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The Power of Self-Imposed, Extremely Tight Deadlines

Eight in Eight Band MembersNational Public Radio runs a show called “The Story.” Tonight’s story (listen here) was about a group of three well-known musicians (Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds of TV’s Sing-Off, and Damian Kulash of OK-Go), a famous writer/lyricist (Neil Gaiman) and a producer (Sean Slade) who decided to try an experiment this past April.  They wanted to see if it was possible to produce a music album of eight original songs in eight hours, completely from scratch.  They called the project, “Eight in Eight” and the album they produced is called “Nighty Night.”

The group didn’t quite meet their ambitious goal.  After 12 hours, they stopped with only six songs under their belts — an impressive feat, nonetheless.   Continue reading The Power of Self-Imposed, Extremely Tight Deadlines