Musical Batons

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

There have been two of these going around. One is being passed along like a chain letter and seems very successful, requiring people to discuss their personal music collections [size/variety/last CD purchased etc].

The other seems decidedly less popular, but much more fun in my mind. It started with Dave Winer singing Dixie [to horrible MIDI accompaniment] in one of his Morning Coffee Notes, which was then turned into a duet/trio/quartet etc by a bunch of different people recording themselves singing along with it. The most recent version I came across includes [in order] Rogers Cadenhead, , Amy Bellinger and Rex Hammock.

Needless to say, after five generations the fidelity of the original recording has suffered somewhat, but I don’t know that that really matters anyway— in fact it makes me feel less self-conscious about adding my own voice [nasal baritone in the center] to the mix :)

So please enjoy the delightfully ordinary vocal stylings of this progression of nerds, and of course join in, if you feel so inclined…

dixie-5-plus-1.mp3

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3 Comments

  1. Dave Winer says:

    Beautiful!

    Amy Bellinger joined me in singing the female part in the Green Acres theme song.

    http://archive.scripting.com/2005/05/29#When:8:16:31AM

    I hope others will. Hey if men want to sing the female part, go for it. As long as it’s funny and friendly. ;->

  2. Scott Fletcher says:

    I’ll add mine to the mix. Listen to the Podcheck Review episode from May 30th, 2005 - around the 24:00 minute mark. http://blog.podcheck.com/?p=11
    I did this little mix for the short-lived “Weekly Dave Winer Pick”

  3. mark says:

    I listened to it via the inline player, and also got the chipmunk effect, which actually works kind of well for a podcast :)

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