Multiple Personalities, Rejoice!
By now you've probably stumbled across Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir, but in case it hasn't come up on your radar, check out the chills-inducing video below. The project is fascinating- combine individually recorded video tracks to create a choir of people from across the world. The visual representation is simple, but effective. Being a fan of the "sum is greater than its parts" aspect of internet collaboration, I went searching for related videos on YouTube. I found the curly headed soprano, SugarbabyLA, has gotten really into the multitracking herself. The YouTube phenomenon is cool (and beautiful), but I also see multitracking as a metaphor for what it is the internet is so great at: letting us be all of our "selves" at once. What would your multitrack look like?
Original Virtual Choir video:
SugarbabyLA's multitrack:






