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Today someone posted a facebook update stating that the new devil wears prada is epic. Personally I stopped listening to most music of that kind of genre. Mostly because I would rather listen to music that is easier on the ears. I just find it annoying listening to screaming now. Anyways I was kind of annoyed how that music was being described that way because it doesnt deserve it quite frankly. I think I used to listen to that stuff as more of a popularity type thing and also to fit in but whatever. I have also learned to like what I like.

The main reason for this rant/entry was to show off some amazing actually epic in scale music. A group of people went literally around the world to record tracks for some pretty amazing compilations. Now lets put it this way...a group of young teens/20 somethings screaming and playing crappy guitar riffs or many many people all over the world who are experts at their particular instruments mixed together into one song....whats epic? yeah.

This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called 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 some metal percussion to it.

And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.

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