Product Description
An a cappella arrangement of System Of A Down's "Radio/Video"a track from the album "Mezmerize".
I've been recording improvised a cappella arrangements of songs since high school as a hobby, originally dubbing them as demos to entice friends from my high school's choir to join and record the full parts. I originally recorded Radio/Video in 2012, years after high school (here's the original version), having the crazy idea of trying to arrange a metal song, without being able to scream. I did a decent job and uploaded it to YouTube and forgot about it for years (intense university and startup years).
During one of the Covid lockdowns, I was browsing an a cappella Facebook group and came across Noa Gruman's YouTube video doc on choirs during Covid, and through it, I discovered the Hellscore choir, an Israeli metal a cappella group. After starting a new job, I've decided to support various creators I've been following, including Noa - and discovered the option to have monthly sessions with her by supporting her through Patreon. After discussing some vocal techniques, I asked Noa if she would be willing to listen to and comment on my old metal arrangement, to which she agreed. Rather than just doing that, I rerecorded a new version of the arrangement, with new ideas and taking advantage of some improved vocal techniques. Noa gave me a very useful critique but suggested that it would be more efficient to also put the arrangement down in musical notation. And so, for the first time in my life, I sat down to actually write a musical arrangement.
This piece is the result of this months-long process, which is itself born of a decade old project of mine. I would be excited to have you perform this arrangement with a full choirI would love to hear the result! I sincerely hope you'll enjoy this piece.
The audio preview is a synthesized guide I've made for this arrangment (including mixes for all parts) using https://vehpus.github.io/singing-synthesis/ (a free tool I've developed for this purpose). I am happy to share these guides with anyone who purchases this title. Feel free to reach out to me @vehpus on Instagram.
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