1/10/2012

Hello and Happy New Year!!!

We're kicking off the new year with a concert for the entire community at the SVC (Sevier Valley Center) in Richfield, Utah on Wednesday January 11, 2012. Come on out and say "Hello" and enjoy some great music! The perfect concert for the entire family!

Concert starts at 7:00pm. For directions to get to the SVC click here: Driving Directions

If you have any questions regarding the concert call the SVC box office at: (435)893-2223
Box Office Hours: 10am-3pm

See you there!!!

 

8/27/11

Not gonna to lie.  We're STOKED that Acappellastock is here!  The concert begins tonight at 7:30 at the Ogden Outdoor Amphitheater. Here's the lineup: (Click on pics to go to their websites)

    

Are you ready for this epic night of a cappella awesomeness? Seriously. It's going to be a great show...and we're not just saying that. :)

Started in 2004 by the Ogden based group T-Minus 5, Acappellastock has become the largest all a cappella, all vocal concert in the world. Over the course of 8 years this unique concert has brought over 30 international and local professional singing groups to Ogden, Utah. Over the years the concerts have consisted of oldies, rock & roll, folk and even barbershop...but there's always a surprise. Guaranteed to be one of the most dynamic concerts you'll ever attend. For more info visit the links listed below:

***By the way, the $25 and $30 tickets sections are sold out as of this morning but there are still $10 & $20 tickets available. Tickets can only be purchased at the gate today.***

Website Links:

http://www.acappellastock.com/
http://www.tminus5.com

We hope to see you there! Be sure to check back for updates about how the concert went.

Later,

Jake, Jason, Ryan, Branden, James

8/15/11

Hey friends,

Quick reminder about our FREE concert tonight in Brigham City. Here's the details:

WHAT:           Free Vocalocity Concert in the Park

WHERE:     Brigham Young City Park
                     6 North Main
                     Brigham City, UT

COST:         FREE

TIME:           7:00-8:15pm

OTHER INFO:

Bring a lawn chair or blanket since the concert will be outside.  Seating is on a first come first serve basis.

WEATHER REPORT:

Sunny Skies with a few clouds. Highs reaching 86 degrees, cooling down to 78 degrees later in the day. Perfect day for an outdoor concert!

 7/10/11

Hey everyone! It's summer and we hope you're enjoying the beautiful weather!  Yesterday we had the opportunity to perform at the "Fight for Faye" fundraiser held at the North Layton Junior High School.  The turnout for the fundraiser was spectacular. It's always inspiring to see family, friends and community come together for such great causes...especially for Faye and her family. We sang around 11am but there were so many cool things going on we had to break out the camera to catch some of the other things going on. The video is pretty short, so enjoy it while it lasts:



If you haven't already go visit Faye's blog to get updates on her progress.  Here's the link:

http://fayesfight.blogspot.com/

Along with the fundraiser for Faye, we were able to sing at the Heber Valley girls camp a few days earlier (9/6/11) which was a blast.  Here's a couple pictures...but If you'd like to see more from the event, visit our facebook page here:  http://www.facebook.com/Vocalocity 

6/23/11

Here it is! Our Video log from the weekend. All the video is taken around the South Jordan Country Fest. Earlier on in the day we had the opportunity to perform in Kaysville for their city celebration. We were in such a rush between Kaysville and South Jordan that we didn't get any pics from kaysville. We do want to give a shout out to Poll Sound for providing an amazing sound system and to Bryce for doing a killer job at the mixing table. Here's a link to their website: http://www.pollsound.com/



Here's the links to a few other great performers we came across this last weekend.  Visit their pages:

IVY Town
Heather Ferguson
Chance McKinney
Kurt Bestor

 5/17/11

Monday was awesome! We had 2 great performances at Wayne High School in beautiful Bicknell, Utah. Thanks to Cassey, Riley, Tatiana, Rhett and everyone that helped get us out there and made everything go smoothly!  Keep reading below for a few highlights from our visit but before we go over the highlights we had some fun with a video of Ryan doing his beat box solo. Here's a REMIX version of Ryan's beatboxing from that day:






Highlights:

-Lighters? Yup. We had a Vocalocity first during our 2nd performance at Wayne H.S. Once we started into "Bring Him Home" the lighters came out...not the fake iphone app lighters, but the (flint & fuel) real deal. Thanks for setting the mood guys....sorry they got taken away by the authorities. *Note to students at future High School shows: Don't bust out lighters during indoor concerts or you'll get busted. :)

-Dance off.  These rock. We NEVER get tired of seeing new dance moves! Bicknell's got some crazy good dancers!

-Meeting the great students and teachers at Wayne High School

-Lunch from Sunglow Restaurant (The smothered burritos are the best.)


-Wayne High School Auditorium--Can't pinpoint why but this auditorium just sounds really good.

-Fake Police Man in Police Car as we entered the city.  Didn't know he was fake till' we were leaving Bicknell.  We were commenting on the way home that we couldn't believe how long the police officer was sitting in the exact same spot as when we arrived early in the morning...then we noticed that it was a dummy in the drivers seat. Haha!!! Good job Bicknell Police Department! You got us!

Thanks Wayne County for the good times!

                

4/30/11

 Wow! What a night! This was one of those times we wish we would have taken more pictures, but these are all we got. Keep reading below to hear how awesome the night was:



 



The Scoop:

If we were giving out awards for benefit events then the "Anything For A Friend"-Bob Eggett Fundraiser would get the following awards:
*Most Professional Event
*Most Organized
*Most Well Planned
*Most Volunteers
*Most Donated Items
*Most Well Attended
And of course above all-- "MOST AWESOME Event Ever"!!!

Seriously. This event blew our minds at how well the event was planned, organized and executed. We felt honored to be a part of something so great.

It's all in the Details:

Along with the organization, the thing that made this fundraiser so great were the people. The support showed by friends, family and volunteers was amazing! Everyone that attended the event brought their own friends and family. There were so many ways in which people could donate and participate. There was a silent auction, live auction, face painting, food, merchandise, balloons, ect.  So many good things going on and so many good people! Thank-You for making this event successful!

To The Eggetts Family:

Thanks for inviting us to be a part of your fundraiser. We had a great time and it was a pleasure meeting your awesome family! We wish you the best of luck as you move forward!

Jake, Jason, Ryan, Branden, James
-Vocalocity

Come support a great cause and catch Vocalocity live in concert this Friday April 29th, 2011. Admission is free.  There will be both live AND silent auctions along with a bake sale. The concert/event details are below and we'd love to have you there!

 

WHAT: Fundraiser for Bob Eggett. (Husband and Father to 6 Children. Bob has had 2 brain surgeries over the last 6 weeks to remove tumors)

WHEN: April 29th, 2011--5-9pm (Concert starts at 7:30pm)

WHERE: Weber State University
                Shepherd Union, Ballroom
                Ogden, Ut 84408
 
COST: All Donations accepted.

DETAILS:  5-7:30pm Silent Auction/Live Auction
                  7:30 pm-Vocalocity
                   9:00pm-Anything for a Friend Balloon Release (outside)


LINKS/INFO: www.anythingforafriend.com

 ***If you would like to donate money and/or object to be used in the fundraiser, please go HERE--Click on these words!***

More about Bob: 

**Info Copied from Anything For A Friend Website**


On December 14, 2004 Bob Eggett underwent extensive brain surgery to remove a tennis ball sized tumor, called Oligodendroglioma, from his left frontal lobe. Six weeks of radiation followed. Miraculously he recovered well and began to live his life with his family, even welcoming two more children into his family and graduating from LDS Business College in April of 2010. In late September Bob, Ingrid and their six children received the news that his brain tumor had returned. Over the last 6 weeks, Bob has undergone 2 brain surgeries to remove more tumors.

To help Bob and his family with mounting medical bills and to show them how many people love, care and support them, an Anything for a Friend community fundraiser event is being held April 29, 2011. We need all of your help! That help may be donating to the silent/live auction, giving a cash donation, or showing your support in a unique way, we welcome anything you can do. We believe that when enough 'anything's' are brought together, miracles can and do occur.

11/13/10

Recently, we had 2 concerts in Nephi, Utah, where we performed for the middle school and Juab High School.  The concerts were a blast and all the students were great. During the concerts, Jake told all the students if we gained 50 fans from facebook we'd record a Justin Bieber song and post it on YouTube. 

We added 300 far surpasing the 50 we asked for! Wow, we weren't expecting that kind of response! Thanks Juab High and Juab Middle School for such a positive reaction!  We had a blast!  As promised, here's the video:

10/28/10

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

We just got back from doing 3 concerts over the last 2 days.  Noah Webster Academy in Orem and 2 more in Nephi, Utah...(Juab High School & Juab Junior High).  They were great shows! While traveling, we were able to put together a short video while in Nephi.  As we drove into Nephi we noticed a lot of businesses had done some Halloween decorating along main street so we decided to put together a little Halloween video...so here you go!


ALSO...here's a few photo's from after the Juab High School Concert:

This last pic ended up out of focus...we forgot to turn on the auto focus...Rats! Thanks Juab High School!  You all rock!

9/16/10

We recently had a concert at the Huntsville Library in Huntsville, Utah.  We set up the camera and filmed a little after concert chit chat.  Here's the video...enjoy!

8/28/10

We found a video today of Ryan teaching the fundamentals of beatboxing to kids over at Canyon Rim Elementary school.  We always get a calls and e-mails from parents and teachers after elementary school performances.  It seem the kids like to take their beatboxing skills back to class.  Thanks Ryan for getting the kids started young! :)

8/19/10

This morning we had the opportunity to help T-Minus5 plug Acappellastock on FOX13.  We had a great time!  Click on the photo below to view more pics:

Also, be sure to check out the other groups that will be performing at Acappellastock.  Here's their webpage links:


Trebleicious


Face


Mosaic

8/15/10


We look forward to the Cherry Hill Concert every year.  Saturday night marked the 4th year we've performed there.  Similar to the Freedom Academy (earlier post), we know there's ALWAYS going to be a great crowd.  The crowd ranges from 50-100 people each year, but don't let the small numbers fool you! They're there to be entertained!  Saturday night lived up to our expectations and more.  Here's some of the highlights:

-Ryan doing an impromtu beat box solo taking requests from crowd...some of which we've never heard him do before: Elvis Pressly, Micky Mouse, ect
-Group of girls stage left dancing throughout entire concert
-Man in crowd laughing at all our jokes...
-James getting back shoes and shirt that he left in the storage room from last years performance
-Multitudes of people asking Ryan how he makes all the noises with his mouth (Beatboxing)

There are many more...but we'll stop for now.  See you next year Cherry Hill!

Sidenote:  The ice cream shop next to minature golfing has DELICIOUS ice cream.  If you go to Cherry Hill, go get some ice cream!

8/12/10

We just finished recording another song last night, which brings us one step closer to completing our album! Awesome!

This recording process is crazy. Here's an over simplified version of some of the things we go through:

-Set up MIDI/scratch tracks
-Schedule group members to come record their part
-Set aside 1-3 hrs per person....per part to record.
-Edit---This takes A LOT of time. Haven't been keeping track of time spent. Maybe this next song we will...
-Pitch Correct each track---Yeah, we use pitch correction. We'd be crazy if we didn't.
-Send off to Pro Mixer--he sets levels, beefs up the tracks and makes everthing silky smooth
-Send off to Pro Masterer--Puts the icing on the cake. "Tightens up the audio".

We go through this process on every song (minus the last step of mastering). We'd like to think we're getting more efficient at it the more we do it. Only time and audio samples will tell. Next song....here we come!

8/3/10

As a music group, most of the gigs, concerts and shows we do tend to be completly random. For example, our last 3 show were as follows:

-Private retirement party
-Music School---Assembly
-Mortuary---Memorial Service

Performing at random venues is part of the fun of performing...but the longer we've been performing together, the more we appreciate venues/people that have us back year after year. One of those such venues is the "Freedom Academy" held at the National Guard Training facility: Camp Williams.

This will be Vocalocity's 6th year performing for them. Fortunatly most of the people attending are there for the first time and have never heard of Vocalocity. Every year it's a new crowd...(except for the organizers)...and it's a guaranteed high energy crowd. Exactly what any performer wants in a crowd! As a side note: most of the people attending are in some form of school leadership at their high school. It's fun to see that those leading their schools are some of the most energetic people around.

Anyways, here's a big thanks to Freedom Academy for having us back for a 6th Year: THANK-YOU!!!! We're looking forward to it!

-Jake, Jason, Ryan, Branden, James