Our repertoire draws from many styles linked by a common arrangement style -- powerful in vocal instrumentation and rhythm.
We'll take on funk and rock, if it includes big horns, big backup vocals, or wall of guitar instrumentation, we're game. Any groove built for dancing is up for grabs, but we also love the messages in the lyrics that these grooves often accompany, so we will be heavily influenced by many of the social statement songs from the 60s and 70s -- Sly and the Family Stone, Tower of Power, Blood, Sweat and Tears, ...
Yet we will draw on a variety of music genres and virtually nothing will be off-limits. From New Orleans funk to progressive rock, latin dance groove to gospel. Maybe even an attempt to do a vocal drum and bugle core type song, or more locally appropriate, a Venice Beach percussion jam, but performed with voices.
These are just a few of the groups that will give you a glimpse of what to expect, though we hope to break new ground with the extensive vocal horn and rhythm section arrangements, as these examples are smaller groups than our goal.
Spiralmouth
House Jacks
Invisible Men
Duwende
Hookslide
Arrangements
Contemporary Acappella League (CAL) songs, with learning CDs include:
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday People
Original Arrangements ready or Work-In-Progress (WIP)
Beatles - Because, You never give me your money
It's Gonna Rain - from the a cappella group Fourshadow
Tower of Power - There's Only So Much Oil, Credit (WIP)
Talking Heads - Take me to the River
Depeche Mode medley - WIP
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge, Naked in the Rain
Liz Phair - Rock Me
The Meters - Hey Pocky Way
Dr. John/New Orleans Traditional - Iko Iko
Neville Bros. - Over Africa
Rare Earth - I just want to Celebrate
Buddy Miles - Them Changes
Spirit - Nature's Way