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filkertom ([personal profile] filkertom) wrote2009-06-08 06:05 am
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I Bless The Rains

Anne sent me this epic choral version of Toto's "Africa", but it's the first minute that's really cool:

Beatboxing ftw

[identity profile] nightmarewriter.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
Since the song is a pop song, the beatboxing to simulate the drum/bass lines is important, and very well done. I like how he was even pretending he was playing the drums, by using his 'air sticks'.
Using the women to do the higher instrumentation was inspired, even though there was no lyric parts for them.

All that said, the storm bit was fan-freakin'-tastic. The wind/rain with their hands was cool, and using the creaky risers to do the thunder? Genius.

Re: Beatboxing ftw

[identity profile] zellion.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
I was a bit nervous at first, I've stood on too many of those creaky risers!
That looks like a fun piece to do in a chorus, I've always liked the harmonies in that song anyway.