Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, Damian Kulash (of OK Go), and Neil Gaiman collaborated on Monday 25th April 2011 to conduct an experiment titled “8 songs in 8 hours” for the ReThink music conference. The ambitious goal to write and record 8 songs in 8 hours fell short, resulting in 6 songs in 12 hours. The entire process was streamed live on youtube, lasting from 4 pm on April 22nd to 4 am on April 23rd.

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