choral version of Toto's "Africa"

[jrtom]

with choir-generated rain sound effects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig

The 'special effects' at the beginning were very well done, and I salute them for making the fact that choral risers are often noisy into a feature. :) I found the actual singing part somewhat lackluster, though; they could have done a lot more with it (e.g., increased the dynamic range, maybe kicked up the tempo just slightly and/or added some rubato in spots).

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

FWIW my bird really likes them. :-P

[mudita88.livejournal.com]

Aurora did a rainstorm like this in our last winter concert! I learned it ages ago from I-don't-remember-where, taught it at a chorus retreat a few years back, and then Joan incorporated it into our December 2008 concert just before we sang "The Storm is Passing Over." Fun! (We didn't do the riser-stomp, though--great idea!)

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

cool! :)