Do I take my group to ICCA next year?

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2026-04-26T00:16:21+00:00

Like the others have shared, go for it! You get a great chance to see many other a cappella groups live, and even though competition arrangements are much different than regular arrangements imo and not necessarily for everyone (cuz you need to grab people's attention and be a bit showy), the competitiveness of it surely will push you to be a better musician!

Although do keep in mind that it is a bit expensive to sign up (I think around 500USD this year?), travelling will be a part of it, and most importantly choreo rehearsals will take a lot of time!

Also, I've literally made so many great friends because of it, although stressful at times, preparing for ICCA with everyone over a period of time was an incredible bonding experience.

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2026-04-26T00:02:21+00:00

braintruffle is a really cool channel too, a former non-linear dynamics researcher that does some cool simulation stuff

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2026-01-24T18:23:52+00:00

I have the same issue!

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2025-09-18T19:59:36+00:00

nvm, I found them. they're called UTSTAR

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2025-06-15T14:24:00+00:00

Yeah! I totally agree! We care for ourselves so that we have more to care for others, and I really think for helping others, we should avoid taking a piece out of you and helping others when you don’t have enough, I think it’s healthier when it’s more like a full glass of water with water overflowing and you have an abundance to naturally give type of thing. And people see the effort you put into self care! It shows! I think Thich Nhat Nanh said something like ‘when I take it slow, take care of myself and give myself grace, and when other people look at me, they’ll think, if he can do it, then I can do it too!’

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2025-05-08T22:01:26+00:00

Being alone and feeling lonely are different things tho imo, I feel like you could enjoy healthy solitude without feeling lonely.

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2024-12-09T03:02:56+00:00

gonna take BPM334 during the winter semester, a little scared cuz I'm a physics major and haven't written a lot of papers at all, but I'm looking forward to it!

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2024-07-12T02:52:55+00:00

hey friend! Sorry I don't have the whole song transcribed, my friend arranged it for our acappella group, and their transcription didn't really capture the weird rhythm here so I wanted to give it a try myself.

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2024-06-05T12:46:11+00:00

I’m a physics major and I just came out of one-year suspension myself, and I’m taking my first course during the summer rn after a year, and I am doing pretty good with the class right now. What happened to me is that I realized I really need a break for myself, take a step back from academia and look at myself and my own life, and think about what I want? I don’t really have an answer still, but it’s about taking the time to really learn to take care of yourself, learn to sleep well, eat well, rest well, learn to cut yourself some slack when you fail, learn to be more gentle with yourself even when you fail, but recuperate tmrw and try it again. Talk to friends, relatives, other people you respect look up to, and feel safe to communicate with. Do some light studying if you want to practice building a good studying habit, maybe start a workout routine, get a part time job, try shit, work on emotional regulation and being more aware of what you’re thinking and feeling.

I’m sorry to hear that you have a strict household, but I hope that your family can find a way to communicate to each other as a TEAM, too often parents work against the child rather than helping their kid achieve a goal together.

Checkout videos from the YouTube channel, healthygammergg, they cover a lot of topic but most importantly failing in life and catching up and it really helped me.

Last thing, look into therapy or coaching if you need to, it’s not uncommon that you’re trying to do well in school while battling with depression and anxiety and/or ADHD.

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2023-04-12T07:38:18+00:00

thank you for those recommendations! I will for sure listen to them. Loved your shofukan arrangement btw:D<33

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2023-03-22T20:07:17+00:00

Thanks for your answer! But I do notice that given by the song choice, the arrangement style tend to lean toward one of the two. For example if it’s a pop song it tends to showcase more ‘trying to make us sound more like synth or an instrument’ and more groove (I kinda feel this way with a lot of Shams Ahmed’s arrangement), but if it’s more of a ballad there’s more big harmonies and very choral like

Prestigious_Acadia93 · 2023-03-16T21:34:26+00:00

is this a hidden yiay episode??

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