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Story behind the song:
Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson were booked for a Piano Guys show in Hawaii. How could we resist filming our next video in the land of Aloha -- beautiful beaches, green mountains, and fresh pineapple?? We went to our Founders and Facebook fans to ask what song they wanted us to play there. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was the nearly-unanimous response. But you know how we are ... we couldn't "just" do this tune by itself...so in the studio we found a made-in-heaven matchup in the timeless melody from the Shaker Hymn "Simple Gifts" written in the 1800's (also used by Aaron Copland in his Ballet "Appalachian Spring"). We feel it's an especially appropriate mash-up because of our profound love and respect for the Hawaiian culture -- a people who are so good at finding happiness in simplicity. As you probably could hear we borrowed a lot of ideas from Iz's version which has become the stuff of legend.
Getting a piano onto a sandy beach and then onto a big hill in a famous ranch within the SAME day (we only had 8 hours to film) was no small feat. The only thing harder would be to be predict Hawaiian weather, which ended up being our biggest challenge.
We had a little extra help on this one. Steven Sharp Nelson's mother, Lynne Sanders Nelson -- a main source of his inspiration for pursuing music -- passed away early in life from the effects of a brain tumor. She was an incredibly-gifted musician and taught Steven to play music passionately rather than just playing "notes" on a page. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was one of her favorite songs. We finished this arrangement on what would have been her 70th birthday. Somehow she helped.
Thank you so much to the Kualoa Ranch who bent over backwards last-minute for us and provided us such a beautiful place to shoot. Visit their site at http://www.kualoa... -- when you visit Hawaii be sure to stop by and take a tour -- its where dozens of huge blockbluster movies/tv shows have been filmed.
This song is dedicated to
Lynne Sanders Nelson, The Hill Family, J. Mueller, & the people of Hawaii
Filming locations:
Beach Scene:
Pounders Beach, North Shore, Oahu Hawaii
Finale:
Kualoa Ranch, North Shore, Oahu Hawaii (This is the place to go for sightseeing on Oahu!)
Toll Free: (800) 231-7321
Tour Desk: (808) 237-7321
http://www.kualoa...
Credits:
Over the Rainbow music written by Harold E. Arlen in 1939 for the movie "Wizard of Oz" -- originally performed by Judy Garland
Published by EMI Feist Catalog, Inc.
Inspired, in part, by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's cover
Simple Gifts written by Joseph Brackett in 1848
Arrangement written and produced by Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson
Video produced by Paul Anderson and Tel Stewart
Piano: Jon Schmidt
Electric/Acoustic Cellos: Steven Sharp Nelson
Vocals: Al van der Beek
Percussion: Steven Sharp Nelson & Al van der Beek
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Aphrodite Chorus is an all-female chorus that covers mainly Vocaloid son...
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Aphrodite Chorus is an all-female chorus that covers mainly Vocaloid songs in Japanese. But we will focus on choral adlibs and harmonies, and also use piano-based songs and piano arrangements often, to incorporate the choral feeling.
Choral adlibs and harmonies here basically means, there will be extensive use of normal harmonies and chords such as "ooh"s, "aah"s, and "haa"s. If you're familiar with Akiakane's utattemita/covers, you'll understand. If you're not, you must at least listen to her Rolling Girl or Two-faced Lovers cover to get the entire choral idea. :D
We won't use Vocaloids as our avatars. We will have personalized avatars following each song's style with me being the artist. But sadly, I don't have much free time (and also tools) to color it. So if you're interested as being a co-artist (taking care of coloring or even being the main artist) please check the artist audition.
For now, the members will be 5 girls including me: 3 soprano and 2 alto. I'm a soprano, so that means I only need two more. If you're not sure what voice type you have, don't worry. Just audition and I will categorize you if you're accepted.
I'm opening audition for male guest singer here, for our debut chorus only. Because each chorus will have different male guest singer.
Currently open for auditions:
- 4 female singers (permanent)
- 1 male singer (guest)
- artists
- animators
Please check this google doc for detailed info and how to audition.
https://docs.goog...
Thanks for watching, and I will be waiting for your auditions!
--hope
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Aphrodite Chorus is an all-female chorus that covers mainly Vocaloid son...
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Aphrodite Chorus is an all-female chorus that covers mainly Vocaloid songs in Japanese. But we will focus on choral adlibs and harmonies, and also use piano-based songs and piano arrangements often, to incorporate the choral feeling.
Choral adlibs and harmonies here basically means, there will be extensive use of normal harmonies and chords such as "ooh"s, "aah"s, and "haa"s. If you're familiar with Akiakane's utattemita/covers, you'll understand. If you're not, you must at least listen to her Rolling Girl or Two-faced Lovers cover to get the entire choral idea. :D
We won't use Vocaloids as our avatars. We will have personalized avatars following each song's style with me being the artist. But sadly, I don't have much free time (and also tools) to color it. So if you're interested as being a co-artist (taking care of coloring or even being the main artist) please check the artist audition.
For now, the members will be 5 girls including me: 3 soprano and 2 alto. I'm a soprano, so that means I only need two more. If you're not sure what voice type you have, don't worry. Just audition and I will categorize you if you're accepted.
I'm opening audition for male guest singer here, for our debut chorus only. Because each chorus will have different male guest singer.
Currently open for auditions:
- 4 female singers (permanent)
- 1 male singer (guest)
- artists
- animators
Please check this google doc for detailed info and how to audition.
https://docs.goog...
Thanks for watching, and I will be waiting for your auditions!
--hope
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"Name: Harlequin
Singing Alias: Harlequin
Username: TheHarlequinDemonnes
Ag..."
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"Name: Harlequin
Singing Alias: Harlequin
Username: TheHarlequinDemonnes
Age: Haha, can I tell you privately? (<irrational fear of stalkers)
Voice Type: Alto, methinks. Correct me if i'm wrong @-@
Vocal Range: I give off the impression that I sing high...but I'm more comfortable singing lower. (YesICANsing high though 8D)
Do you have experience? That one I can proudly say yes to!
Can you make or sing harmonies? Oh that's my forte <3 (Probably my only forte...orz)
Will you be active? Yes'm!"
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Thank you so much for doing such an amazing job on just a test run!!! :3 You're voice is just beautiful!!!!
and noooO~ you're the one with the sexy awesome voice!!! QwQ
No, my channel was made for musicians who make different melodies to certain songs. We would like you to be the guest star of our first abridged song.
Again, thank you for your time!