Yesterday I sang in the Diamond Valley Vocal Eisteddfod. Was lots of fun :o)

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I'm singing Verdi's Requiem with Diamond Valley Singers in November. I'm sharing the bass solo in the first 2 performances (with piano) and the 3rd is with Preston Symph, which should be heaps of fun :oD ( Read more... )

First, a little background:
A few months ago a random guy contacted the Diamond Valley Singers, asking if we'd like to do some recording of stock music for TV ads. So I did that, and it was all cool.

Well. Last night some of that music was used in an ad for Smallville.

I'm on frickin' TV! Well, my voice is anyway.

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Hehee! I knew that!

But what makes it really coincidental/funny is the pic i found today on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kasia_hc/65817740/

This what I was listening to a couple of posts ago. It's amazing stuff, and I decided it's worth spamming you lot with.

Enter Zulya and the Children of the Underground. Very hard to describe. Lots of different and unusual instrumentation, including accordion, electric guitar, an alto voice to die for (especially in Russian), and once piece with ( Read more... )