Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Expensive Theraphy
You must have a open "music" heart to read this!!
Didn't had a good day. Maybe things weren't just going right for everything at all. Had to do something to ease my irritated soul. And so i went for Music hunting. Went to the book shops for Music Magazines. The racks were in a chaotic situation, and selections were limited. Couldn't find the Music Periodicals i wanted, or maybe, i already got 'em all. So i went HMV, straight into the Classical Department. At first i had some unsatisfactory customer treatment from the sales person there but after that, i end up chatting with him about The Swingle Singers. How things can turn around. haha
Swingling Telemann $23.50 & Swingling Mozart $28.50 = $52 !!
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He asked if i belong to any Acapella groups cause most of them and use The Swinger Singers as a reference to do their harmony. He also further enlightened me that this group was here in Singapore a couple of years ago, and did a performance. Where did i go? How come i didn't know?! No wonder he was working in the HMV Classical Department. He knows everything i don't. I feel so mini....
(left) The original French gp rehearsing in an apartment in Paris(1963)
(right) Five members rehearsing with Quincy Jones in 1960.
Click Photo for their Website
So, who are they? The Swingle Singers began as a vocal exercise by a group of French freelance session singers working in Paris in the early sixties. Most of the studio singing was limited to background vocals - oo's and ah's. In 1962, they approached Philips about making a recording. Both thought they might sell a few records to only families and friends. As a matter of fact, in France that's about what happened. But when the recording came out in the States (in 1963), there were a few DJs who liked it and spreaded the word. It began climbing the charts, eventually making the top 10, then staying in the top 100 for almost a year and a half. That first recording, and the two that followed it, won Grammies. Throughout these years, members changed. Different kinds of music were being experimented. How interesting....at least for me it is.
Didn't had a good day. Maybe things weren't just going right for everything at all. Had to do something to ease my irritated soul. And so i went for Music hunting. Went to the book shops for Music Magazines. The racks were in a chaotic situation, and selections were limited. Couldn't find the Music Periodicals i wanted, or maybe, i already got 'em all. So i went HMV, straight into the Classical Department. At first i had some unsatisfactory customer treatment from the sales person there but after that, i end up chatting with him about The Swingle Singers. How things can turn around. haha
Swingling Telemann $23.50 & Swingling Mozart $28.50 = $52 !!
Click photo to Buy Online
He asked if i belong to any Acapella groups cause most of them and use The Swinger Singers as a reference to do their harmony. He also further enlightened me that this group was here in Singapore a couple of years ago, and did a performance. Where did i go? How come i didn't know?! No wonder he was working in the HMV Classical Department. He knows everything i don't. I feel so mini....
(left) The original French gp rehearsing in an apartment in Paris(1963)
(right) Five members rehearsing with Quincy Jones in 1960.
Click Photo for their WebsiteSo, who are they? The Swingle Singers began as a vocal exercise by a group of French freelance session singers working in Paris in the early sixties. Most of the studio singing was limited to background vocals - oo's and ah's. In 1962, they approached Philips about making a recording. Both thought they might sell a few records to only families and friends. As a matter of fact, in France that's about what happened. But when the recording came out in the States (in 1963), there were a few DJs who liked it and spreaded the word. It began climbing the charts, eventually making the top 10, then staying in the top 100 for almost a year and a half. That first recording, and the two that followed it, won Grammies. Throughout these years, members changed. Different kinds of music were being experimented. How interesting....at least for me it is.
