Don't You Worry

Okay, so this post has nothing to do with renewable energy or Europe or my experiences here... It's just something I wanna share. Early in 2007, my former a cappella group, V-Chords (http://vchords.com), was preparing to compete in the National Harmony Sweepstakes in San Rafael, CA. For the purpose of self-critique, we occassionally made audio or video recordings of our rehearsals. Following the competition, one of our members posted the following video of our rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" on youtube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtWyF4bx8JQ

In February of this year, a student named Cheiku at Miami of Ohio University emailed the V-Chords requesting permission to sing our arrangement. He'd seen our youtube vid and hoped his a cappella group could sing it in an upcoming concert. I sent Cheiku the sheet music for the arrangement... and didn't hear back from him for a while. Then a couple of weeks ago, Cheiku sent us a link to the video of his group, The Miami of Ohio Remnants, singing our arrangement in their spring concert:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fS8oTYt5kA

It was really flattering to see another a cappella group -- composed entirely of singers I've never met -- singing my arrangement.

And on a related note: Last summer, just before moving from the Portland area, the other V-Chords guys each recorded their parts for this "Don't You Worry..." arrangement into digital recording software on my computer. Then from my parents basement in Kentucky, I recorded my solo, did lots of editing of the individual parts, and sent the individual recordings to a pro studio engineer in Chicago, Freddie Feldman (www.vocomotion.com), for mixing and mastering. In October we received the mastered recording, and in early May our recording became available for sale on acatunes.com: www.acatunes.com/album/419. Check it out!