Now, before we continue
I would like to make a little experiment
Can you sing?
They're more confident than you guys
Don't worry it's only one note
Maybe two if you're very good
And then I have these microphones here around the stage
and this little device here
I call him Mr. Jobs
And with this I can record your singing
So we will just sing this one C here
This is called C
and we just sing it like, "Ahhh"
And if it's good
then I can use this recording in the next song
If it's not good I have a backup recording on here
So it's okay
Don't worry, no pressure
So shall we do this?
Just do it quite loud
and for as long as you can without breathing
Like one big "Ahh"
Ahhhhhh
That's pretty good actually
There's almost everybody singing the same note
and that doesn't happen every time
Give yourselves a hand
Thank you so much for coming tonight
I really strive for collaboration
and I think the biggest influences on my art
are the people I work with
Whether they're musicians, visual artists or someone else
they teach me new things
They inspire new ideas
and they challenge me
I like to believe that everything we do
is just a reflection of our environment
Whether in the studio or on stage
we respond to what's around us
The lights and the visuals, they create a world
for the music to live in
and our creative impulses, they respond to that
A swelling of the orchestra
The movements of the conductor
It all works together like some big messy butterfly effect
Music in its essence, it's a collaboration
No piece of music is complete until it has reached
the ears of a listener, affected someone
or commucated something
It's a two-way conversation
and I believe in encouraging that
So, in a way, the audience, my fans
they're also my collaborators
One person less and it just wouldn't be the same