...or maybe the Lounge, the idea just mostly went unnoticed, I think.
It was basically about originating a recording, such as with guitar and vocals, and forwarding the recorded tracks to other musicians on DU, who add their parts, who then forward their results to the next contributor, and so on.
When all of the parts are recorded by everybody contributing, they are mixed by the "producer" (i.e., probably the person who wrote/started the tune - or, maybe, somebody else).
I've been recording like this for over ten years.
I record drum, percussion, and occasional vocal parts, and email the wav files to my collaborator.
He plays everything else and mixes the final product.
Anybody interested in doing this need only have the ability to record their parts into their computer, using whatever program they choose, as long as the part, as digitally recorded, is saved as a wav file (or mp3, worst case, but not recommended).
Also, there is the potential that all contributors of beginning or moderate skill level would be able to add something, especially considering that they may use the digital recording medium as a way to hone their performance skills, especially as it pertains to playing along with other musicians.
That's the concept in a nutshell.
However, realistically, it's a little more complicated than that, such as, getting people to record a good clean part into their computer, they need to know at least a little about how best to record that part, which may require a certain type of microphone better than a web cam mic, and so on.
Any thoughts on this?
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