Shameless Brudder Plug: The Sing Off

Warning: this entire post is just a shameless plug for my brudder. Because I love him and am really proud, and would not share this with you if I didn’t think it was something you’d enjoy!

As any long-time readers know, my brother Alex and I are super super close. He has always been at every production of mine, been one of the first to know after I book/film a gig, and is truly my biggest fan.

I’ve been so lucky to watch him become the amazing individual he is today (man that sounded cornball), and succeed in every single creative endeavour, simply because he frickin’ rocks, has a shitton of talent, and is the definition of a people person. To read more about our relationship, take a peek at this post from last year.

I am currently sitting on my couch with wet hair and frog slippers, so I’ve gotta cut to the chase: this summer, I was lucky enough to have him in town while he filmed The Sing Off, which premieres TONIGHT on NBC! His group, UofO’s On The Rocks (<–video of my bro talking about the sing off/the group), will be performing their rendition of Bad Romance that made them kindasortayoutubestars earlier this year, when Ashton Kutcher and Joe Jonas tweeted about them.

The Sing Off is an all-acappella singing competition, and the winner gets a crap-ton (wow, my language in this post keeps getting more and more eloquent!) of money and Sony recording contract. It is like American Idol only in that it is a vocal competition. The difference besides the emphasis on the group and not individual talent? This show focuses on the TALENT. The judges are Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman (of Boyz II Men fame), and Nicole Scherzinger (of the Pussycat Dolls, a recent Hollywood Bowl production of Rent, etc), who all truly know music and speak to the contestants, rather than the AUDIENCE, when delivering their critiques. In addition, they take the nastiness and throw it out the door: constructive criticism seems to be a thing of the past when it comes to televised competitions, but these three know how NOT to bruise egos too harshly.

This show gives me faith in the musicianship part of the music industry. I can’t tell you if On The Rocks will be advancing past tonight…all imma gonna say is…set your DVR!

The Sing Off
NBC
8pm (NOW, for some of you!)
TONIGHT
**BAM.**

(ps. my brother is the one making the janky face at the bottom right corner of the freeze frame below.)