New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Following weeks of preparation, at 9pm on 1st May, The Indoor Mortal Orchestra, a 17-strong virtually-assembled collective of music professionals, began the bewildering challenge of crowdsourcing a mini-orchestra & array of vocalists to record, produce & release a charity single cover of 'You Give a
Little Love'' - all in 24 hours.
This over-ambitious challenge was inspired by comedian Mark Watson's 24-hour Watsonathon on-line fundraising event, whose long-form comedy shows often involve elaborate & seemingly impossible challenges set or taken on by audience members.
Over the course of a calendar day, The Indoor Mortal Orchestra's production team pulled off the inspiring feat of assembling, mixing, editing & synching individually & remotely recorded music & vocal parts + video footage, chosen from 60+ contributors around the world, producing a joyous version of the classic movie-musical number. The end result is a glorious celebration of collaboration & community.
Contributors include Miles Jupp (vocals),
Kevin Eldon (vocals), Duglas T. Stewart (vocals; BMX Bandits), Will Calderbank (cello; Mumford and Sons, The Leisure Society, Ray Davies), Jen Schande (vocals; Schande),
Danny Green (vocals; DGSolaris, Laish),
Simon Love (vocals, guitar; The Loves), Richard Jackson (vocals; composer, Albatros Archive), & Shenandoah Davis (vocals; singer-songwriter, Paul Williams live band alumna) + multiple amateur & talented musicians & singers who answered the call on the day.
All profits are in aid of the charities FareShare (national network of charitable food redistributors), Hospice IGN (the professional association for UK Hospice fundraisers) & NextUp's Heckle The Virus fund (supporting out-of-work circuit comedians.)
Help give a little love back to those who need it most right now & buy or stream to donate & assist.
Thank you x
The Indoor Mortal Orchestra
Facebook: https://fb.me/indoormortals
Twitter: www.twitter.com/indoormortals
Mark Watsons's 24 Hour Watsonathon
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/watsoncomedy
Event Fund: www.gofundme.com/f/the-watsonathon
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/265035834678193/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/watsoncomedian
Charities
fareshare.org.uk/ — national network of charitable surplus and unwanted food redistributors
www.hospice-ign.org.uk/ — professional association for UK Hospice fundraisers
Nextupcomedy.com/ — emergency fund for COVID-19 displaced professional comedians
