"Lessons from A Capella for Business and Life" - Talks at Google

A Capella Guru Deke Sharon stops by Google to discuss lessons from A Capella that can be applied to business and life.

All Of Me

Do you enjoy singing? Come along and try Meantime Chorus - we rehearse every Thursday, 7-9pm at St Saviour's Pimlico. Contact us for more information - meantimechorus@gmail.com

Arranging for Women's Voices

5 key pointers to help you create great arrangements for women's a cappella groups

Arranging Tips

We're kicking off our latest segment full of aca-tips, tricks and advice with the one and only Deke Sharon - we were lucky enough to quiz Deke on a few topics while he was recently down under.

Claude McKnight interviews Deke Sharon

Covering a wide range of topics including the current state of a cappella and Pentatonix's #1 album

Creative Vocal Arranging in 4 Steps

Spice up your arrangements and make them more creative with these 4 steps!

Directors of Choral/Vocal/A Cappella Groups: Listen Up!

You may be doing something in rehearsal that you think is helping but is in fact undermining your ability to create great music.

Dynamics

Learn a new way to approach dynamics in your singing group using numbers

How To Arrange for Any Group

It's not hard to arrange for groups you know well... but how can you arrange a song that sounds good when sung by a variety of different groups that you've never met?

Make Your Arrangements FULLER

Mastering Microphone Technique: 10 Tips

Never used mics before? Used them but still haven't mastered good microphone technique? No problem: These ten tips will help.

Modifying Arrangements for the Studio

Are you about to record your live arrangements, but want them to be more than just what you do live? Here are 7 tips to help make your studio versions shine

Part Of Your World/A Whole New World

Deke Sharon pioneered the direction of the modern pop a cappella sound. Throughout his humble beginnings with the House Jacks to his work on Pitch Perfect, The Sing-Off and In Transit, this mashup of two '90s-era Disney staples is masterful, intricate and optimistic to the point of perfection.

The Heart of Vocal Harmony

The Power of A Cappella

Music producer for The Sing-Off and Pitch Perfect 1&2.

The Value of Vocal Music in Education

School music programs are being cut, and education priorities focused on STEM. Is there any real value to a vocal music education?

Under Pressure

The Over Tones perform at our exclusive encore show in Studio City at Upstairs at Vitello's, singing an electric rendition of Queen's Under Pressure, arr. Deke Sharon.

What Makes a Good Arrangement

Deke Sharon talks about what makes an arrangement pop!

Why Vocal Harmony Matters

For most of human history everyone sang... but that changed. Why did that happen, why is it a problem, and what can be done?