Inspirational by connecting people.

I was looking around on this www.TED.com trying to find a particular speech from a inspirational speaker with their thoughts and ideas. I saw a few good ideas that I figured were not bad but nothing that I could see that reflected my vision. Until I saw this video:

Very inspiring to see this come together. And it spoke it to me because it is the very innovation of music that I have been witnessing over the past few years. The conductor, Eric Whitacre, was not formally trained to be a classical music conductor until he was 18. Now he is a ranked one of the best composers of all of our generation. I feel kind of odd not knowing who this person was beforehand. Its probably due to my in-depth knowledge for hip hop and etc. but, the fact that he has connected with technology with classical music is very motivational.

A choir over the internet is something you wouldn't have been able to tell me about before. Its almost as if he didn't even need to speak on his shortcomings, struggles, and etc. to become one of the most well-known composers. Its all in the music he is presenting in this video. A peaceful sentiment of gathering melodic voices. Visuals that show togetherness in a shape or form that we never thought we would see in this manner. Its almost like Eric Whitacre is saying that after the hard work he has done and continues to do, he is at peace with himself with what he has accomplished. Or it could interpreted as something that he has always wanted to do as far bringing others together to share the experience of music with him. Who knows. But The one thing that speaks high volumes about this video is that he has truly made an art out of his goals and accomplishments. It has been recognized and by seeing this proves how powerful his motivational has been to have people join him in his creative process.

There are already collaborations taking place via internet. The producer will send a track to the vocalist and the vocalist will the track back with the vocals and await for a mix and final product of the song. This shows the ability to have a live connection at the same time. Having everyone in sync to have one voice. I think thats what really speaks to me about this. The fact that this can be the future of musicianship. A virtual world where everyone is logged into the internet to collaborate on a project at the same time. I hope to see more of this in the future.