Pitch Perfect is huge and its sequel is coming out in a few weeks; The Sing Off has had five successful seasons; Tight vocal harmonies are starting to become more present in popular music. As a genre that, ostensibly, has been around for as long as music has existed, I'm sure I'm not the only person on Smogon that's aca-crazy about this music! So why not share some good tunes that you've heard? If you're in a group with some YouTube videos, post 'em up! It'd be great to see some new stuff and get exposed to what else is out there!
So here are a few of my favorites:
So let's hear what you all like! Barbershop, contemporary a cappella, chants... anything!
So here are a few of my favorites:
- Pentatonix goes without saying. They've redefined the way many groups approach contemporary a cappella and their Daft Punk medley snagged them a Grammy for best instrumental or a cappella arrangement.
- The SoCal VoCals are a great, consistently good a cappella group from the University of Southern California. I'm a big fan of this video, in particular: a cover of "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat" from the Aristocats.
- And, for a shameless plug, I've got a remote group on YouTube (me and a bunch of friends live all over the place, so we record remotely in our apartments and mush it all together). Probably of most interest to you all is our cover of the Pokémon Theme, but all of our stuff has a nerdy bent to it.
So let's hear what you all like! Barbershop, contemporary a cappella, chants... anything!