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So I had a silly thought... - Bluemage - 12-28-2012
So I heard this song recently, and it got me thinking...
I know we've had questions about barbershop quartets before (and I believe the response was that there needs to be an instrument in the mix). What about when the a cappella group in question has somebody emulating an instrument with their voice? The first time I listened to this version of the song, I didn't realize that the 'drums' in the beginning weren't instruments, so I sort of have to ask.
... mind you, if the song did trigger Doug's metagift, I could easily see his subconscious smacking him with a backfire for being a wiseass. Or (potentially) worse, giving him an ironic version of whatever effect the original song has.
For that song, I'm thinking the a cappella version lets Doug train people, specifically in a cappella singing, via montage. Not really useful, except as a Noodle Incident for a line about how his gift is really only useful with real instruments.
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- Proginoskes - 10-13-2014
Note that there needs to be a tuneful instrument involved: simple drum-backed vocals don't do it either. That said, Doug's magegift is probably quite willing to make an exception or two for the sake of a joke.
- David Lewis - 10-14-2014
There was future snippet of the Harry Potter step released way back when where Doug used the full version of this song to get a 'insert days of montage style training into time of song' power to quickly train the DA - But the accapella? I agree with the above - Doug's subconscious is that nasty.
- Bob Schroeck - 04-06-2015
Yes, the original version of this song is already slated for both DW8 and DW-S. As for a capella training... I'll consider it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- itsune9tl - 04-06-2015
For songs that started out as "just vocals", you could always do something " cracky" and hire a "One Man Band" to provide appropriate instrumental noise for a song.
- Duane Peters - 04-11-2015
One wonders what Doug's gift makes of bands like Pentatonix and Home Free:
- Ebony - 04-13-2015
Or Rockapella, for that matter. (Whose music might not do anything but make Doug feel good. I know it works for me.
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