RARB/CASA Forums

by **Jordan** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:42 pm

I'm looking for an arrangement or two, and - quite honestly - am finding little on the 'net. I'm in a barbershop chorus, and am writing a show that requires some recent music. Seeing as most of the in-house charts are from the turn of the wrong century, I was hoping someone here might have an all-male arrangement of one of these songs that would be willing to share.

Bad Day (Daniel Powter)
Viva la Vida (Coldplay)
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
Fireflies (Owl City)
So What (Pink)
Rhythm of Love (Plain White Tees)
Firework (Katy Perry)
I got a Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
Closing Time (Semisonic) (I actually only need the first verse, no chorus)
Forever Young (Alphaville)

You can see why I might not find this in a barbershop library, but we've got younger members who would like to sing stuff popular in this century (at least from time to time). Bonus points for arrangements without VP!

Note on the legal side: I can obtain necessary copyright releases/make appropriate payment to the holders directly for the copies we need, and could probably arrange a small honorarium for the arranger to send me a master/reproducible chart.

Thanks, in advance, for any help!

by **Jchopak** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:16 pm

Check out betteracappella.com for these. A bunch of these songs are aca-favorites so you shouldn't have much trouble getting at least a handful of them through arrangers on that site.

by **Jordan** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:54 am

That's a fabulous resource, not least because many arrangements have links to youtube so you can get a quick idea of how the arrangement sounds. Thanks!

You tube · by **dhoom** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:18 am

I did a medley of Family Matters, Step by Step, and Full House for my college group about 4 years ago if you're interested. ceegersmello at hotmail dot com

by **ceegers** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:55 am

o.O That's really odd, because that's my old email and I did arrange that... did I post this on some other thread, or where in the world did that post come from?!?!?

Edit: oh, yup, found it, something I posted 3.5 years ago :P

by **Andrew Rodgers** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 5:16 am

Just try to search on the internet... when you will type the name of the song, you can find a lot of different versions.
I used to search music on YouTube, music arrangement online services and time after time I check out Edubirdie.com (for writing and lyrics). First of all you need to find a local studio to record a sketch or demo of your song or do it yourself.