Musical Batons
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, Podbat, 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…
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. ;->
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”
I listened to it via the inline player, and also got the chipmunk effect, which actually works kind of well for a podcast :)