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'Cosmos,' Carl Sagan and John Boswell's YouTube video hit


Spokane Gonzaga Prep graduate John Boswell has been doing remixes and audio experiments for awhile.

Now living in Bellingham, Wash., Boswell has produced some curious and interesting sonic samples and mixes.

His recent YouTube video, "A Glorious Dawn," has become a runaway smash. It's on its way to a million views (and channeling Carl Sagan, billions some day). It's tallied more than 800,000 views as of Oct. 9.

Very impressive number of views for a 3:34 video posted in mid-September 2009.

The clever twist is Bos's autotuning of a number of narrated tracks from Sagan's big TV series "Cosmos."

We'll do a more detailed update on how this video has given Bos some well-deserved kudos, not to mention freely donated dollars, from appreciative listeners.

For information on autotuning, you might check this out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune

Posted by Tom  |  9 Oct 4:44 PM

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Thank you, Tom, for recognizing John's youtube hit. It is thrilling for us, and humbling for John...more great music to come.

Posted by Debra Boswell  |  11 Oct 5:33 PM

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