Metro Detroit Musician Composes Song With Help From Facebook Friends
DETROIT (WWJ) - One local musician has found that social media is the perfect musical instrument.
"I've got a lot of Facebook friends, probably 3,000 of my closest friends," said jazz musician and Oakland University professor Scott Gwinnell.
"I just said, if you wouldn't mind giving me a note, any note, I'm gonna try and create a composition in the order of the notes that you provided."
In total, Gwinnell told WWJ Newsradio 950's Marie Osborne, he received about 50 notes in a couple of days.
Musical Notes From Facebook Friends
"What was really cool was that the people who gave me notes were everything from family members to friends to world-class musicians," he said.
Gwinnell used every note in the order he received them to compose the song he calls "Friendship."
Friendship - As Composed With Notes From Facebook Friends
Gwinnell had to take great care in putting them together rhythmically. "The biggest challenge was creating something that didn't sound just like a loose hogepog of notes," he said.
That wasn't easy, he said, but the process made him a better musician.
