From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music," comes the first of many "songs around the world" being released independently. This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. The results were impressively well-done, not to mention beautiful and heartwarming. It is definitely something that a lot of people can relate to presently and gives a sense of inspiration.
Some info about this rendition of the song:
It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician named Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added metal percussions.
From there, it just gets better and better: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals, which were assembled into this final final version -- all done with a simple laptop and some microphones.
For more information, visit links below:
Playing for a Change (Official Website)
Click here to Join the Playing for Change Online Street Team
You Thought You Had A Bad Day?
Some info about this rendition of the song:
It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician named Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added metal percussions.
From there, it just gets better and better: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals, which were assembled into this final final version -- all done with a simple laptop and some microphones.
For more information, visit links below:
Playing for a Change (Official Website)
Click here to Join the Playing for Change Online Street Team
You Thought You Had A Bad Day?
2 comments:
Great one! I have been trying to capture the street performers though my camera for quite sometime now. Although I haven't done much justice to it yet, this is truly a refreshing one!
Know what! This is just perfect! Beautiful rendition of my fav song!! =))
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