{"id":33,"date":"2007-06-12T10:51:42","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenotic.net\/wordpress\/?p=33"},"modified":"2016-08-31T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:08:39","slug":"andrew-osenga-letters-to-the-editor-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenotic.net\/wordpress\/2007\/06\/12\/andrew-osenga-letters-to-the-editor-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Osenga – Letters to the Editor, Vol. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Andrew It’s a perfect day for some great new music. One of my favorite musicians, Andrew Osenga<\/a>, released a digital EP<\/acronym> via his blog last night that is, in a word, amazing.<\/p>\n

Clocking in at 6 tracks and just under 21 minutes, the album started off as an interesting idea: <\/span>Andrew would write and record some songs, but the community that visits his blog \/ website would provide the inspiration for the record, sending in pictures, drawings, paintings, stories, cool words, or ideas they wished someone had written about. <\/span>Andrew based each of the six songs off of an idea that was contributed from the community, which is pretty cool. I haven’t heard of or seen anything quite like it before; I’m sure that similar projects will become more commonplace as musicians grasp hold of the internet as a tool to promote community interaction between fans and artists.<\/p>\n

But Andy went a step further. <\/span>A really, really interesting step further.<\/p>\n

For one of the songs, “Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates,” Andrew invited the community to contribute background vocals (webground vocals?) that he would add to the mix. <\/span>He uploaded a guitar part and two different harmonies which people recorded singing on their own and sent back to him. <\/span>He combined all of the voices together to make a chorus at the end of the song filled with the very people that inspired the album in the first place, the people who would probably be the ones buying it. <\/span>\ud83d\ude09 <\/span>How innovative is that?<\/p>\n

I got my name in the credits, which is pretty cool, and I had a lot of fun recording my vocals. <\/span>I can pick out my voice at the very end as the chorus of voices becomes more prominent. <\/span>I PayPal’d him $9, but the entire album is available for free from his website. <\/span>Donations are suggested, but it’s completely up to you. <\/span>I highly <\/em>recommend going over and downloading the album \u2014 you have nothing to lose, and it’s a very fun, solid project. <\/span>Andrew added “Vol. 1” in the title, so here’s hoping that he continues to make more EP<\/acronym>s like it. <\/span><\/p>\n

The entire album was recorded between May 23 and June 6, 2007. <\/span>He released it last night, on June 12th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

20 days from conception to release.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Welcome to the new face of music. It’s beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Osenga – Letters to the Editor, Vol. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Download Page with PayPal Donation Link<\/p>\n

Direct Album Download (.zip)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Letters to the Editor, Vol. 1 – Tracklisting
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1. Andrew Osenga – Wanted (2:49)
\n2. Andrew Osenga – The Ball Game (3:45)
\n3. Andrew Osenga – You Leave No Shadow (3:46)
\n4. Andrew Osenga – Anna and the Aliens (3:07)
\n5. Andrew Osenga – The Blessing Curse (2:40)
\n6. Andrew Osenga – Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates (4:45)<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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