51 BOCA
Appearances as of 2009.
Well over
100 CARA Nominations and Wins, including the
only CARA award ever given specifically for Engineering (1992)!
11 "DeeBee" awards since 1987 from Downbeat
Magazine for Vocal Jazz recordings.
30 Albums in the RARB "Picks Of The Year" listings
between 1998 and 2009.
Record Highest overall RARB score for a Collegiate
A Cappella album (Talisman's 2000 Passage album - 5.0,
5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 4.7, 5.0) still unbeaten after 8 years! Many
5.0 scores for Professional and Collegiate albums since the beginning
of the RARB scoring system in 1994.
"Bill Hare would become the most influential a cappella producer
in the business, landing tracks on every BOCA album since the series
launched in 1995"
(from the book Pitch Perfect, by Mickey Rapkin, page 85)
"When we started recording the cd there was one thing
we knew: We wanted Bill Hare from California to mix the songs,
like he did on our last album 'Embodiment'. We really think that
his magic touch enhances the things that we believe are making
our sound unique and interesting. An important reason why we
won a CARA-award."
(From the baSix website, Aarhus, Denmark)
"What's impressive is that the songs blend together into
an album quite well, a tribute both to the voices of Divisi as
well as the skills of the venerable Mr. Bill Hare... Mr. Bill
makes fine use of a variety of effects and studio techniques,
creating a large, varied, and cohesive texture throughout that
is subtle and engaging but not distracting."
(Eric Skalinder, RARB Chicago)