Summary: Around the Horn AcappellaFest, Whiffs turn 100, Basix was on TV (and so was Bill Hare!), Club For Five’s waygood new album, CNN and Washington Post and WSJ are talking about Glee, SoJam college competition vids are due!, Psych goes aca, 21 Tips for Ruining Your Rehearsal, Buble loves Naturally 7, DeltaCappella is honored, how to digitally market your aca music, the Real Group has a new Real Album and a Real Community. Really. Music from the Future Kendall Young from Kettering High School’s group Eleventh Hour is 17 going on 30. Her performance on their yet-to-be-released Bareilles track “Bottle It Up” is like whoa. Song Suggestion Christopher wants someone to arrange Muse‘s “Resistance” and send it to him. Kthxbai. Names You Should Know On the eve of Don Gooding‘s retirement from a cappella, Dave takes a moment to laud Don’s tremendous contributions to the a cappella community. And Don appreciates the compliment about his mustache. Arrangement Spotlight Lilli Lewis‘ style of arrangement and performance is super organic, and it reminds us all that we don’t always need fancy tricks and jens and jos to make good music. Just clap yo’ hands and sing. Album Review Hunky Danish sextet Basix has delivered a double-disc, all-original album for your listening pleasure. Dave loves the first disc, and especially the funky, groovy tracks; but he uses the boring songs on the second album to teach a lesson about editing yourself. Christopher had a few favorites, but the obvious song lyrics and faux boy band style sometimes felt like a big dude in the gym trying to express his feelings.
