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Male Semi-Pro Sextet from San Juan, Puerto Rico The members of Nota have devoted much of their lives to singing a capella. Their passion for this art form is clear when you watch them perform. They live to bring joy to others by sharing their love for singing and performance. They were the opening act for Shakira's US tour this fall, a great honor that left them humbled and overjoyed. They performed in front of hundreds of thousands of Shakira fans who sang along with them, got up and danced, and cheered for them with genuine enjoyment, a reaction that is rarely given to supporting acts. Nota have been on a journey since the NBC show The Sing Off in 2009 where American audiences voted for them as winners of the series. Since then, they have astounded audiences across the country and in their homeland of Puerto Rico with performances that you have to see to believe. A Cappella. 2009 - Sing-Off Champions My GirlMusic video by NOTA performing My Girl. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLCMusic video by NOTA perfo Todo CambioMusic Video by Nota performing Todo Cambio from Camila. Copyright Sony Music US Latin. Directed by Lourival Rodriguez Neto 2010® All I Want For Christmas Is YouMusic video by NOTA performing All I Want For Christmas Is You. (C) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC |
Nota : Nota Longtime Harmony Sweepstakes fans like us experienced a curious sense of deja vu while watching the Finals of NBC's "The Sing-Off." This was not surprising, of course, because the show was directly inspired by the Harmony Sweeps, but watching the first Champions, Nota, some of the singers looked very familiar. Searching the Sweeps website, we had to go back to the 2004 Finals, where a 7-man group from Puerto Rico named "Alpha", winners of the L.A. Regional, failed to place but impressed a lot of us in the audience. Since that evening "Alpha" members Edgar Rios, Johnny Figueroa and Ludwig Henderson joined with friends Jose Angel Rodriguez, Juan Eli Diaz and David Pinto to form the beautifully-named Nota, and the reaction of the tv audience, studio audience and judges underlined what everyone could tell from the first few notes-Nota ranks among the best, most entertaining a cappella groups in the world! There are 11 cuts on "Nota," covers of Lil' Wayne's "I Gotta Feeling," Jay Sean's "Down" (which has a marvelous salsa segueway), William "Smoky" Robinson's "Track of My Tears" and "My Girl;" Marc Anthony's "I Need to Know" and Maroon 5's "This Love;" and originals such as "You Own My All," by group member David, "Con mi nota en do" and "Solo sin ti" by Edgar, Ludwig, David and Eduardo Reyes, "Que tengo que hacer" and "Todo cambio." We're going to list the first cut, "I Gotta Feeling" as our favorite because listening to it we knew how good Nota is, and, as we expected, the other 11 cuts are all joyous, bilingual musical treats. Listen to the faux harmonica on cut #7, "My Girl," the faux electric guitar solo on cut #6, "This Love" or the faux horn section on "I Need to Know." Look and the amazing performance photos of the group in the liner notes, or go to YouTube and check out a couple live Nota performances. Then, like us, you'll be a huge Nota fan, turning on your friends to this sweet-singing, big fun group of a cappella champions! Songlist: I Gotta Feeling, Down, Can Mi Nota En Do, You Are My All, Tracks of my Tears, This Love, My Girl, Todo Cambio, Que Tengo Que Hacer, Solo Sin Ti, I Need To Know |
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