So here is what I discovered today, an a cappella group from IU named Straight No Chaser. This is a group of guys who got together to start the first male a cappella group at IU 10 years ago. They did small gigs here and there around the town and university. In 2007, someone posted a video of theirs on YouTube. Well the video spread around and got 6 million hits. This caught the attention of the Atlantic Records CEO who contacted one of the members. He met with them in LA a few days after their first contact and had a deal inked almost immediately. This is out of the clear blue, the group wasn't even together anymore and the video was 10 years old!! Can you imagine? This all happened at the beginning of 2008. Their holiday CD was #1 on Amazon & iTunes during this past holiday season and sold over 100,000 copies. How crazy is that?
Stories like this make me the warm and fuzzy because of the great fortune these average, normal guys have had. Good for them, just trying to share their wonderful talent with the rest of us who can't hold a tune!!
http://www.sncmusic.com
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