Manifesto

Sophia Prescott

You are able to make a toon with any sort of sound you can make. From typing on a keyboard, to scratching your hands on a table, to using your own vocals you are able to create your own unique sound that nobody else can recreate. Humans have learned throughout the years how to make music into something sad or happy through the movement and tone of the music they are making.

One of the most interesting types of music forms that has recently started is acapella. Acapella is when you create music with no instruments at all, just using your vocals. This means variations of the group have to beatbox, use their voices to replicate a piano or a guitar, and use their voices to sing the lyrics. Acapella has changed the music game for many artists. It’s challenging to recreate the sound an instrument makes with your own mouth, but some artists can do this very successfully and I believe this is one of the best ways to show off your talent.

This sound purely exists for entertainment and is supposed to be done by a group of people. Lots of people enjoy listening to acapella since it’s such a hard form of music to complete. There have been movies made about acapella, one of the most popular being Pitch Perfect. This movie helped influence the popularity that has grown around this form of music throughout the past few years.

I think throughout the rest of our lives and onto new generations the art of acapella will only be able to expand more. As time advances, the sound in songs is becoming more advanced because people are purely using technology to create noise, and the more technology in songs the harder it is to create that noise with your mouth. Being able to replicate music with your vocals proves a certain talent that not all people are able to do.