May 10, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on legalities and referrals. Here at The A Cappella Blog, we’ve accumulated our share of experience via over a decade of…
April 26, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on whether your group should focus contemporary songs. There are those folks in a cappella circles who cringe when they hear a…
April 12, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on track order. There comes a point—after you’ve decided what sort of identity your group is trying to project and whether or
March 15, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on concept albums. Not so dissimilar from the theme albums I’ve discussed previously in this column, a concept album calls for…
March 1, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on music videos. Over the past decade, something interesting has happened in the realm of music videos. Videos have arguably…
February 15, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on the editing room floor As many readers know, I come from a more formal creative writing background than I do musical training.
February 1, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on requesting reviews. There are a number of ways of marketing a release, but I’d argue that one of the most effective ways…
January 18, 2019
In this edition, our focus is on theme. As more and more groups dive into the world of recorded a cappella, a sub-pattern has been espousing a theme around…
April 26, 2018
A cappella recording has become a big business within a budding industry. Indeed, given the improvements in recording and distribution technology, and the…
March 29, 2018
In the contemporary a cappella landscape, it’s not unusual to look at groups as cover bands—acts that arrange and often recreate popular music, but that
January 25, 2018
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