For the trend of people using the Internet to make music together and called "Open Sound", YouTube is now calling it "The Internet Symphony". People reaching through their screens while squeezing sound into their computers is a powerful thing and has the transformative power to bring together the networked world. Working with Chinese composer Tan Dun, YouTube hosted the first ever global orchestral audition for musicians around the world to tryout for the first Online Collaborative Orchestra. Google (who owns YouTube) had this to say:
"Together, these professional and amateur musicians play 26 different instruments and come from 30+ countries and territories on six continents. The selected musicians will travel from around the world to New York City to participate in a collaborative summit for classical music on April 12-15, 2009, concluding with a concert at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Music Director, New World Symphony Founder and Artistic Director, and London Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor."
As the Internet and open collaborative sites like YouTube begin to take hold in people's lives, I think that communication, collaboration, and originality will take on completely new meanings. Perhaps human negotiation will be transformed as messages, motivations, and meanings can be distorted when we can't see who we're interacting with. Do you think you're more predisposed to getting into an argument on the phone or face-to-face?
I wonder if YouTube could become a more powerful negotiation tool, hosting participatory UN Summits to talk out differences between nations or perhaps instigate inclusive town-hall meetings for municipal legislature? Imagine being able to grow your worldview by listening (and seeing) what other people of differing opinions have to say? Is the Internet and it's core value of participation a unique construction of a new-age democracy?
I wonder if YouTube could become a more powerful negotiation tool, hosting participatory UN Summits to talk out differences between nations or perhaps instigate inclusive town-hall meetings for municipal legislature? Imagine being able to grow your worldview by listening (and seeing) what other people of differing opinions have to say? Is the Internet and it's core value of participation a unique construction of a new-age democracy?
How's that sound?
Imagine bridging cultural gaps and settling dispute Check out the YouTube Symphony Orchestra's video below or click here to check out their homepage.
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