{"id":450,"date":"2011-04-25T23:13:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T03:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/?p=450"},"modified":"2011-04-25T23:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T03:13:09","slug":"rethink-music-with-ben-folds-amanda-palmer-damian-kulash-and-neil-gaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/04\/rethink-music-with-ben-folds-amanda-palmer-damian-kulash-and-neil-gaiman.html","title":{"rendered":"Rethink Music with Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash, and Neil Gaiman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/117\/2011\/04\/RethinkMusic_logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-452\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/117\/2011\/04\/RethinkMusic_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 songs in 8 hours. \u00a0That&#8217;s what artists Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five), Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls), Damian Kulash (OK Go), and author Neil Gaiman have been attempting from 4 pm to 12 am today. \u00a0The idea to write and record 8 songs in 8 hours, which will be released online tomorrow, is a part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethink-music.com\/en\/Streaming-Video\/\">Rethink music project<\/a>. \u00a0The conference challenges artists to rethink music from a licensing and distribution standpoint, and this particular project is aimed at showing how internet distribution has changed how music can be recorded.<\/p>\n<p>As I have observed the session via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethink-music.com\/en\/Streaming-Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">excellent live camera<\/a>, I have had many thoughts. \u00a0As an artist and a producer, the frantic nature of the 8 hours initially made me anxious and more than a little queasy. \u00a0I have been involved in my fair share of recording sessions, and those with time limits are more than often more nerve-wracking than they are creative and even useful. \u00a0Once I got over that, it became inspiring to observe these four different yet talented artists working together. \u00a0They each took different roles in each song, working with each other&#8217;s strengths to make the best music that they could. \u00a0Though fighting colds, bad recording tendencies, and a deadline, thus far the songs have all turned out to be completely quality. \u00a0That is just impressive.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if they will get to 8 songs or not since as of right now at 11 pm they are at either five or six songs. \u00a0In the grand scheme of things that will matter little. \u00a0What this project is proving is that music as a raw and natural art form is still alive and well &#8211; and it isn&#8217;t tied to any kind of distribution schedule. \u00a0This session is capturing a special energy that has been knocked out many musicians by years of record label involvement and a reliance on popular trends rather than art. \u00a0That statement won&#8217;t be lost on those who take in the music, and these artists deserve all of the recognition they can get.<\/p>\n<p>Related &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/04\/record-store-day-is-saturday.html\" target=\"_blank\">Record Store Day Is Saturday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theprophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Prophet of Pop on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">on\u00a0<strong>Facebook<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 songs in 8 hours. \u00a0That&#8217;s what artists Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five), Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls), Damian Kulash (OK Go), and author Neil Gaiman have been attempting from 4 pm to 12 am today. \u00a0The idea to write and record 8 songs in 8 hours, which will be released online tomorrow, is a part&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,13],"tags":[526,532,527,528,529,535,531,530,533,534],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-stuff-yo","category-musings","tag-amanda-palmer","tag-amanda-palmer-ben-folds","tag-ben-folds","tag-damian-kulash","tag-neil-gaiman","tag-neil-gaiman-amanda-palmer","tag-ok-go","tag-rethink-music","tag-rethink-music-amanda-palmer","tag-rethink-music-ben-folds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rethink Music with Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash, and Neil Gaiman - The Prophet of Pop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/04\/rethink-music-with-ben-folds-amanda-palmer-damian-kulash-and-neil-gaiman.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rethink Music with Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash, and Neil Gaiman - The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"8 songs in 8 hours. \u00a0That&#8217;s what artists Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five), Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls), Damian Kulash (OK Go), and author Neil Gaiman have been attempting from 4 pm to 12 am today. \u00a0The idea to write and record 8 songs in 8 hours, which will be released online tomorrow, is a part&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/04\/rethink-music-with-ben-folds-amanda-palmer-damian-kulash-and-neil-gaiman.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-26T03:13:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/files\/2011\/04\/RethinkMusic_logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S. 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