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by **lunchbox** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:13 am

Other than personal arrangements done for your group(s), who are everyone's favorite arrangers? I know some specialize in certain types, so feel free to list those with your post. Names of the arrangers, not the actual arrangement. :-)

Deke - You cannot nominate yourself. :-P

by **mikex** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:52 am

Ed Boyer, Deke, and Carl Taylor.

by **Nick Lyons** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:45 pm

I'm kind of digging Charlie Forkish and have always been a fan of Joseph Bates. I've also recently been (re-)introduced to Todd Rundgren's stuff, and while it's pretty old-school, I'm remembering why I fell in love with this stuff.

by **whataboutrob** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:46 pm

Samrat, Deke, Boyer. Sean Altman does a really good job of knowing exactly what his group does well...

by **dherriges** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:32 pm

I'm a Boyer and Bates kinda guy.

by **thatarin** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:57 pm

Raj Patil, Jon Pilat, Ed Boyer, Deke Sharon, Jason Ryterband

by **soundslikedrums** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:55 am

beatboxerr wrote:Raj Patil

Wow. Rube cred.

Samrat, Deke, Yumiko, C. Scott IV, but first, foremost, and for d*mn sure - and no one's said them yet? Really? - Cedric Dent & Mark Kibble.

by **adune55** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:11 am

Kirby Shaw

Robert

by **Ed Boyer** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:56 am

If I could Frankenstein or Buffalo Bill my ideal arranger from ones I've worked with, It'd be:

1 part Mark Manley - Probably the most fundamentally solid arranger I know. Chords are always spot on. Voice leading and register decisions are always very good. Syllables are always appropriate to feel.

1 part Danny Lichtenfeld - Expert at giving a song a compelling arc. They always take you from point A to B (and usually back to point A) Singing one of his charts is exhausting, but worth the work.

1 part Samrat Chocolatebody - I either love or hate his arrangements from song to song, but I'm never bored. Parts are whimsical, playful and generally fun to sing. He adds some out-of-the-boxness to the above guys.

by **billhare** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:28 pm

Gene Puerling. Jon, Deke, and everyone else mentioned already, of course. Nils Nørgaard of Basix, Erik Bosio and Nicola Nastos from Cluster. Did anyone mention Dylan Bell already?

Having mixed arrangements by most of these people, I also find the arrangements that "almost mix themselves" be the unsung heroes. Fun mixes that don't need a lot of extra ear candy - for that, I nominate Tom Anderson.

-B

by **jonpilat** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:49 pm

billhare wrote:Having mixed arrangements by most of these people, I also find the arrangements that "almost mix themselves" be the unsung heroes. Fun mixes that don't need a lot of extra ear candy - for that, I nominate Tom Anderson.

I'm a huuuuuuge Tom Anderson fan--he's one of the arrangers where I listen and think "that's way cooler than what I would have done there." I mean, for crissakes, I can't help bopping along to his (et. al.) arrangement of "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy", and that is possibly the worst song western civilization has written.

billhare wrote: Did anyone mention Dylan Bell already?

Dylan Bell.

by **daabosch** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:47 pm

Kerry Marsh. Unbelievable work. http://www.kerrymarsh.com/

by **loz** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:49 am

Whatever freak wrote NSYNC's arrangement of "O Holy Night" gets my vote. I searched the net for hours to track her down, found three email addresses for the arranger's name and sent them all emails saying "wow, just in case that was you, that's the best arrangement in the history of the world."

Never heard back.

by **phollens** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:37 pm

Tommy Boy.

Who just got hitched. HAPPY MARRIED DAY TO YOU TOMMY.

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