By Mike Chin on May 25, 2009 in Featured, Interviews | 0 Comments
The M&Cs are an all-female group out of Mount Holyoke College. M&Cs Business Manager Katie Logwood took the time to answer questions from The A Cappella Blog.
The A Cappella Blog (ACB): What can listeners expect from The M&Cs most recent CD, Soundbites?
Katie Logwood (KL): We’re all very proud of our latest CD, Soundbites, particularly since all of the arrangements are our own. It really does justice to the diversity of our repertoire, with songs ranging from “The House that Jack Built” by Aretha Franklin to Eve 6’s “Inside Out” and Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer.” The CD features strong solos by nearly every member of the group, on top of well-blended, tight backgrounds. It’s really just a fun mix of songs with something for everyone.
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By Mike Chin on May 18, 2009 in Featured, Interviews | 0 Comments
Cloud 9 is a mixed group out of the University of California at Santa Cruz. The group’s leader, Ian de Borja, took the time to answer questions from The A Cappella Blog.
The A Cappella Blog (ACB): As a mixed group, what advantages do you enjoy? What challenges does the nature of the group present?
Ian de Borja (ID): The best (and most obvious) advantage to being a mixed group is the wider range of songs we can choose to sing. We are never confined to strictly male or female solo songs (not that that stops a lot of single sex groups) but it helps being mixed. The biggest disadvantage in my opinion would be that blending can get difficult between the males and females of Cloud 9. Also, things get ugly when the boys don’t let the girls in our special treehouse because they don’t know the password.
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By Mike Chin on May 11, 2009 in Featured, Interviews | 0 Comments
The Sonneteers are an all-female group out of Skidmore College. Lindsay Thomas from the group took the time to answer questions from The A Cappella Blog.
The A Cappella Blog (ACB)Are there any unique traditions or pieces of history attached to your group?
Lindsay Thomas (LT): The Sonneteers were formed in 1947, making us the oldest group on Skidmore campus. And since our world revolves around singing, I think it´s only appropriate that our longest tradition is a song, called “Every Time We Say Goodbye.” Every year we sing it to our graduating seniors as they depart off into the real world.
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By Mike Chin on May 4, 2009 in Featured, Interviews | 0 Comments
Mike Jankowski is not only a veteran member of The Buffalo Chips, but also runs A Cappella Hosting, a company that hosts websites for a number of a cappella groups. Jankowki took the time to answer questions from The A Cappella Blog.
The A Cappella Blog (ACB): Your company, A Cappella Hosting , offers web hosting services a number of collegiate a cappella groups. What has been like to work with these groups? What have you learned along the way? What do you have to offer groups that might be different from other hosting companies?
Mike Jankowski (MJ): There’s a running joke between myself and one client: “If I talk to him more than once a month, something is either really wrong or I’m lonely.”
In reality, I’ve found that most groups want autonomy with their web service. They don’t want to supervise and take care of every little thing a small business owner would like to take care of. They want to be able to log in, change their news, upload a song, and that’s it. Nothing more.
I’ve learning that if I take care of the little things for these groups, I answer less and less support calls. I just send them an update every month telling them what I’ve fixed for them or helped improve and they ask about. A cappella groups are much easier to take care of than local businesses, let me just make that clear. It’s the general laid-back attitude of most groups that really make this business worthwhile and even fun.
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By Mike Chin on Apr 27, 2009 in Featured, Interviews | 0 Comments
The Cleftomaniacs are a mixed group out of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA. Claire Frederiksen, a member of the group, took the time to answer questions from The A Cappella Blog.
The A Cappella Blog (ACB): If you were to describe The Cleftomaniacs in just three words, what words would you use?
Claire Frederiksen: Spunky, outgoing, creative.
ACB: What can listeners expect from The Cleftomaniacs’ most recent CD, Button Up?
CF: A little bit of everything–oldies but goodies, classics, and new age pop, in addition to a little bit of William and Mary tradition.
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