CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

I was a fan first. By now you’ve probably heard the news that NBC has decided not to pick up "The Sing-Off" for a fourth season.  As an employee of the show (or I guess now, former employee!), this is obviously bad news.  But it’ ...

Stories - adune55 - 05/15/2012 - 21:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

When I was in seventh grade I joined the track team.  I have no idea why – I’m not especially fast, nor do I really like running.  In fact, I dislike running so much that I’ve tried some very unusual, often dangerous forms of exercise in ...

Blog entries - adune55 - 02/29/2012 - 20:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

In one of my very first columns [ http://www.casa.org/content/robert-dietz-you-need-producer ] I talked about getting a producer involved with your project in order to provide a cohesive vision that you, as a group member, might not be as easily able ...

Blog entries - adune55 - 10/29/2011 - 16:18 - 2 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Last time we took a look at the first major tool you have in your arranging arsenal to start interpreting or re-interpreting a song: rhythm.  That discussion centered mostly on syllable choices, since it’s the element of a cappella arranging m ...

Stories - adune55 - 06/07/2011 - 10:05 - 11 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

I review about 25 albums for RARB each year, so if you approximate about 12 tracks per album, that means I’m listening critically to somewhere in the ballpark of 300 solos a year: one solo every 1.2 days.  That’s a lot of belting, mixing, ...

Blog entries - adune55 - 08/13/2011 - 15:55 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups