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I think these guys sound incredible.
Great recording, production, arrangements and yes the blend of their
vocals.

IMHO, they blow all the others (Straight No Chaser for example) away.
And that ain't easy because SNC is a fantastic group as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0yr...SoYR_&index=11

Here's a live one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFPuMyesXgE


Listening in my studio on my Event ASP8 and Senny HD 800 and it
sounds fantastic.

I don't hear any Melodyne or Auto-Tune in these tunes. Occasionally I
hear what sounds like 5 part harmony though. I think it's just the
sophisticated arrangements that give the impression though.


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On 12/9/2014 9:44 PM, Jeff Henig wrote:
Jeff Henig wrote:
flatfish+++ wrote:
I think these guys sound incredible.
Great recording, production, arrangements and yes the blend of their
vocals.

IMHO, they blow all the others (Straight No Chaser for example) away.
And that ain't easy because SNC is a fantastic group as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0yr...SoYR_&index=11

Here's a live one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFPuMyesXgE


Listening in my studio on my Event ASP8 and Senny HD 800 and it
sounds fantastic.

I don't hear any Melodyne or Auto-Tune in these tunes. Occasionally I
hear what sounds like 5 part harmony though. I think it's just the
sophisticated arrangements that give the impression though.


I caught them in person around twenty years ago when I was in college.
They're the real deal.



BTW, if you get a chance, check out Pentatonix. They're ridiculously good.

Totally agree on Pentatonix. I bought their new Christmas CD yesterday.
Check this out. [IMHO, reminiscent of early Swingle Singers.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt3oAyK_IG8

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:44:28 +0000 (UTC), Jeff Henig wrote:

Jeff Henig wrote:
flatfish+++ wrote:
I think these guys sound incredible.
Great recording, production, arrangements and yes the blend of their
vocals.

IMHO, they blow all the others (Straight No Chaser for example) away.
And that ain't easy because SNC is a fantastic group as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0yr...SoYR_&index=11

Here's a live one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFPuMyesXgE


Listening in my studio on my Event ASP8 and Senny HD 800 and it
sounds fantastic.

I don't hear any Melodyne or Auto-Tune in these tunes. Occasionally I
hear what sounds like 5 part harmony though. I think it's just the
sophisticated arrangements that give the impression though.


I caught them in person around twenty years ago when I was in college.
They're the real deal.



BTW, if you get a chance, check out Pentatonix. They're ridiculously good.


I just gave a listen!
Wow!
Really nice and I agree with Ron C, they do sound like the Swingle
Singers which is another of my favorite groups.

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Jeff Henig wrote:

I had no idea we had so many folks in this newsgroup who were into a
cappella music.


Some folks are into a particular style, and others are into _music_. The
latter generally have very broad ranging taste for and appreciation of
music. A capppella music is often quite good, I think due to a lack of
pretense. Nobody is waving a guitar around as if it were a surrogate for
a penis.

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:05:06 -0600, hank alrich wrote:

Jeff Henig wrote:

I had no idea we had so many folks in this newsgroup who were into a
cappella music.


Some folks are into a particular style, and others are into _music_. The
latter generally have very broad ranging taste for and appreciation of
music. A capppella music is often quite good, I think due to a lack of
pretense. Nobody is waving a guitar around as if it were a surrogate for
a penis.


For me, it's not that a particularly like cappella music but I do
like well done jazz vocals with tight harmonies, like Manhattan
Transfer for example. I find if it's done correctly, like The
Blenders, I don't even miss the instruments.

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