Episode 8 - Kid Beyond Lays Down the Foundation
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Release Date: 04/25/2019
Episode 18 - Touring: Success On The Road
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
This week's discussion is all about touring! We're joined by an amazing panel of road warriors, including: Claude McKnight of Take 6 Freedom Young of Straight No Chaser, The Exchange, and Freedom's Boombox Trist Curless of The Manhattan Transfer and m-pact
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Episode 17 - Careers In A Cappella
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Deke and Dietz are back with a brand new panel discussion format! This week's topic: How to build a career in a cappella. Featuring: Angela Ugolini - Producer/Engineer of Aurum Productions and Singer with Musae Chrissy Aloisio - NYC-based Voice Teacher and Singer/Choreographer of Backtrack Vocals Layne Stein - Arranger, Writer, Creator, and Performer. Founding Member of VoicePlay and PattyCake Productions Tehillah Alphonso - GRAMMY®-nominated Arranger, Session Singer, and Teacher
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Episode 16 - Social Media
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Deke and Dietz are joined by the branding experts behind DCappella as well as Tik Tok superstar, Paige Zilba to talk about all things social media!
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Q & A Part 2
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Deke and Dietz answer your burning a cappella questions in part two of our listener Q&A session!
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Q & A Part 1
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Deke and Dietz answer your burning a cappella questions on the first edition of Q&A!
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Extra Notes - Eric Whitacre
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Deke and Dietz sit down with choral legend, Eric Whitacre to share some of the conversation that was too big to fit in our season 2 premiere! Topics include live performance, composition, and how to get the most out of your singers as a conductor!
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Episode 15 - Vocal Effects
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
How many ways can you effect the human voice? The possibilities are endless. Join Deke and Dietz as they talk to Blake Lewis (American Idol) Mel Daneke (Musae/Six Appeal) and Chris Harrison (Arora) about live looping, pedals, studio effects and more!
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Episode 14 - How Low Can You Go?
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
How lowwwww can you go? Deke and Dietz talk to some of the best bass singers in the biz about what it means to hold down the low end. Featuring Barry Carl (Rockapella), Kaedi Dalley (Citizen Queen), and Tim Foust (Home Free)!
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Episode 13 - Long Distance
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
On the season two premiere of Counterpoint, Deke & Dietz explore what it means to make music long distance. Evan Sanders & James Rose of Accent discuss how to collaborate w/ others from all over the world, Eric Whitacre delves into what it means to be creative during a global pandemic, & Women of the World talk to us about what it's like to use cultural differences to create beautiful art.
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We Still Ain't Got No Band - A Tribute to Jerry Lawson
Counterpoint with Deke and Dietz
Deke and Dietz sit down to discuss the incredible a cappella legacy of Persuasions founder and lead vocalist, Jerry Lawson. Rest in peace, Jerry!
info_outlineThis week's guest is the original vocal percussionist for the House Jacks, and live looper extraordinaire, Kid Beyond! Kid joins Deke and Dietz to talk about the process of developing vocal percussion as we know it today, what it was like evolving into a solo act, and what the evolution of modern a cappella has looked like to someone who was there at the beginning!
Segments: In honor of ICCA/ICHSA finals - History Minute about the ICCA MTV pilot in 2009, and a word of advice about competition from our friends at Acaville Radio.
Counterpoint - Should groups use outside arrangers?
Original Song - I Shall Be Free by Kid Beyond. Used with permission.