Example of Distance Collaboration: 2005 Graduate Recital Performance of "Riders of the Dark Pale Winds" composed by Larry B. Binns, IUPUI
Performed by Howard Swyers, Doctoral Candidate in Voice Performance at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music
Today, distance or online collaboration is catching the eye of big business and especially early stage investors in privately held corporations. They see the possibilities. More and more each year, all sorts of service-based ventures are coming into existence The music industry is jumping on the proverbial bandwagon. As one source states: "Whether it's finding your next project, recording online, having a song professionally mixed and mastered or schmoozing industry types to find publicity and distribution, online collaboration is catching on fast and closing the distances between musicians." Long-Distance Relationships, 2007.
The example above is one of distant collaboration. The performer and the composer did not personally meet and only communicated via Skype and email. The music score was created using a computer, MIDI-compatible notation and recording software, and a USB midi keyboard. The score was then converted into a PDF file and emailed to the performer along with the music converted to the MP3 audio data compression format and sent as an attachment along with the
PDF score. The example is the actual performance that was streamed online throughout the world in real-time. The composer heard the performance for the first time via the internet.The soundtrack was all digitally created without the use of a live orchestra, esserntially using a virtual orchestra to lay down the sound canvass.
Performers:
Howard Swyers - Baritone
Music and Lyrics: Larry B. Binns (ASCAP)
Lyrics:
Summer’s breeding of soft zephyr,
changed a nation’s shape forever,
erupting this fierce sudden breeze,
a swelling mass on misty seas,
Katrina’s whirling winds became enraged,
Leaving his’ try just a tattered page,
Battling terror from deep within,
The Riders of the Dark Pale Winds.
Loved ones clinging to one last breath,
faces etched with the fear of death,
such suff’ring we can’t comprehend,
wounds that we can’t bind or mend
Katrina’s whirling winds became enraged,
Leaving his’ try just a tattered page,
Hope and heartfelt prayers now ascend,
(For) Riders of the Dark Pale Winds,
Riders of the Dark Pale Winds.
-Dedicated to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina-