User talk:Snackwell

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[edit] A Cappella

First of all, welcome to Wikipedia. I agree with your contention that "ensemble" is overly formal -- what do you think of using the word "groups"? I also agree with what you said about a lot of those groups thinking of themselves as bands, rather than "ensembles," so I would suggest an expansion of the article to talk about modern a cappella. It might even make sense to talk about the change from more classical, formal groups to what I've largely heard referred to as vocal bands in its own article. I can probably crank out a paragraph and/or a stub for vocal bands, but if you're up to the task, you should definitely plug that info in. Again, welcome to Wiki! JDoorjam 15:06, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

BTW, you may simply want to write a short paragraph discussing the information already on contemporary a cappella. While this may make writing a vocal bands article moot, I still think the main a cappella page could use more information about the modern movement, as I suspect there are more "contemporary"-style groups today than there are classical (though that could just be my POV). JDoorjam 15:37, 30 August 2005 (UTC)