A collaboratively written song by participants in the "Web 2.0 for Us" workshop, University School of Nashville, July 23 through 27, 2007. Participants added to or edited this document using Google Docs, a marvelous online wordprocessor that allows groups of people to co-edit documents, even at the same time. They had rules: be sure your additions 1) scan to the meter set by the Lennon/McCartney song "Norwegian Wood," 2) make sense and 3) add to the meaning of the song. Once you've added once, add your name to the "Written by..." line with a comma following it. Whether your song makes the final edit (that would be the teacher, moi, doing that) or not, your name will remain in the author's list. I plan to record a version of this song once we consider it finished, and I'll make that .mp3 available at the wiki.
I wonder if other songwriters are working this way? Hmmmmm....
Oh, the rhyme in the "B" lines of the chorus to not have to rhyme, but the "A" and C" lines do. Ladies and gentlemen, start your songwriting engines...
Here's a link to a .mov midi file :)
and here's a link to the .mp3 version, recorded in one take for the guitar track and one for the vocal (sorry :), so production value mileage varies.
Written by Scott Merrick, Joel Bezaire, Tom Bailey, Caroline Blackwell, Nikki Hunt, and Genie Tanner
We once had a week
we could explore
Web 2.0.
Yes, that was unique,
but not a hard chore,
this you should know.
Wikis let groups share their work anytime, anywhere.
Blogging shares thoughts on a topic with others who care.
I came to this class
digital square, yes that was me.
Now, I "MUVE" around
virtual space, happy and free.
Netvibes can aggregate things called RSS feeds
That way you only see what you want, and just what you need.
I once had a url,
oh should I click,
or have a chat...
it showed avatars,
graphic designs
both thin and fat.
It is our new life, and our images fly everywhere,
So I saw ISTE Island and met teachers from everywhere.
I right clicked a rug,
check out the scene,
avoid the obscene.
We discussed web two oh,
Dave Warlick said,
"I'm chatting from bed"
The Internet may be contrivance and digital craft.
But in Second Life you don't drown if you fall off a raft.
So when I finally spoke,
I had to groan,
"it's land unknown"
But, if you care to learn,
explore the Web,
show and be shown.
We once had a week
we could explore
Web 2.0.
Yes, that was unique,
but not a hard chore,
this you should know.
Better move fast, who knows what will last.