TheBassSinger

CA USA

March 15, 2005

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Purl A Capella. "TheBassSinger" is my alias name.

We do lots of cover songs and are working on our original compositions.

Group Members:

Thou Yang       --Bass
Andrew Brewer   --Baritone
Michael Her     --Baritone/Tenor
Nelson Her      --Tenor
William Her     --Tenor

Call, e-mail, and/or leave a message to book us.
(more information on our website)

http://www.purl.tk

Band/artist history

Drew was a senior at Edison High School. It was early spring, 2001. At the time he was enrolled in EHS's choir class. Because it was his last year, he was invited to perform a solo at the senior awards banquet that was to be held in a couple weeks. While considering he heard a song ("When I" by Devotion) which reminded him of the voices of Will and Nelson. He ran it by his choir director (Dr. King) and asked if he could perform in an acapella group as opposed to solo. It was okayed and Drew approached Will with the idea. 

Will at the same time was a part of a dance group known as Innocence. They had tried to sing but some of the members were not interested in that area of performing. When Drew invited him to this banquet to sing he asked three of the Innoncence members to join the group (Nelson, Mike, and Choua). This put them at five members.

When listening to the song, it was realized that either Mike or Drew would be required to do bass. If you know the two of them, you'd realize that that would probably not be the greatest idea. Mike has no rhythm and Drew just can't sing all that low. So Drew asked Thou, a friend from his French class, if he was interested. Obviously he was (or else there wouldn't be Purl, right) and the show got on the road with its sixth member. On the first of April, Purl had its first practice. Weeks later they performed at the banquet and following that, they were invited to sing the alma mater at Drew's graduation. During our first year we also performed at other school social events, parties, concerts, another graduation and live radio. Practicing requried lots of hours sittin in the cafeteria after school, getting permission for Choua to practice), and having way too much fast food after practice. In the end, Choua was forced to withdraw from the group as of July 2004. And although Drew and William are off in UC Irvine and UC Davis respectively, the group maintains its work ethic and continues to perform while they are away. Every member of the group is responsible for the performances that are brought in. That's the story as of today. If you would like for us to perform, go ahead and email, phone, or write us as stated in the contact info. Thanx for your support, much love and respect to all of you out there...  Purl

Have you performed in front of an audience?

All over Fresno, CA.

Your musical influences

Every bass singer in the world (not too many of us nowadays.) Everyone and anything that can make a sound.

What equipment do you use?

Matrix 1000 PA System
Audix OM-5; Electro-Voice N/D767a; Sennheiser EVO 855; Shure Beta 58; Shure SM86.
Mackie DFX-12 Mixer

Basically... 5 guys... 5 mics... good music without the major $$$

#bass #hmong #aCappella #purl #purlACapella #theBassSinger

On playlists (53)

JAZZ IS FOREVER

58 songs · 48 artists

57 songs · 42 artists

By @xmuffinxcakex

mackerel2006's station

5 songs · 4 artists

By @mackerel2006

hudas777's station

70 songs · 23 artists

um it's fun music that I can dance to. yo.

By @mllekatinthehat

HARLEM

14 songs · 10 artists

JAZZ

By @floridaphil

fazilah ghani's station

53 songs · 46 artists

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I LOVEE UR ACAPELLAS!! U HAVE AN AMAZING VOICE KEEP IT UP

hahahaha ohhhhh shnap ... DAMN that no diggity track is the JOINT . that's so fresh . y'all got skills . lovin' the harmony and how your voices sound soulful , aw man .. y'all special , different . keep that good sh!t up . MAD props

Hi
just looking around and found you. Listening to earth angel and enjoying it. Lot of feeling in the voices, pain as well, nice one. Love this stuff
Glad I came, I'll listen to more
Would value an opinion if you have time
Paul

Enjoyed your version of Lean On Me. It had a lot of energy and sweet harmonizing. The percussion was cool too.

Hi Thou, I still love "earth angel."  Hey so this is the first time I've heard of your choir's song.......WOW...you guys sound amazing!!  You never told me that!!!  Why not??!! And the first I heard you sing in hmong.....again.....why not tell me??!!  I am jealous now......why can't I be talented like you?  I can multi-task...I guess that's a start right??  Right....LOLZ!!!!  Keep up with the great job with all the music...I'm loving it!!!  You never seem to stop amazing me.....Ok have fun and be safe..TTYL!!! 

~kuv xwb~

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March 15, 2005

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