Comments on: Can the creation of music be crowdsourced? Ericsson and DJ Avicii think it can http://gigaom.com/2013/01/08/can-the-creation-of-music-be-crowdsourced-ericsson-and-dj-avicii-think-it-can/ Fri, 24 May 2013 02:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Seth W http://gigaom.com/2013/01/08/can-the-creation-of-music-be-crowdsourced-ericsson-and-dj-avicii-think-it-can/#comment-1301332 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:07:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=600206#comment-1301332 Crowdsourced music is currently experiencing a little bit of an upswing. Ryan Walsh, lead singer/guitarist of indie band Hallelujah The Hills, just released his new song that was composed from over 100 individually-submitted samples of people singing the sentence “You can escape your fate, but it’s not considered polite.” The track ended up being a kind of haunting, ethereal meditation melody, completely unlike what Walsh had in mind when he started it.

It’s cool that all these people came together to create something that hadn’t been there before, and that’s probably the goal of this project as well: just to create something new with a relatively unexplored method.

You can hear Walsh’s crowdsourced composition and read an interview about the creative process here: http://tinywork.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/ryan-walsh-2/

]]> By: Lucas Borja Peinado http://gigaom.com/2013/01/08/can-the-creation-of-music-be-crowdsourced-ericsson-and-dj-avicii-think-it-can/#comment-1296361 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:46:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=600206#comment-1296361 soooo it seems Avicii has so far not used anybody else’s drums, taps, effects… or not credited anybody for those at least. I don’t know, let’s see his latest release for mention of drum machine manufacturers, plug-in developers, sound designers, etc… and now he feels righteous for giving credit where it has long been due (deflating sound).

I’m not sure the Ericsson/Avicii team understood the idea of crowd sourcing, where all collaborate in the cause for a common good: in this case a better electronic track NOT a better Avicii track (although a welcomed contribution).

@Ericsson I would recommend scrap the Avicii factor (or any big star trying to ride on the initiative) and you might be a bit more convincing. You got plenty self-motivated creators out there ready to contribute and spread the word of a genuine crowd sourced initiative.

]]> By: Craig O'Neill http://gigaom.com/2013/01/08/can-the-creation-of-music-be-crowdsourced-ericsson-and-dj-avicii-think-it-can/#comment-1296182 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:35:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=600206#comment-1296182 so you get a writers share if you’re contributing?

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