Sing & Send
homechoir’s unique recording project!
“Sing & Send is brilliant - just so easy and fun”
homechoir’s pioneering approach to creating whole-choir recordings is unlike any other.
The process works like this:
Ben will teach everyone the piece of music in advance. If you miss this teaching session, it is saved for you on YouTube and linked in the weekly newsletter. (Does not apply to Christmas 2025 Sing & Send - just come along to the recording session!)
You attend the recording session with something to watch Ben on, and a separate recording device (your phone is fine). If you can’t attend the session live, you can catch up later on.
You wear headphones plugged into the device that you are watching on. This means that only your voice is picked up when you record. Wearing phones over only one ear when you sing may enable you to hear a good sound balance between your own voice and the recording session.
Hearing device users: please check our accessibility page for more information about your Sing & Send listening options.
You press record when Ben asks you to during the broadcast.
You sing the piece along with Ben.
You stop the recording when Ben asks you to.
You submit the file of your recording using the link in our weekly newsletter. Don’t forget to rename you file first as per the instructions in the link.
Have a nice cup of tea - you are done!
Talk Club: Stop Crying Your Heart Out
See the launch video here.
Click here to watch the teaching session and learn the song.
In this session, Ben teaches everyone how to sing the melody and harmonies.
You can also use the video to practice singing along if need be before coming along to the recording session.
Sing along to the recording session video from 5 March.
You may choose to record just the tune, just a harmony part, or as many different parts as you like on multiple recordings.
Remember, don’t listen back or edit your recording, just Sing and Send!
Scores are optional, and will be particularly helpful for those aiming to record one or more of the harmony parts. If you haven’t already, sign up to for our newsletter (using the “Newsletter” link at the top) to receive a score link in the next Friday edition!
Finally, send your recording to our Dropbox by following these steps:
Name your digital sound file with your first and last name (or initial) e.g. LiamGallagher, LiamG, LGallagher.
Check the file is in one of the following accepted formats: AAC, AIFF, MP3, M4A, WAV.
Send your file to our Dropbox using the link corresponding to the voice part you recorded. If you recorded several different parts, for example you sang along with the melody as well as the alto part, please put each recording in its correct Dropbox. If you recorded several different parts within a single recording, please put a copy of the entire file into each relevant Dropbox instead.
Recording submission deadline: 2 April 2025.
Fly Me To The Moon for Alzheimer's Society
Welcome to Homechoir’s summer recording project, Bart Howard’s beloved song Fly Me To The Moon!
If you have never taken part in a Homechoir Sing & Send before, we first recommend that you have a look at our instruction leaflets “How To Take Part”, and “How To Help Someone Else Take Part”.
This project has been funded by a member of Homechoir in memory of a loved one with Alzheimer’s, making participation free. Instead, we are welcoming donations to Alzheimer’s Society at our Just Giving page:
In this session, in Ben will teach everyone how to sing the melody and harmonies. It will be available to watch any time from its live broadcast at 2pm on Wednesday 26 June.
Click here to watch the teaching. If you make it live, consider saying “Hi” to everyone in the chat!
If you would prefer to skip all the harmony parts and record yourself singing purely the melody of the song - calling all the budding Franks! - you can practice singing along to the rehearsal track in our Dropbox before coming along to the recording session:
The recording session will be available to sing and record along to from 2pm on Wednesday 10 July. Click here to view the session live or later.
Scores are optional, and will be particularly helpful for those aiming to record one or more of the harmony parts.
Click the button to be taken to a short form and download your copy of Kirby Shaw’s very funky arrangement!
Next, send us your recording by following these steps:
Name your digital sound file with your first and last name (or initial) e.g. FrankSinatra, FSinatra, FrankS.
Check the file is in one of the following accepted formats: AAC, AIFF, MP3, M4A, WAV.
Send your file to our Dropbox using the link corresponding to the voice part you recorded. If you recorded several different parts, for example you sang along with the melody as well as the alto part, please put each recording in its correct Dropbox.
The recording submission deadline has been extended to the end of Sunday 18 August. Our fantastic sound engineers will then mix all your recordings together to create a beautiful group performance in time for its premiere on World Alzheimer’s Day, Saturday 21 September 2024.
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