As you may know through design or accident, you can play multiple videos simultaneously on YouTube. Darren Solomon discovered the same fact and hit upon the idea of recording videos of a number of instruments being played, the mix controlled by the viewer.
Originally, he recorded himself playing six instruments – the glass marimba, electric guitar, Kaoss Pad/synth, Rhodes electric piano, and the electric bass. Sending out invitations and setting up an open call for more videos for more people playing or singing in B flat, Solomon evenutally ended up with 20 videos.
Users of inBflat can now control the mix by selecting which videos to play and adjusting the appropriate volume sliders. It is a fascinating experiment in musical crowdsourcing that has the added benefit of being visual.
Certainly there will be more examples of this type of creativity in the future. What can groups create that eludes the individual?
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