{"id":284,"date":"2010-08-08T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/naturally-7-not-cappella-vocal-play.html"},"modified":"2017-04-18T11:20:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T15:20:07","slug":"naturally-7-not-cappella-vocal-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/naturally-7-not-cappella-vocal-play\/","title":{"rendered":"NATURALLY 7 &#8211; Not a cappella, VOCAL PLAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So today I decided to give a shout out to a musical group called NATURALLY 7. The members include: Roger and Warren Thomas, my uncle Garfield Buckley, Rod Eldridge, Dwight Stewart, Jamal Reed, and Armand &#8220;Hops&#8221; Hutton.<\/p>\n<p>Many people say that Naturally 7 is an a cappella group, but they&#8217;re not. They created and practice the art of vocal play. What is the difference between Vocal Play and a cappella? A cappella is defined as singing without instruments. Vocal Play is singing AS instruments, and BECOMING an instrument with the voice.<\/p>\n<p>Everything you hear (with the exception of clapping in &#8220;Wall of Sound&#8221;) is coming from the human voice. Amazing right? And PLEASE believe me, there are NO INSTRUMENTS USED. If anyone knows that, I do.<\/p>\n<p>The group is huge in Europe but they are really trying to make a breakthrough in the United States so please check them out.<\/p>\n<p>This is N7 on a subway in Paris singing &#8220;Feel It (In The Air Tonight)&#8221;&#8230;I threw this in there just to prove they sound amazing no matter where they are because all they need is their voices.<br \/>\n<object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AF-KagTq7qY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here is their latest music video called &#8220;Wall of Sound&#8221;<br \/>\n<object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1gCP89NG76w&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>To see this video in better quality click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z5MkNOXSdkA\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n(Embedding it was disabled)<\/p>\n<p>Oh and just for the record&#8230;this video is pretty sweet too, it shows how they break it down. You might need your headphones for this one.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvSWC3H9SWE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSo, what do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Check out NATURALLY 7 on iTunes!<br \/>\n*Discography<br \/>\n~Non-Fiction (2000)<br \/>\n~What Is It? (2003) -My FAVORITE<br \/>\n~Live In Berlin-DVD (2004) {Out of print} <br \/>\n~Christmas&#8230;It&#8217;s a Love Story (2004) {Not on iTunes}<br \/>\n~Ready II Fly (2006)<br \/>\n~Live At Montreux 2007 -DVD (2008)<br \/>\n~Wall of Sound-Single (2009)<br \/>\n~VocalPlay (2010) {Not on iTunes yet&#8230;but on Amazon!}<\/p>\n<p>Become a fan on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturally7\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturally7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For all things Naturally 7: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturallyseven.com\/\">http:\/\/www.naturallyseven.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>~Nia A.D.L.<\/p>\n<p>*Like this post? 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