Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

The increasingly produced sound found on many a cappella recordings takes away from the art form that is a cappella.

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Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

In response to allegations during last years ICCAs that some groups had formed for the sole purpose of winning competitions, ICCA should institute stricter rules about who can compete—setting minimum amounts of time a group must be together before it can compete, or a minimum repertoire.

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Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

Given the wide range of styles and foci of collegiate a cappella groups today, ICCA should split to have competitions geared more toward groups that focus on musical precision, and more toward groups focused on entertaining an audience.

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Each Friday A Cappella Blog contributors will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment. We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure. 

This week, Mike C. and Melissa take on the true and false sides, respectively, of the following statement:

A group does not need to submit its material to large compilations to build credibility or attract attention.

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Each Friday A Cappella Blog contributors will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment. We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure. 

This week, Melissa and Mike C. take on the true and false side, respectively, of the following statement: 

Groups competing in ICCA should only be allowed to perform material that a current member of the group arranged.

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