Beber Camp's Rock and Roll Headquarters!
This is the website dedicated to the rock bands of B'nai B'rith Beber Camp in Mukwonago, WI. It documents their meteoric rise to fame, legendary recording sessions, and epic concert performances.
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Caroline, Jenna, Rue, and Saul rewrote Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” into Beber’s new positive anthem of the session: “Good Vibes”. “Good Vibes” outlines all of the amazing activities that Beber Camp has to offer. From hanging on the aqua park to bird watching to dancing on Shabbat, these campers did it all!
Sammy, Rue, and Eleanor went from 0-212°F in an instant and their hearts shone bright as they performed. Their vocals were on fire and their drum skills were kicking. The energy they brought was flammable and spread through the audience like wildfire. Here they are performing “Seven Nation Army”!!
Back from the ashes, Vaporized has returned. This band, known for their chaos, and controversy, is back with a complete rebrand. With new music, new style, and new “family friendly” energy, this group of rockers is taking the world by storm. They’ve just released their newest song titled “Stormy Night” as a teaser for an album yet to be released, “Rainfall Symphony”. Check out some of their rehearsal footage, photos, and of course, the final product below…
Over 20 sound bites from various James Charles videos were collected through hours of tedious work. Clips were looped, fixed, edited, and repeated into oblivion. Thus, the “James Charles Slays” remix was born.
We will be posting performances from the Session 1 Staff Talent Show over the course of the next few days, starting with the first number - the entire Beber 2023 music staff playing a classic, complete with dark clothing and eyeliner.
We dedicated a hobby to sampling sounds heard around camp, and then manipulated those sounds into beats and music. In the piece below by the collective known as lyfenoizz you’ll hear the gate at the farm… tongs in the outdoor kitchen… the stool in Crown Hall… a guitar chord by Sam in guitar lessons… and a whole lot more. Check out this wholly original piece of musical awesomeness called lyfenoiz from their album lyfenoizez!
An epic performance ended the Pio Talent Show sess 1 2023 when members of Anything But reunited with reinforcements in a new project called Other Side of the Moon. The crowd was fully into it, rocking out deep into the night. We know we’ll be seeing a lot more from this band this session and hopefully beyond!
PLUS: Shayna and Jordan’s solo project from the talent show - Breakaway!!
O1 performed a rousing version of Love Story at the Maker talent show tonight, and right after found out that they were signed to a record deal and went immediately into the studio to record it! Here’s their debut release!
Crispy Mango Fire is burning up the Beber charts with their adaptation of an AC/DC classic now titled Highway to Elm (one of our amazing cabins!) Poster and video coming soon but for now enjoy the single - studio version AND a live rehearsal - audio AND video!
Crispy Mango Fire band poster. Art by the amazing Talia!
What's all the best stuff rolled into one? Crispy Mango Fire, that's what. Here's their hot take on a classic that'll have you rockin down the highway in a Firebird no matter what you drive!
Our first hit songwriting hobby was a rousing success, with songs in a variety of styles and themes but one common thing - they are all catchy, cool, and awesome.
First we have Simone, Abby, and Rachel who wrote a heavy, dark song about a transformation from human to wolf. Rock out with this on nice and loud! You can see their theme and lyric brainstorming above too!
We will have bark, leaves, and other random items in the studio carpet for a while but it was worth it so that G4 could gather items in nature (and beyond) and record them to see what they sound like in front of a mic - and here they are all mixed together for your listening enjoyment! Thanks G4!
To understand what it’s really like for a rock band to go from zero - no name, no song, no image, nada - to playing in from of hundreds of campers and staff after just a few hours of rehearsal… only a Rockumentary will truly explain it.
Thanks to artist in residence, music video cinematographer extraordinaire Mika Larson, we were able to film this documentary of the rise of Anything But - their journey from obscurity to fame, with all the trials, setbacks, and triumphs that go with it.
Please enjoy this film, culminating in their Fine Arts Fest performance on the last day of camp 2022. This… is ANYTHING BUT!
CREDITS:
THE BAND:
Adam Tapper - Bass
Elijah Krantz - Guitar
Jaden Reznick - Keys
Jordan Hara - Guitar
Shayna Freeman - Vocals
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Ciara Gouldsboro - The festival booker
Hali - The camp nurse
Jake, Marley & Leo - Themselves
Russell Wiener - The rehearsal tech
CREW:
Mika Larson - Videographer, narrator
Russell Wiener - Director, editor, background music
Beber 2022 Music Team - Additional footage
Video Music Hobby campers - Additional background music
Copyright 2022, BeberRocks
The controversial band Better Than Yesterday performing their hit Stacy Mom (or was it Stacy’s Mom, hmmm) to a sold out Crown Hall crowd. Why controversial? Watch the Anything But Rockumentary to find out!
Emma and Spence - an amazing combo of talents performing a song that quickly stops the chatty crowd in its tracks. What an unforgettable moment this was!
An emotional, poignant tale of patience and redemption, performed with loud guitars and drums. ROCK N ROLL!! AVRIL!!!
Beber's storied tradition continues with the Senior Song, Sess 2 2022, lyrics by T5 & T6, music by Edward Sharpe!
Emma and Spence's performance was so amazing it got them into the all-camp talent show. Lucky for us they did a different song so we have TWO from them to enjoy!
Two things never go outta fashion at Beber - Makor rock band, and the Beatles! Here they are together, with a Beber-centric parody of an all-time classic, and played and sung by the campers!
We’ve had this black electric guitar at camp since 2007, and this year we decided it was due for a redecoration!
Wre took the whole thing apart in Guitar Building hobby, stripped the finish, repainted and decorated it, clear coated it, put it back together (including soldering!) and held our breath till we played that first chord through an amp and heard that it sounded better than ever!
Thanks to Derrick and Phoenix for doing such an amazing job!
The Atomic Rockstars have set the Kesher music scene on fire with their rendition of the all-time classic Queen song We Will Rock You! They claim to actually KNOW the band in this video! Truth or fiction? You’ll have to ask them.
In the meantime check out their rehearsal video and recording below, and remember the names Mari, Alaina, Ellie, and Eden, cuz it’s not the last you’ll be hearing from them!
Leo Roth & Other have made waves on the Beber scene by always going their own way, and the recordings, videos, and poster below prove just that! Enjoy this cover of a Fleetwood Mac classic!
Oh and if you want to know how a classic music video special effect is achieved, just check out the video at around 2:15. It’s not as high tech as you may have thought!
Leo Roth and Spence Oshins, with Violet, Maddie, and Rhys. Special guest Russell
As many Beberites are aware, a new camp promo video is in production, with lots of filming going on at Beber this summer!
We decided to run a hobby where campers would write music - both instrumental and vocal cues - to be used in the video.
We had NO IDEA just how good the music and songs would end up being, and we had to share it now! All these cues were written by Lily, EmJ, Emma, Mallory, and Eliana (all from T6) along with music staff Eliya, Suzanne, video producer Brett, and Russell, who produced the recordings. CHECK EM OUT!
2022 at Beber Camp is underway, and our first recording of the first day of hobbies is… drum roll… 22! As performed by the T6 cabin.
And here’s the pick it was performed on! It’s all happening, folks. BRING ON ‘22!!
Untuned Piano is a band out of Beber Camp that's making waves with their first single Teenagers. Their band name came from a faulty piano that they were trying to use for their first rehearsals. Luckily they managed to fix the problem and they’ve been blowing up ever since. Check out the studio recording below, as both a streaming/downloadable mp3 and a YouTube link.
Below is a get-to-know-the-band video, followed by video footage of a recent performance in Crown Hall.
Meanwhile a paparazzi photographer snuck into a private live performance of Untuned Piano at The Chapel. The security kept asking her to turn off the camera, but she managed to capture half of Teenagers and just a couple clips of their cover of Save Tonight. Hard to hear the vocals, but still fun to see a hot band at the top of their game!
And finally, here’s the video of their surprise performance at the outdoor stage of Beber Fest 2021, where the crowd was wowed. Untuned Piano is now taking a well-deserved break, but he hope to see them active again in 2022!