{"id":209,"date":"2009-09-10T08:09:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T08:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp\/?p=209"},"modified":"2009-09-10T08:09:32","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T08:09:32","slug":"whats_the_word_hummingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/2009\/09\/whats_the_word_hummingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the Word, Hummingbird?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating,” writes Jarbas Agnelli, creator of this video:<\/p>\n

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And for those worried the internet, with its remixing and YouTubing, has crushed out the creative musical souls of Our Youngest Generation, further signs of quiet inspiration. Remember auto-tune the news<\/a>? Well, while Apple and T-Pain<\/a> continue to walk toward the technology, this guy takes it back a step.<\/p>\n

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I have to admit this kind of thing fascinates me because it represents much smaller steps in our culture’s musical development. I can’t take this as a negative. Rather than crashing through endless strings of “new,” a little more time is taken along the way to muck about inside ideas (musical and otherwise) before we all move on. Is there a need to rush? That’s not to say that the above needs performed at Lincoln Center, but thanks to the internet, it’s as if my roommate invited me to check out this neat transcription he made while I sip my morning coffee, and then I can call up a few of my pals and share it with you guys after he goes to work. <\/p>\n

Of course, this whole “the internet helps us share the work load of distributing and developing ideas” can be scaled as needed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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