Let me introduce a musician who's taken full advantage of the power of the Internet: Eric Whitacre. Originally a Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor, he is known for his Virtual Choir projects that bring together voices from around the world, forming an online choir. This is one of his more well-known pieces, Lux Arumque:
How does he do it? How does he get the different people from all around the world to sing in such harmony? Here's an example:
As you can see, he standardises several things about the piece: The key, the attire the students wear and the ideal recording conditions. Lux featured 185 voices from 12 different countries, but his latest piece, Water Night, released in 2012, received more than 3,500 videos from 73 countries, showing the popularity and traction this project is gaining. Here it is (Caution: More that 11 mins):
Nice, huh?
Though I am personally not a fan of chorale music, I feel that this project has enormous potential to unite people around the world through the use of music and the Internet. This showcases the inherent altruism of people, when they demonstrate that they are in a project that can take months for the love of music, and nothing but passion and enjoyment driving them. It is a choir as big as the Internet itself, and all it needs are very simple tools: A webcam, a microphone (though the computer's speaker can be used as well) and of course, a computer with connection to the Web.
Would you like to try it?
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