The deed is done and the result is a Skype music video...or sorts.
I had 5 contributors volunteer their vocal talents to the project. I laid down a basic beat with my own voice and made it a youtube video that sent to all who helped me. This allowed everyone to build off the same beat with a consistent tempo.
I found that people got a tad embarrassed and for decent reason (they were after all making funny noises during a vidchat that's being recorded) so the depth of the layering didn't go as deep as I would have preferred.
This resulted in a semi-anticlimactic song that makes for a fun listen for about one time through (or maybe I've listened to it myself one too many times...).
The images you see on the screen are all layered screen captures of the individuals who helped me. I attempted to sync all the audio with the appropriate video but I gave up on that around 3am. The result is a rather abstracted view of the Skypees and yet has a flow in and of itself.
All in all it was a good project, stressful, but good. Screen capture software lacks nearly everything you need it to do so my frustrustions were technical alone.
View Skype: The Music Video here.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Giant,
~Alan
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