Remote collaboration
In 2001 two musicians, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tambrello, wanted to collaborate on some new compositions. The problem was that they lived hundreds of miles apart at opposite ends of America’s west coast. Tamborello composed some rhythms (or ‘beats’) and sent them to Gibbard on CD by post. Gibbard added some instrumentals and vocals and returned the arrangements to his partner. Back and forth the CDs went with edits and additions until eventually they had enough material for an album. In acknowledgement of their method they called themselves The Postal Service and the album they released in 2003 was called Give Up. It was well received and sold over one million copies. Three singles were released from it. You can hear them ...
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