Duo

As a part of my a cappella group, The Buffalo Chips, we decided on a social media marketing campaign to keep us entertained in the lull caused by COVID. In this time, we were not allowed to hold concerts, but we wanted to stay musically active and keep our social medias active. The idea of a "Solo Series" where everyone submitted a ~1 minute video of themselves singing seemed to be a success, especially in the way of framing it as a competition. Whoever had the most watches of their video by the end of the campaign won.

I didn't need to go as hard as I did on this, but I was feeling motivated to make something more inspired than just me singing along to a karaoke track... so I decided to make my own. I played piano, beatboxed, and sang the background vocals on top of singing the solo as well. Filming this was a challenge at times. I wanted to make it seem diverse in the backgrounds, which was somewhat hard to pull off in my small dorm room. However, I think that it turned out well; I just wanted something fun and entertaining, both to watch and to make.

For the results, I won the competition. Across Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, my video had the greatest collective views. 

Created by:
Eric DeVore

Song:
Duo - Ben Rector