A Pair For Your Ears

As some of you know, I have a deep and abiding love for a cappella music. In high school, I was in a guys' quartet called The Overtones, and in college I was part of the Rice Philharmonics. I'd love to get back to it, but for now I have to content myself with singing along with the Acapodcast, my collection of recordings, and whatever I happen to find on the Internet.

Here's two things that fall into the latter category. The first is an a cappella standard given a new twist by incorporating some particularly ingenious sound effects. (The thunder is my favorite.) The second is a multi-tracking a cappella take on a classic rock song, which rarely fail to make me smile.

Enjoy (and feel free to sing along).

Comments

[Jim Henley]

Normally, I'd never waste time on the "Wow, do you know - ?" game, but from what I can tell, you Rice people are practically the Borg. So, do/did you know Ginger Stampley and/or Brett Peters?

[Paul]

I've never actually met Ginger, but we know each other online due to a mutual friend (Karin Kross Levenstein, who I met through theatre stuff). Actually, that might be through two different sets of mutual friends, if I remember right.

Don't know Brett, though. Looks like he graduated in 1994, whereas I didn't matriculate until 1996.

[Lynne]

And I even have a tape of the Overtones. Haven't listened to it in a long time. I wonder where it is.