BOCA 2004 Line-up

The Best of College A Cappella line-up for 2004 is… (can we have a
v.p. drum roll please?):

Brandeis Voice Male              Let Me Entertain You
Johns Hopkins Octopodes          Bring Me to Life
UVA Academical Village People    Kate
MIT Logarhythms                  No Such Thing
Tufts Beelzebubs                 Take Me Home
Boston College Bostonians        Always
U. Michigan Amazin' Blue         China
Elizabethtown Phalanx            Broken Wings
UCLA Awaken A Cappella           Gravity
Stanford Harmonics               Sadder Day
U. Oregon On The Rocks           Yellow
U.C. Santa Barbara Naked Voices  Winter
USC SoCal Vocals                 Slumber
Duke Pitchforks                  Write Me A Song
Northwestern Purple Haze         Candleburn
USC Sirens                       Cry
U. Michigan Dicks and Janes      Porcelain
Dartmouth Cords                  Enjoy The Silence

This was by far the best crop of submissions ever. After the first
run-through, Deke Sharon and I had chosen close to 30 tracks that
could have made it onto previous BOCAs, but we needed to pack it on to
one CD. The final line-up is more emotion-packed for me than any a
cappella CD I have ever heard, college or otherwise.

The winner of the first annual "Guess the BOCA Line-up" contest is
none other than Adam "AJ" Johnson (UVA), the Mainely A Cappella summer
intern this year. AJ guessed 13 correctly and wins a BOCA Box
(although he already owns one along with lots of other CDs!). Three
runners-up guessed 12 correctly, and will receive a free copy of the
BOCA 2004 disc when it is released in early February:  Michael DeLaura
(Villanova), Greg Campbell (Stanford '99) and Ben D'Angelo (Stanford).

The BOCA line-up always seems to stir some controversy, so I'll make a
few observations after the selection process to get things going...

1) Bill Hare and Gabe Rutman each produced 4 tracks on this CD (and 
   Bill will be doing the mastering)

2) This BOCA includes what is I believe the first original song, 
   "Gravity," which truly belongs on the radio

3) Although there are a number of female soloists, the Sirens are 
   the only all-female group to make the final track... and it's
   the first on a BOCA CD to feature a women's group using an Octaver

4) Speaking of technology, "Enjoy The Silence" that closes the album 
   is just way, way, way over the top

5) My wife is Kate and Deke's wife is Katie, but AVP's "Kate" was 
   picked in the "Guess the BOCA Lineup" contest by 3 out of 5 who 
   guessed both the group and the song.

(Flame suit on... but be nice, it's my birthday)

Don Gooding
Mainely A Cappella etc.
http://www.a-cappella.com