I love well sung Barbershop vocalizations.

Over on this side of the pond we don't tend to think of large choruses as being "barbershop" however, that descriptor is reserved for smaller ensembles, quartets, as in the famous Barbershop Quartet, as well as maybe up to six singers at most in some instances.

The Inernational Barbershop Quartet competition is a great way to enjoy the acts of many of the best.

Here are the 2012 champions, The Ringmasters:



"Stormfront" - the 2010 champions, sounded like this in compettition:



Injecting humor into the act is becoming more and more a part of Barbershop, here's Acoustix performing a crowd pleaser Medley of Television Theme Songs:



Nothing is safe from the assault of the modern Barbershop Quartet, here we find the High Fidelity Quartet has gone full Trekkie mode:



If you liked part 1 above, here is Part 2 of that performance:



Those who view their music listening on the myopic side of things probably don't realize that when major studios and labels send a young act out to obtain some vocal coaching, the teachers often assign them some Barbershop. Nothing gets the close harmonies practice needed to belt out in perfected intonation than this genre does.

Want your band to have killer vocals, well worth the time spent working out one single Barbershop tune and getting to the point where you can belt it out. -- And, you can add it to your show repertoire and yield amazing audience responses.

Another aside, Band in a Box has been spotted in use among the best of Barbershop Arrangers, using nothing more exotic than the BB's built in MIDI harmonies to automatically assign the parts to a single Melody line.

My all out favorite Barbershop Quartet is FRED:




--Mac

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