Paul and Storm
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| Origins | Arlington |
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| Genre(s) | A cappella Comedy |
| Members | Bernie Muller-Thym Storm DiCostanzo Paul Sabourin Richard Hsu |
| Discography | Bendy's Law The Life and Times of Mike Fanning Brontosaurus |
| Producer | N/A |
DaVinci's Notebook (or DVN) is an a cappella singing group consisting of Bernie Muller-Thym, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin, and Richard Hsu. Two members of the group, Paul and Storm, performed Ballad of The Sneak. The song is available on a CD entitled "Paul and Storm: Shame and Cookie Dough."
The group was formed in Virginia in 1994 and has performed at stages and festivals across the country. For personal reasons, DaVinci's Notebook is no longer touring.
The Making of Ballad of The Sneak
DVN discovered the site through a link on Memepool.com (listed on July 4, 2001). Almost immediately the band became fans. According to Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, this was well before they started doing the Strong Bad Emails. They have been fans of The Brothers Chaps since. According to Storm, the subject of which band member actually brought Homestar Runner to the band's attention first is a subject of debate amongst the group.
Storm states that Paul more or less stalked the Brothers Chaps because the DVN thought the Brothers Chaps were utterly hysterical, and because Paul had a talent for getting in touch with interesting people. Paul found them in a phone directory and convinced them to come to one of DVN's gigs when we came to their town.
The Brother's Chaps at one point said they'd love DVN to contribute a song. Later, the Brother's Chaps specifically asked DVN to write an Old-Timey themes song for The Sneak. Aside from describing it as Old-timey and being about the Oldo-Timey version of The Cheat, the Brothers Chaps just let DVN do their thing.
Paul and Storm passed lyrics back and forth (over e-mail, mostly). The song was very loosely based on the original The Cheat Theme Song. It was recorded at Paul's house, and the vocals are mostly Paul. Storm recalls that they wrapped it up pretty quickly, though they worked on it in between a lot of DVN projects and tours over a month. The actual work time was a handful of hours.
Storm recalls being very excited to see the song would be interpereted by The Brothers Chaps. They wondered if Ballad of the Sneak would match what they had in their heads (It pretty much did). About a month from when DVN sent the completed song to The Brothers Chaps, Ballad of the Sneak toon appeared on the Homestar Runner site.
