RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: Ben Folds A-Cappella
Everyone who ever joined a concert of Ben Folds knows that he likes the people to sing-along with him. “Not the same” and “Army” are perfect songs to do so. Consequently he now made a record with a-cappella versions of some of his best known songs performed by Choirs from Universities across the U.S. He asked these groups to submit Youtube Videos of their versions. Around 200 groups answered and now a few made it to join him on this record. In my opinion, Ben Folds is a very good example to demonstrate how music business should work in these days. He does MySpace concerts where he plays the songs that where requested in real-time during the concert and in this case he started a contest for a-cappella groups to join him on a record. Enclosed you can find the song “Not the same” 1st in the album version (taken from Rockin’ the Suburbs (2001) and 2nd in the a-capella version performed by The Spartones From Greensboro, NC.
