Ben Folds Educates
Singer Ben Folds decided to work on a new musical project that is for the kids and by the kids, evidently. It seems as though Folds set out to invite college students to sing a capella versions of his songs. Ben Folds will present his project entitled; University A Capella! on April 28th, released through Epic Records.
Folds, his wife and engineer Joe Costa traveled to several schools across the U.S. and recorded the tracks. When word got out of the project, Folds received 250 video entries on YouTube, according to chartattack.com. Folds then picked 15 candidates to record the tracks based on the video submissions.
“Our method of recording and the production concept was inspired by National Geographic field recordings and old ’70s Nonesuch Records field recordings of native music of different cultures,” Folds said in a MySpace blog post.
“Simple live recordings, documents of music being made in real time that capture the inimitable thumbprint of a culture as it is in motion.”
Student photographers and videographers were also invited to document the recordings.
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