Orange Rockcorps

Orange Rockcorps

First Orange Rockcorps organised free gigs in exchange for an organised four hours community service and now they have launched a music application for followers of the campaign called “The Sound of Orange.”

The programme allows the user to make their own music on the website, inviting friends on Facebook to participate in recording sounds that will make up a virtual keyboard. You can use this keyboard to create your own cover version of a song or create your own potentially chart-topping hit…

Well let’s be honest that’s never going to happen and if you spend long enough on the application you begin to find the sound of your friends (and yourself) quite irritating but it is, however, a great way to promote some community spirit amongst young people through digital creativity…even if bribery is involved. Then, once perfected, your music wonders can be shared with friends on blogs and social networking sites.

Caution: do not move the mouse over one key repeatedly as it can result in a hugely grating repetitive sound. A one-man, one-tone beatbox is not a note it’s a noise.