Friends

Aside from the YouTube artistes participating in the campaign, we also have:

  • A companion campaign called Valentine Against Violence that we hold every year.
  • A mix of different folk from different walks of life supporting Music For Pixels.
To learn more about Valentine Against Violence, go here.
To meet friends of Music For Pixels, scroll down below. We’ll be adding for as they come on board.

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Valentine Against Violence 2012 Featured Artiste

Peter Hollens is an American pop singer-songwriter-producer. He has been heavily involved with a cappella music since 1999 when he co-founded (with Leo da Silva) the University of Oregon’s award-winning a cappella group On The Rocks, known as the first official collegiate a cappella group in Oregon. On The Rocks began a tradition of excellence in a genre that was previously unheard of in the Northwest. Originally from Ashland, Oregon, Peter graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Since his graduation from the U of O, he has become very involved with collegiate a cappella, including recording, producing and judging international a cappella competitions throughout the United States.

In 2010, Peter was featured on NBC’s The Sing Off season 2 receiving acclaim from The Sing-Off judges Shawn Stockman, Nicole Scherzinger and Ben Folds for solo performances leading On the Rocks, one of America’s premier collegiate a cappella groups. Peter records and produces from his home studio in Eugene, Oregon and recently recorded for Sony and Epic Records.

Valentine Against Violence 2012 Song Distributor

A Cappella Records (ACR) is an independent record label based in San Francisco, CA that provides digital licensing and distribution services to a cappella groups. In a genre dominated by cover songs and characterized by mashups, in-line samples and medleys, ACR acquires the appropriate rights and disperses mechanical royalties to over 400 publishers. A Cappella Records currently distributes over 2000 songs to 400 digital retailers including iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Spotify and Rdio. Six of our artists have been featured on the NBC a cappella reality show – “The Sing-Off”.