@jd7x7. I agree most classical ensembles cannot get anywhere close to this kind of lock and ring. But that is more to do with style of music sung than anything else. I have heard a Chinese choir do rip off of the VM Joshua fit the battle and did it almost perfectly, except again, they struggled a bit with the believabilty, English being a second language. Musically and vocal outstanding, just not as connected to the lyric as you might like.
i know quite a bit about music and choral singing in particular and i have to say that this is simply the best bit of choral singing i have every heard. most barbershop choirs shout in the forte passages - these guys' voices ring. and the tuning is just perfect. i would challenge any of their critics to come up with something better - put it on youtube so we can hear it and judge for ourselves.
@mikkimus tnse and closed my foot. It's inwardly resonant and forward. The production isn't tense. The feeling is just intense. The ambassadors could use a lesson or two from these guys about not shouting.
@redsfan911 I have to cheer you up here so here is my reply to mr brown's cat: help! I am a classically trained musician and I would die to hear one professional opera chorus sing with the perfection that these guys attain. Personally I Iike the fact that some of the boys are very animated and some are more serious - I want real people, not clones. Grrrr! :-@
Harrington var kortare än jag trodde när jag såg honom på konsum för inte allt för länge sen. trodde aldrig att han bodde i samma stad som jag och ännu mindre att hans son går i min skola :)
Betala ingen uppmärksamhet i den nej-Sayers. Du är den bästa i Europa, och kanske snart kommer att vara BHS första icke-amerikanska mästare refräng! Orsaken var missnöjet är att de inte har förmågan att du har! Fortsätt och länge leve Zero8! Hope my Swedish is OK - Tack Google Translate!
@MrSiicknesss Jim Clancy arranged it. Our chorus seems to have quite the in with the Vocal Majority, so we can get permission to do a lot of their arrangements.
@MrSiicknesss Jim Clancy arranged it. Our chorus seems to have quite the in with the Vocal Majority, so we can get permission to do a lot of their arrangements.
Good gracious, why all the negative critiicism? Sounds like a bunch of 'old tymers' that are starting to realize that their time has past. (By the way, we're a singing society last time I checked.)
If our organization has a future at all, this is it. Youth and membership with ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT NEEDED from 'nashville'. Oh, and they sing in tune with emotion and beauty.
Wow! Look out Anaheim. This is a solid as it gets except for the "food"-like sound of the last ..."goodbye" rather than the more pure "hood"-like sound. Points off? Who knows.
I should have checked, that'll teach me for saying what I 'felt' instead of what I 'know'! Are you competing in the US in July? as I suspect a top 10 slot is almost certain. If you guys remember to sing for your audience and not so much for yourselves this will make an musically super performance theatrically superior. The subtleties of lyric interp is challenging more so when english is your 2nd language, however you show great musical maturity and with Doug Directing this will only grow. :-O
musically and vocally beautiful, arr. tweaks inspirational! However visually bland as most singers not engaged/connnected with the lyric
uptune
choreo 'borrowed' from Masters nothing new there, so much talent and a copy, twas a waste (IMHO). Musically and vocally VERY tight (high 80's I'm sure), choreo executed in a 'copied' way, however there was more engagement from more singers (this was GREAT to see) want MORE of this, stay connected to the lyric and the 90's will come soon...
@browncatt1 help! I am a classically trained musician and I would die to hear one professional opera chorus sing with the perfection that these guys attain. Personally I Iike the fact that some of the boys are very animated and some are more serious - I want real people, not clones. Grrrr! :-@
I watched the YouTube of PoA of NZABS perform "You Don't Know Me" and I must say that Doug Harrington's minor tweaks to Jim Clancy's arrangement is the touch that was needed. Beautiful job guys. Good luck in Anaheim and kick ass. I'm a new fan.
Amazing singing, but the presentation doesn't match it. I think it is understandable though, because the majority of these guys have been singing barbershop for only a short time and haven't been able to drill in excellent stage presence habits. They will get it eventually, but it will hinder them for a while. Once they add faces to the sound they will be one of the best. If I were a judge I could see maybe averaging 75 in pres 90 in singing and 86 in mus. 83.6 avg.
I like it the way they performed: I think they did it the European way!!! Over here we don't need the American stage presentation. Speaking for myself I don't like it at all. Wenn I'm watching the big American choruses with 100 men or more on stage I wonder if I 'm watching a chorus or a dance show.
What does having 100 men have to do with anything? Singing through a smile lifts the sound and creates a clearer tone. But singing through a smile all the time gets boring, you need to create expressions that relate to what you sing. I don't know what the European way is, but according to you it is this, which borders on akward and is frankly a little bit boring. They will get it I'm sure, because Doug knows how to do it as well as anyone. I could care less about choreo, just emote the song.
There is overlap between different sections so you have to take that into account. Giving them a 75 in something and a 90 in something else would never happen in judging.
You are correct, but if there wasn't that unwritten overlap, and the judges judged only what there category tells them to, it could happen that way. Anyway, enough criticism. This chorus is a breath of fresh air, and I can't wait to experience their performance in Anaheim.
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Not to be mean but what's with the "hungry/angry dog" on a leash stage presence? My son and I are here rolling on the floor over the goofy unnatural cadence and stage presence. Two words, Naturally 7. Free your mind.
The whole package, perfect singing, effective dress, smooooooth mixture of voices, emotive commonality, just the right and appropriate touch of choreography, empathy with the meaning of the music, the little humorous tip of the hat to Arnold S., and that simultaneous "we love it" hand clap that few groups over two members can pull off...stunning!
This is fantastic! Absolutely brilliant! The way they all breath at the exact same moment to make it sound like one large collective breath is amazing say the least. BRAVO!
WOW!! "You Don't Know Me" is just incredible!! I had to pick my jaw off of the floor after that song. The singing/unit sound rivals Westminster and the VM. I loved the swing type feel in some spots as well. There is a real possibility for a medal for them in Anaheim! Plus I loved the 2nd Edition presence of Jaime Meyer and of course Doug Harrington, the Director. With Fred Farrell in Crossroads, 2nd Edition will be in full force in Anaheim as well, 20 years after they won!
Absolutely Awesome! This just shows us the competition is getting better and better. Congratulations on a Magnificent WIN! SINCERELY, Tom / Vocal Majority
Wow! I've never been in a barbershop chorus, especially not a young one, and this makes me want to soooo bad! Nice to see ringmasters and simon kickin' it
You guys have improved since your last contest. The judges also have a tendancy to underscore the affiliate contests, and score higher here in the states. I would not be surprised if you medal in Anaheim. You can do it!!!
simply lovely
MyQueeniebee 2 weeks ago
@jd7x7. I agree most classical ensembles cannot get anywhere close to this kind of lock and ring. But that is more to do with style of music sung than anything else. I have heard a Chinese choir do rip off of the VM Joshua fit the battle and did it almost perfectly, except again, they struggled a bit with the believabilty, English being a second language. Musically and vocal outstanding, just not as connected to the lyric as you might like.
browncatt1 2 months ago
mmmmmmm
blessed7bygod 3 months ago
awesome awesome awesome. what a clinic in section unity. did I mention that this performance is awesome?
jmdbass 5 months ago
This is amazing!
applesauc3 9 months ago
Bravo!!! Awesome Harmony
tenor12notes 1 year ago 2
It's unfair - they've got Harry Potter.
Ex0P0l1t1c5 1 year ago 7
i know quite a bit about music and choral singing in particular and i have to say that this is simply the best bit of choral singing i have every heard. most barbershop choirs shout in the forte passages - these guys' voices ring. and the tuning is just perfect. i would challenge any of their critics to come up with something better - put it on youtube so we can hear it and judge for ourselves.
jd7x7jd 1 year ago 4
They do it very well but the vocal production is very tense and closed.
mikkimus 1 year ago
@mikkimus tnse and closed my foot. It's inwardly resonant and forward. The production isn't tense. The feeling is just intense. The ambassadors could use a lesson or two from these guys about not shouting.
Icyveins906 1 year ago
@mikkimus
They also only have 30 guys.
applesauc3 9 months ago
@redsfan911 I have to cheer you up here so here is my reply to mr brown's cat: help! I am a classically trained musician and I would die to hear one professional opera chorus sing with the perfection that these guys attain. Personally I Iike the fact that some of the boys are very animated and some are more serious - I want real people, not clones. Grrrr! :-@
jd7x7 1 year ago
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jd7x7jd 1 year ago
everytime i hear this it's more awesome! have these guys had vocal training? the loud singing is so rich.....
jd7x7jd 1 year ago
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jd7x7jd 1 year ago
Finneyleee!!
GibsonSG4214 1 year ago 2
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jd7x7jd 1 year ago
GOOD SOUND
trevororrell
trevororrell 1 year ago
Do we have that kind of things in holland? :| Awesome.
Ex0P0l1t1c5 1 year ago
Wow Wow Wow!!!
BarbeeAnne 1 year ago
Harrington var kortare än jag trodde när jag såg honom på konsum för inte allt för länge sen. trodde aldrig att han bodde i samma stad som jag och ännu mindre att hans son går i min skola :)
jopihoop 1 year ago
Betala ingen uppmärksamhet i den nej-Sayers. Du är den bästa i Europa, och kanske snart kommer att vara BHS första icke-amerikanska mästare refräng! Orsaken var missnöjet är att de inte har förmågan att du har! Fortsätt och länge leve Zero8! Hope my Swedish is OK - Tack Google Translate!
ranhar1 1 year ago 4
Just saw them Live in Dortmund - Amazing... Nat King Cole's Unforgetable was excatly that !!
mibe1108 2 years ago 3
Does anyone know who arranged the peice "you dont know me"? thanks alot.
MrSiicknesss 2 years ago
hi! I'm gonna check it up for you, hang in there!
callefikon 2 years ago
@MrSiicknesss Jim Clancy arranged it. Our chorus seems to have quite the in with the Vocal Majority, so we can get permission to do a lot of their arrangements.
bulletofshotguntodie 1 year ago
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@MrSiicknesss Jim Clancy arranged it. Our chorus seems to have quite the in with the Vocal Majority, so we can get permission to do a lot of their arrangements.
bulletofshotguntodie 1 year ago
@MrSiicknesss Jim Clancy arranged it.
bulletofshotguntodie 1 year ago
@MrSiicknesss It was arranged by Jim Clancey.
triptripperson 1 year ago
@MrSiicknesss It's been arranged by Jim Clancy.
mamacarla 4 months ago
Completely focused together! Quite different from the way others sing in a group. Excellent work.
NancyToday 2 years ago
I absolutly love zero8!!!!!
lozza2332 2 years ago 3
Lol!
So sry to ruin your day..
But I'm one of the members in zero8 and I know that noone new even is close to be apart of the choir this far.. So don't take things for granted dude!
(And stop lying on youtube, lol.)
Christian4nderson 2 years ago 2
a part*
Christian4nderson 2 years ago
You're my favorite.
Barbershop666 1 year ago
I am consistently floored at the fluency with which these European groups sing in not only English but a flawless american dialect.
Flanning 2 years ago
Great job!!
Extra points for the eyebrows at 2:35 and especially at 6:08!!
ritzbitz00 2 years ago
Great, guyz. :)
Anzljc 2 years ago
Good gracious, why all the negative critiicism? Sounds like a bunch of 'old tymers' that are starting to realize that their time has past. (By the way, we're a singing society last time I checked.)
If our organization has a future at all, this is it. Youth and membership with ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT NEEDED from 'nashville'. Oh, and they sing in tune with emotion and beauty.
Listen and learn, or get the hell out of the way.
7thsrule 2 years ago 18
@7thsrule Yeah . . . What HE Said!! . . .
GoBrowns64 1 year ago
Wow! Look out Anaheim. This is a solid as it gets except for the "food"-like sound of the last ..."goodbye" rather than the more pure "hood"-like sound. Points off? Who knows.
lyeager 2 years ago
No. no points off. It's their accent. They wouldn't be penalized just as somebody pronouncing an americanized spanish word in a song wouldn't be.
paullyboy 2 years ago
Can't wait to sing some tags next week with some of you guys. Looking forward to it!
Bighead6365 2 years ago
that dude at 2:35 is glowing!
vanish129 2 years ago
Fantastic stuff!
Bit more facial intensity from some performers would be great.
gtrsmurf 2 years ago
I should have checked, that'll teach me for saying what I 'felt' instead of what I 'know'! Are you competing in the US in July? as I suspect a top 10 slot is almost certain. If you guys remember to sing for your audience and not so much for yourselves this will make an musically super performance theatrically superior. The subtleties of lyric interp is challenging more so when english is your 2nd language, however you show great musical maturity and with Doug Directing this will only grow. :-O
browncatt1 2 years ago
ballad
musically and vocally beautiful, arr. tweaks inspirational! However visually bland as most singers not engaged/connnected with the lyric
uptune
choreo 'borrowed' from Masters nothing new there, so much talent and a copy, twas a waste (IMHO). Musically and vocally VERY tight (high 80's I'm sure), choreo executed in a 'copied' way, however there was more engagement from more singers (this was GREAT to see) want MORE of this, stay connected to the lyric and the 90's will come soon...
browncatt1 2 years ago
@browncatt1 help! I am a classically trained musician and I would die to hear one professional opera chorus sing with the perfection that these guys attain. Personally I Iike the fact that some of the boys are very animated and some are more serious - I want real people, not clones. Grrrr! :-@
jd7x7 1 year ago
Hey, I saw "FineyLee tha Multitracker" in there!
paullyboy 2 years ago
Yep, I think I spotted him in there, too. Wasn't that FineyLeee all the way on the right in the second row? He's great!
t1e1rry 2 years ago
You're absolutely right!
Christian4nderson 2 years ago
I watched the YouTube of PoA of NZABS perform "You Don't Know Me" and I must say that Doug Harrington's minor tweaks to Jim Clancy's arrangement is the touch that was needed. Beautiful job guys. Good luck in Anaheim and kick ass. I'm a new fan.
QuartetmanIA 2 years ago 2
Amazing singing, but the presentation doesn't match it. I think it is understandable though, because the majority of these guys have been singing barbershop for only a short time and haven't been able to drill in excellent stage presence habits. They will get it eventually, but it will hinder them for a while. Once they add faces to the sound they will be one of the best. If I were a judge I could see maybe averaging 75 in pres 90 in singing and 86 in mus. 83.6 avg.
My 2 cents
-JJ
JJayHawk9 2 years ago
I like it the way they performed: I think they did it the European way!!! Over here we don't need the American stage presentation. Speaking for myself I don't like it at all. Wenn I'm watching the big American choruses with 100 men or more on stage I wonder if I 'm watching a chorus or a dance show.
Zero 8: keep it this way!!!
gertklijnstra 2 years ago
What does having 100 men have to do with anything? Singing through a smile lifts the sound and creates a clearer tone. But singing through a smile all the time gets boring, you need to create expressions that relate to what you sing. I don't know what the European way is, but according to you it is this, which borders on akward and is frankly a little bit boring. They will get it I'm sure, because Doug knows how to do it as well as anyone. I could care less about choreo, just emote the song.
JJayHawk9 2 years ago
There is overlap between different sections so you have to take that into account. Giving them a 75 in something and a 90 in something else would never happen in judging.
Bighead6365 2 years ago
You are correct, but if there wasn't that unwritten overlap, and the judges judged only what there category tells them to, it could happen that way. Anyway, enough criticism. This chorus is a breath of fresh air, and I can't wait to experience their performance in Anaheim.
JJayHawk9 2 years ago
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Not to be mean but what's with the "hungry/angry dog" on a leash stage presence? My son and I are here rolling on the floor over the goofy unnatural cadence and stage presence. Two words, Naturally 7. Free your mind.
SIXJAK 2 years ago
SWEEET
lol at 2:12 the guy looks like harry potter!
Canadianspunge 2 years ago 5
The whole package, perfect singing, effective dress, smooooooth mixture of voices, emotive commonality, just the right and appropriate touch of choreography, empathy with the meaning of the music, the little humorous tip of the hat to Arnold S., and that simultaneous "we love it" hand clap that few groups over two members can pull off...stunning!
lyeager 2 years ago
indeed swedish singers are the best good group here.
abbafan09 3 years ago
This is fantastic! Absolutely brilliant! The way they all breath at the exact same moment to make it sound like one large collective breath is amazing say the least. BRAVO!
Banans13 3 years ago
WOW!! "You Don't Know Me" is just incredible!! I had to pick my jaw off of the floor after that song. The singing/unit sound rivals Westminster and the VM. I loved the swing type feel in some spots as well. There is a real possibility for a medal for them in Anaheim! Plus I loved the 2nd Edition presence of Jaime Meyer and of course Doug Harrington, the Director. With Fred Farrell in Crossroads, 2nd Edition will be in full force in Anaheim as well, 20 years after they won!
tedmantle 3 years ago
Guys of Zero8,
Absolutely Awesome! This just shows us the competition is getting better and better. Congratulations on a Magnificent WIN! SINCERELY, Tom / Vocal Majority
vmbass 3 years ago 3
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christopherdeliseo 3 years ago
which part is simon singing out of curiosity? baritone?
timmylead 3 years ago
yeah, he sings bari..
christopherdeliseo 3 years ago 2
Wow! I've never been in a barbershop chorus, especially not a young one, and this makes me want to soooo bad! Nice to see ringmasters and simon kickin' it
AndrewKesler 3 years ago 3
Yo, search on the society website. You might find that you may have a chorus closer then you think.
Bighead6365 2 years ago
lol.. what's with that "Please welcome Zero8! ... ueu!" ?
bordonthestreet 3 years ago 2
Yep, this was incredible.
bordonthestreet 3 years ago
3:45
bordonthestreet 3 years ago
3 words:
1) HO
2) LY
3) SHIT.
bassinger07 3 years ago 3
What an improvement!!!
ReldenNibla 3 years ago
OMG!!!!!!
ReldenNibla 3 years ago
It's great to see the great Jamie Meyer singing in competition again!
obie262 3 years ago 5
You guys have improved since your last contest. The judges also have a tendancy to underscore the affiliate contests, and score higher here in the states. I would not be surprised if you medal in Anaheim. You can do it!!!
largefella 3 years ago
That was great! wow..
spcbass 3 years ago 2
aah fett!
christopherdeliseo 3 years ago
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Barbershopraz 3 years ago 2