When it comes to finding music online, sometimes search terms are fuzzy.
John Beckwith, an 86-year-old composer, writer, pianist, teacher, and administrator, found that out when his harpsichord song accidentally went viral, according to Pri's The World. The song's title? "Blurred Lines."
No, not that "Blurred Lines," though it appears that thousands of Internet browsers hoping to listen to Robin Thicke's popular summer hit featuring T.I. and Pharrell were accidentally clicking on Beckwith's lyric-less, 10-minute song.
It didn't take too long at all for Allegra Young, recording and licensing manager of the Canadian Music Centre, to notice the happy accident. She saw that the song -- written in 1997 for the harpsichord and violin and released on a 2010 CD -- was receiving an unusual amount of traffic.
Young told Global News that Beckwith's “Blurred Lines” was typically streamed fewer than 100 times a month but had received more than 4,000 hits...
John Beckwith, an 86-year-old composer, writer, pianist, teacher, and administrator, found that out when his harpsichord song accidentally went viral, according to Pri's The World. The song's title? "Blurred Lines."
No, not that "Blurred Lines," though it appears that thousands of Internet browsers hoping to listen to Robin Thicke's popular summer hit featuring T.I. and Pharrell were accidentally clicking on Beckwith's lyric-less, 10-minute song.
It didn't take too long at all for Allegra Young, recording and licensing manager of the Canadian Music Centre, to notice the happy accident. She saw that the song -- written in 1997 for the harpsichord and violin and released on a 2010 CD -- was receiving an unusual amount of traffic.
Young told Global News that Beckwith's “Blurred Lines” was typically streamed fewer than 100 times a month but had received more than 4,000 hits...
- 8/30/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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