YouTube user barackdubs uploaded an expertly made mashup that takes dance tracks and clips of various Obama speeches to create a sing-song delivery of Lady Gaga's hit "Born This Way".
The concepts in this post -- creating a singing core, standing in the center of a small room, paying close attention to the details of other people's singing -- aim to foster focus.
For London's Cultural Olympiad, Mira Calix created a singing stone sculpture, Nothing Is Set In Stone, that sits on a hill just outside of London in the Redbridge nature reserve of Fairlop Waters.
"With just my imagination, I create a speculation," sings J.M. Barrie, the writer of the immortal Peter Pan to his four young friends.
It might sound loud, perhaps even dissonant, but by mellowing the colors down to earthy hues, the designer was able to control the contrasts and create a collection that sang a quiet song.
Just as important, she can create a character as she sings, linking musical phrases to form dramatic paragraphs.
Meticulous about the accuracy of his sound effects, he built a fire in the shower stall to capture the sound of crackling flames, smashed a barrel of glasses to simulate a falling chandelier, and dubbed his own voice 24 times to create a classroom of children singing off key.
There are a number of good reasons to do so: data points won't create an outfit that sings as well as a human eye does, and people are a more compelling sales force, especially when you grow to trust them.
Thanks to automatic tuning you no longer have to be able to sing to create a flawless performance.
That trust — the negligible distance between what Moreland feels and what he sings — can create a beguiling intimacy.
At a time when it seems easier than ever to become a celebrity, bad singing can create a seductive illusion of intimacy.
