Spencer Hall’s Music Benefits The World Central Kitchen and The NAACP
Written by Staff Writer on October 30, 2020
Spencer Hall
This release packs gripping music and a moving vocal performance. However, the real story about this song is its charitable contributions.
All of the streaming proceeds and half of the digital sales benefit the World Central Kitchen and the NAACP. This is an amazing fact.
Spencer Hall grew up playing the violin and singing in choirs. He studied music at UCLA as he wrote music and sang for the oldest co-ed collegiate a cappella group in Southern California called Awaken A Cappella.
Hall has dedicated his music skill and talent to noble causes. Theses gestures deserve praise, however he remains humble as he continues his career in music.
We caught up with Spencer Hall recently and he was nice enough to answer a few questions for Hits You Love Radio.
What is your music background?
Growing up, I learned basic music theory and how to read music from playing violin and singing in choirs. I wasn’t particularly talented at violin and I probably should’ve practiced way more. Soon, I found myself naturally gravitating towards singing. During my undergraduate years at UCLA, I was part of Awaken A Cappella, the oldest co-ed collegiate a cappella group in Southern California. The highlight was getting to perform in front of 8,000 people, including some celebrity judges, in a 2018 UCLA competition. During my four years in Awaken, I frequently arranged popular songs and mashups for the group, which led to me writing original Disney style showtunes for a UCLA production during my senior year. Though I love to sing, I think my greatest strengths lie in writing music.
Don’t Forget (2020) by Spencer Hall & Justin Aoki
When it comes to writing, I like Disney or showtunes-style music. I’m definitely influenced by great composers and lyricists like Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Stephen Schwartz, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. When it comes to pop music, I find myself influenced by artists around my age like Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes. Really, I listen to all sorts of music and probably take something valuable from every genre I listen to. I think everyone’s influenced by everyone, and I’m no exception to that.
What are your long-term career goals?
I would love to become a songwriter for a major label, as well as one day co-write a Broadway musical (or something of that caliber) and get hired by Disney. I grew up watching Disney’s animated musicals of the ‘90s and would love to contribute to Disney’s musical legacy. Though I don’t see myself becoming the next Justin Bieber or Shawn Mendes, I’m in the early stages of developing my first album and am planning to release more singles in 2021. I just want to keep creating and putting myself out there, in case opportunity comes knocking.
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