time to do so. enjoy. 

So as you watch and listen read this: This was from a french tv show a few years ago considering that the two kids are now adults. or close enough. The castrato boy is Jean Baptiste who is known in France for his choir singing. The tween girl is Clemence Saint Preux whos father is the composer of the song. Both are very well known in France and have successful individual careers. Just so you know, the girl is now older and she has a very unique beauty. I know you will search for it so here it is: Clemence.fr  .   As a musician I find this tune pretty damn catchy. I bet you will listen to it more than once. In America we need to realize talent like this rather than just some guy or girl singing for a talent show. I mean it's unique, catchy, and needs talent. I won't be the least bit surprised if some annoying kids emulate this on an upcoming American talent T.V. show. wait for it and I will be here to say I told you so. ha!  

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Sing Karaoke on Your Computer

If you know me, then you know I'm a musician and can't get enough of performing. Like most people I sing in the shower and in the car, but there is a virtual stage waiting online. its called Singsnap. You just go online and sign up up for a free account then you can choose from a ton of karaoke songs and record them through your webcam. You can even record the video, if you feel like you deserve to be heard AND seen. The site used to be even better until the law stepped in and deemed many of the songs illegal to post due to licensing. Now as a free member you can still record many of the songs, so it's still a load of fun. If you prefer they have a gold membership for $12 a month which gives you a lot of perks such as more songs, high quality audio, and key changes. So tonight instead of annoying your household from the shower, do it from the comfort of your webcam and post up your talent. Before you know it, you will have spent a few hours on this site. trust me. I know I did.  Here's one of my old recordings of tequila sunrise by the Eagles. Not to mention pointless use of video effects. good times. good times.

I have a lot of audio experience so let me know if you have sound troubles when recording. cheers.   www.singsnap.com