Smile (Original Tag) [Multitrack Barbershop]

Today is a twofer. Hooray for no class for the next month.

I wrote new music to this classic tag with a much more modern (and therefore not technically barbershop... stupid rules) chord progression when I was bored a while back. I decided I'd record it and upload it to YouTube so people could hear a multitrack of a (possibly) hipper tag that nobody's heard before.

By request, the music for this tag can be found here: http://chrisrishel.com/files/compositions/pdf/smile.pdf

Barbershop + Autotune = EVIL!!1!eleven!
Barbershop + Melodyne = EVEN WORSE (the superior software makes it marginally harder to tell you're cheating...) :-P

http://chrisrishel.com/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Barbershop
• Cappella
• Solo
• Multitrack
• Tag
• Original

[COMALiteJ]

I have the solution to the whole KIBbers vs. Progressives war:

Notice how most other genres of music have a "Classic ___" subgenre? Classic Rock? Classic Country? Even Classic Hip-Hop?

Why not let the term "Barbershop" include most any four-part a capella with Tenor above the melody, but to earn the term "CLASSIC Barbershop" it must follow all of the other rules as well?

[chrisrishel]

I'd be all for changing the rules for the college and big boys contest to be more open, and let the seniors contest keep whatever restrictive rules they want (aka classic barbershop). However, I don't see that happening anytime soon...

[COMALiteJ]

I was talking more about recordings for sale. There could be an official Classic Barbershop logo seal that only Burt Szabo and his posse could award.

That way, those who want to buy only KIBber-approved CDs would know what they're getting.

[chrisrishel]

Haha, I'm totally fine with that, but I don't know of a CD that has come out in a long time with every track being KIBber-peachy. That might be just about the least frequently used seal ever. :-P

[COMALiteJ]

It could also be used for arrangements (sheet music). It might find more frequent use there.

All too many KIBbers aren't REALLY interested in keeping Barbershop at its roots. They only want to preserve their own youths — Barbershop as THEY remember it. The ORIGINAL Barbershop was very different from what most KIBbers propose. For one thing, it was often accompanied (usually guitar).

[chrisrishel]

Sure, why not stamp the charts while we're at it too...

Where I have a problem is that they also want to keep the rules for the contest as they remember them too. I wanna sing more chord extensions than the occasional 9 in the melody...

[mariuszny]

Nice cords,

but the last E-flat out of your range :)

[bluesmasterelf]

Reminds me of the Beatles. Lennon on acid after hearing the Four Freshmen or something.

[musicmakerscott]

Which voice part do you consider yourself? Those are some juicy chords!

[TheMende01]

There are no rules to music, brother. Create new style barbershop, thats what I'm into..

[nyx1331]

agreed

[MusicGuru12]

Brilliant tag. Love the chords, especially the chord at 0:21 - That major 7th was really nice.

Great job!

[MusicAddict5]

What happened to your voice? ;-P You were way better than that when we still had OUR quartet!

[Murjoe16]

Not too shabby!

[gotchabari]

Yeah, but even progressives wouldn't go that far. There comes a point where it is just vocal jazz. It's nice ear candy to play with, though.

[DanishCartoonist]

Not sure how to classify it... but I liked it!! :)