Ball in the House

Genre: Pop
Secondary Genre: Urban/R&B Boston, Massachusetts USA Contact

Following in the path of classic harmony groups like Boyz II Men, the Temptations and Take 6 but with a modern, urban, post-millennial twist, the five member vocal band, and APCA 2012 Band of the Year, Ball in the House brilliantly blends a wide range of influences from soul/r&b, pop, and gospel.

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Artist Information

Biography

Ball in the House (BitH) is a soul-pop/R&B vocal band based out of their hometown of Boston, MA. With their extensive tour schedule (averaging 250 shows a year), Ball in the House reaches thousands. From theaters to performing arts centers, fairs & festivals to opening for some of the biggest acts in the world, Ball in the House hosts a very diverse calendar. They have opened for and performed with such artists as The Beach Boys, Fantasia, The Jonas Brothers, Gladys Knight, Lionel Richie, Jessica Simpson, Blondie, The Temptations, Smoky Robinson, KC & The Sunshine Band, and numerous others. For six years Ball in the House were voices behind the Kraft Cool Whip commercials. Ball in the House has appeared on The TODAY Show, America's Got Talent, The Daily Buzz, and the Philladelphia 4th of July Parade. The Boston Globe says of the group, "Ball in the House has everything you would expect to find in a successful pop/R&B band...the one thing it doesn't have is instruments."

Ball in the House was chosen as the 2012 APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Band of the Year.

"Get It Together", released exclusively online through burnlounge, soared to the #1 slot for the week March 7th, 2006. With burnlougne.com's song catalog of over 1.5 million songs including artists like Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson and James Blunt, this is an unprecedented achievement for an independent band.

The single, “Change Face”, from the Think About It EP, recieved national & international radio & video adds and won an honorable mention from the 13th Annual Billboard Song Contest.

Their first radio single, “Something I Don’t Know,” charted for six (6) consecutive weeks in the Top 100 on the national AC Charts, peaking at #17.

AWARDS

*2012 APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Band of the Year

*16th Annual Billboard World Song Contest - Honorable Mentions – Come Back To Me, Get It Together, Crawlin Out From Under, Trust Me, Addicted, What More Do You Need, Heavy On My Mind, Let You Lead (Granite Ave. LP)

*MTV - The Next Best Thing Contest - Top 10 Finalist - 2006

*13th Annual Billboard World Song Contest - Honorable Mention - Change Face (Think About It EP)

*VH1/Save the Music Songwriting Award - “Think About It” - Hip/Hop R&B Song of the Month Runner Up - August 2005
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ACA Awards 2005
*Favorite Pop/Rock Group – Ball in the House
*Favorite Male Vocalist – Aaron Loveland
*Favorite Vocal Percussionist – Jon Ryan
*Favorite Songwriter (runner-up) – Dan Szymczak
*Favorite Arranger (runner-up) – Tim Foust

*CARA Awards – Original Song of the Year runner-up “Change Face”

RADIO


*WBZ Boston- Jordan Rich Show-Feb 2013

*NPR – Feature on the “Here & Now” program – Nov. 2008

*National Cool Whip campaign for Kraft Foods. Twenty-one campaigns have aired since 2001.

*First radio single, "Something I Don’t Know", charted 6 consecutive weeks in the Top 100 on the national AC Charts.

*Live appearances: WXKS Kiss 108 (Boston), WMBX 102.3 (W. Palm Beach), Mix 93.7 (St. Louis), Jam'n 94.5 (Boston), WROR 105.7 (Boston), WLKZ 104.9 (Gilford), WNNH 99.1 (Concord), Radio Disney (Orlando), WHOB (Nashua), and many more.

TV

* NBC - TODAY Show – Live performance on Rockefeller Plaza & feature segment

*CBS - The Early Show – Living Room Live Competition

*CW - The Daily Buzz – Live performance & feature segment

* Eight-time featured Performer on the Telethon of Stars

* Featured headliner on the WBZ Christmas Telethon (Boston) to benefit Boston Children's Hospital

* Finale performance in the Southwest Airlines ABC July 4th Parade in Philadelphia with a live audience over 500,000 and several million TV viewers.

* Recent appearances on national broadcast tv and news show WKYC Good Day Cleveland (Cleveland), FKTVI Fox 2 (St. Louis), WPBC ABC 25 (W. Palm Beach), WTTG Fox (Wash, DC), WHDH NBC 7 (Boston), WBZ CBS 4 (Boston), WFXT Fox (Dedham), WHEC NBC 10 (Rochester), WB 56 (Boston), and others.

Press

"It's a tribute to Boston's
Ball in the House that the first thing you marvel at upon hearing its debut is the beauty of the songs - a tasty mélange of classic street

Instrumentation

Dave Guisti - Vocals
Nels Urtel - Vocals
Suranjan Sen - Vocals
Ryan Chappelle - Vocal Bass
Jon J. Ryan - Beatbox

Discography

Discography
*One NIght Only-Live Album 2011
*Take Cover EP 2009
*Believe LP 2008
*Granite Ave LP 2007
*Get it Together (digital download single) 2006
*Think About This DVD 2004
*Think About It EP 2004
*The Remixes EP 2003
*The Way It Has To Be LP 2001
*Ball in the House LP 1998
*From The Bin LP 2001 1998

Official Website

http://www.ballinthehouse.com

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Ball in the House-College Video

Ball in the House-Theater VPK

Photo Gallery

Press

  • Boston Globe [+ Show ]

    The five guys of Ball in the House don't need instruments to make music. They redefine pop by prese...

  • Boston Herald [+ Show ]

    It's a tribute to Boston's Ball in the House that the first thing you marvel at upon hearing it's de...

  • Neponset Valley Daily News [+ Show ]

    They're a musical force unto themselves...they have raised the bar with interlocking voices blending...

Setlist

Usually one 75min set or two 45min sets with intermission.
Good mix of originals and covers. The set is very customizable.
Covers include songs from the70's, 80's, 90's, & today as well as some doo wop.
*Bruno Mars
*B.o.B.
*Ne-yo
*Kings of Leon
*Stevie Wonder
*KC and the Sunshine Band
*Kool and the Gang
*Michael Jackson
*Jackson 5
*The Temptations
*Gavin Degraw
*Smokie Robinson
*The Gap Band
*Al Green

Ball in the House also offers covering specific eras in music.

"Dy-No-Mite!" A Groovy Night With Ball in the House-1970s Tribute Show

"An A Cappella Christmas"-A national touring Christmas show that runs from Nov-Dec.

Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jun 1, 2013 Saturday 7:30 PM Freeport Theater of Awesome Freeport, ME, US
Aug 18, 2013 Sunday 12:00 PM Middle Georgia College Cochran, GA, US
Aug 19, 2013 Monday 5:00 PM Middle Georgia College-Macon Macon, GA, US
Aug 21, 2013 Wednesday 12:00 PM University of North Georgia-Oconee Watkinsville, GA, US
Aug 22, 2013 Thursday 7:30 PM Dalton State College Dalton, GA, US
Aug 28, 2013 Wednesday 2:00 PM Gordon State College Barnesville, GA, US
Dec 5, 2013 Thursday 8:00 PM Doane College Crete, NE, US
Jan 9, 2014 Thursday 7:00 PM Old Bridge Village N. Fort Myers, FL, US