Fourth-year ethnomusicology student and bassist Erik Shiboski said he originally came up with the name Fine Print because he thought it was fitting for a rap MC.

For the five members of Loop Garou, sometimes 10 minutes are all it takes to write a song.
Formerly known as The Street Hearts – Spring Sing 2013 winners – Loop Garou will perform its song, “I Walk Down,” which fourth-year civil engineering student and bassist Nicholai Hansen said the five wrote almost a full year ago.

Almost two years after the formation of their duet and a year since they performed across Europe, Eva Barrosse and David Miller are embracing their newly fleshed out sound with their full band, the Eva B.

Electronic music duo Common Souls was simply “Ryan and Nick” on its Spring Sing application.
When third-year ethnomusicology student Nick Velez decided to sign up for an audition two hours before the application deadline, he asked fourth-year communication studies student Ryan Yoo to join him in creating a song for the audition in only one week.

As Priscillia Omon sat in a songwriting class listening to her classmates’ breakup compositions, one piece suddenly caught her attention.
The song “Who Cares” was written by fourth-year ethnomusicology student Alan McDonnell over winter break back home in Chile.

At a coffee shop open-mic night, John Wayno sat and listened passively to the musicians migrating to and from the stage. Wayno kept his eyes closed as he grooved along to the music, but said he found that the sounds didn’t catch his attention for long.

For third-year English student and singer Gabby Puyat, the wait is over.
Her band, Wait For It, is the first electronic dance music group in Spring Sing history.

The annual singing competition took off with an electric reaction from the crowd as Paula Abdul from “American Idol,” Chord Overstreet from “Glee,” and Jensen Ackles of “Supernatural” took the stage to be announced as some of the several celebrity guests in this year’s Spring Sing judging panel.

Follow our live coverage of Spring Sing 2013 on our live blog, which includes photos and commentary on the competition.