Voice It - Elijah Rock ( Acapella ) - High Quality

[LesMisCrazy]

Good sound, but it was very choppy and all over the place. It was a VERY bad interpretation with a good sound.

[Rrrungs]

this chorus is from germany, dresden. i know all the pupils from my old school

[chunkylova315]

it would be a thousand times better if the basses sang right.

[cacapoopoopeepeeshyr]

No way they are American!!! Singing is awesome regardless!!! Go German kids!!! 8) (sorry if you aren't German)

[damico8908]

They are. :)

[CassAnayadotcom]

I SWEAR To God! One of those Kids on the left is Michael Cera!!!!!!

LOOOK!! at 0:42!

[Putchie]

Nope, definitely not him, haha.

[laurenallisonjohnson]

the dancing does NOT work at all but u sound pretty good

[girlygirl0615]

Nevermind, read some other comments and figured out they definitely aren't from the U.S. I personally loved the diction. They did go a little sharp, but one thing I absolutely loved was the united tone of the voices, particularly on holding out "stood."

[girlygirl0615]

It is by far, not the worst performance of this song I have heard. It is different, yes, but if I'm not mistaken, they are not from the U.S. (at least that's what I gathered from the description). I thought the pronunciation was very good, the light soprano tone was a pleasant change from what is usually done with this, and as for the movement, if it helps them feel the music and get the rhythm right, what's the harm in it? Interesting interpretation though, I thought it was pleasant.

[BritishGurl09]

i couldn't hear the alto's. especially on the really low note. that's a very important note in that part of the song. otherwise pretty good! your guys really seem to be into the music! :)

[katrinahater]

no.......

[purplepizzapizzaz]

Not that I have as much "credentials" as a load of other commenters, I do have to say that for the most part the song was good, however I did not completely watch it - only listened. I do think the sopranos were having a little trouble with pitch on the high notes, but it only takes 1 singer to sour a note!

[Creatix1986]

again thanks alot your for all the comments and replies - keep it up, we read them all and are happy about any feedback!

xxx

-cre

[enkiitu]

So many opinions...

In my opinion, if they want to dance, dance they should. If they feel that the rhythm forces them to move, so they should move. As for being a spiritual or gospel... Dude, listen to the rhythm of the male's voices and tell me if it's so outrageous the idea of rocking to that. Yeah, there are a couple of screams, but they look like kids and they do a good job. Beware if anyone does a less than perfect job! They don't claim to be the best choir in the world after all.

[poetreeizlyfe]

i think this is the worst performance of ELijah Rock i've ever seen in my life...what was with all the rocking?? it looks as if you guys are struggling to get through the song and i don't understand why any certified choral director would have the audacity to do such an injustice to this song...the only positive comment i have is that you all have excellent dynamics. nontheless, I'm sure Moses Hogan (rest in peace) is turning over in his grave at the DISASTROUS ending.

[poetreeizlyfe]

oh and by the way, in case anyone's wondering why i dislike this performance, here's why:

*being a professionally trained musician with eleven years of experience in professional opera and spirituals, i noticed that: the diction was unclear

chords were wrong, especially at the end when the eight layers can be heard

[poetreeizlyfe]

*in reference to the aesthetics, it's an injustice to the late and great arranger of this work, Moses Hogan, to watch the lack of emotion on everyone's faces and in reference to the "rock/sway" that this choir insists on doing, that should have been reserved for gospel music, not a spiritual

[poetreeizlyfe]

.*there is a changed in tempo when the layering starts after "if i could, i surely would stand on the rock where Moses stood" HOWEVER it looks more like the choir and the director lost control and it should have been much slower

[dapageswithin]

it was ok for what it was..my favorite part of the song are the high notes and they didn't do it too well....i was a little disapointed

[RockyInes]

gih quality??

[KhmerPhillyLove]

i think they sang very well but their "dancing" could use some work.

they LOOK funny when they all are moving different ways.

but they are really great.

[ColoraturaXangel]

thats really fast, but it's very good

[Kingk712]

From a preofessional vocalist's point of view, this is the tied for the best recording of "Elijah Rock" on Youtube. There were a few trioble spots but Well done. And considering a the size of the group the sound is quite impressive.

[dcdccdcd1234]

there as great as the transiberian orchestra. but you have to turn up the volume two thirds of full blast

[flajemming7]

so-so, i've heard better arrangements and better groups.

[Singer4Christ06]

Excellent direction, superb sound. Love the blend at the beginning of the piece. LOVE your English! I thoroughly enjoyed this piece- Keep it up!

ps

I have judged this piece many times before, - I think your great- just sops. - you can be a bit sharp at times, all in all though- Fantastic! : )

If you would like to hear the original Moses Hogan Choir (under his direction as well) it is posted here on youtube

[Creatix1986]

hello!

Thanks alot for your post!

Mrs Leithner-Brauns who is an english teacher in the school I graduated in, helped alot improving our pronounciation! Im glad to see you liked it.

I hope to release new material as soon as possible, we definately improved since the latest record on youtube.

-cre

[Triairius]

I didn't read the description, so I listened, and I thought, wow, pretty good. Then I read comments saying someting about good English. Oh, you guys are German. I didn't even notice. Good job.

[Barbides]

"Snake in the grass" and "He's a liar" were a bit sharp, and I agree with the other commenters about the "Hallelujah Jesus" and overly loud sopranos, but other than that this recording is really great! Awesome job :)

[Creatix1986]

Thanks alot for all these constructive comments/critics! keep it up!

Best regards

-Cre

[winglessdreams]

The sapranos were off. But everything was really perfect til the end... which is the great money piece. But you guys got the english down really well.

[ilovebrooke69]

the tenors at the "Hallelujah Jesus" part was kinda annoying, i think better diction is needed. Like in most choirs, only one or two sopranos sing certain parts (I'm gonna butcher the spelling..abagodos?) and especially in a song like this, where dark tones are required, even male falseto are also used. In other words just dont overpower certain parts. But this is the best verson of the song I heard on you tube. And great use of dynamics, good conductor

[zanebeima]

The group is great, except the sopranos really should cut back a little. They are overpowering. Still a VERY GOOD GROUP.

The girls divisi in the middle is beautiful, alto's were not as loud as the sopranos, but good intonation.

[howy2005]

your sopranos are TERRIBLE! They dont blend well with the choir or with each other (especially when it breaks into 1st and 2nd) Plus the one thatr tries to sing louder than the rest doesnt resonate her voice through her diaphram but instead pushes it out her whiney sounding throat. ugh!

The rest of the choir though, short of amazing. very nice

[violakid]

i'm impressed by the conductor, too. he seems like an amazing person to train a group to perform that well.

i gotta dissagree with the dancing thing... it's not "dancing," it's just moving with the beat, and i think it's appropriate for this kind of song. but that's just me. it can really enhance a performance if done right just by helping the performers...

[Grrracen]

That's very good. Our choir listened to a recording of this one day and we all absolutely loved it but never did try it. Anyway, this choir's version gave me chills.

[paintedtalons]

Oh, yeah! I did this song when I was in a choir a while back, and was unimpressed with what we as a group did with it. This one totally blew my mind. I agree with everything that was said about tempo- spot on. Sadly, I also have to agree with the comment on the dancing.

[Creatix1986]

its an early record. we already improved, but we will try ;) thanks for all the kind replies!

[FoggyRoad81]

Its great but the dancing? CRINGE!

[hehthurr]

Overall very good, but like with a lot of choirs there is WAY too much soprano, especially first soprano.

I like that you did the "oooooh elijah" slower like we did, a lot of choirs do it sped up and I don't like that, takes away from the effect. But overall very nice =)

[schnapps77]

yea this is better than the other ones ive seen on here, more blending and better singing overall

[Creatix1986]

thx! feel free to pimp the rating if you like it =)

[GYGsam]

aha! great sound! bravo!!! you guys did good, i watch a lot of videos of choirs performing this song and i have been very critical on them all, but not this time, very nicely done,you all kept your tempo nice and steady slow and fast when it should be, the blend was very good, dynamics were good-a little more and the song in my opinion would be perfect!! another thing, great job getting into the song it put more emphasis on the spiritual part of this song. GReaT JOB!!

[Creatix1986]

Thanks alot for this detailed and positive comment! we really appreciate it!

Best Regards

-cre