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The web has made it easier than ever for artists anywhere to collaborate as they start a movement.

The Cluetrain Manifesto, arguably the first major movement sparked online, was apparently built from email.

Since then, applications have been built to help thinkers and artists anywhere build and spread their message: forums, instant messaging, blogs (both personal and group ones), Google Docs…

This revolution, however, has been mostly limited to the written word. Admittedly, awesome services like Scripped exist for filmmakers, though it’s still limited to the scriptwriting portion.

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In high school, I wasn’t much of a writer. I played music. More specifically, I played drums in a punk rock band.

Then, one day I got the news that my #1 (in fact, only) choice of college accepted me. And they were out of town.

I moved in September 2006. Since then, I haven’t been behind a drum set for more than 10 minutes at a time.

I had been playing drums for 14 years. And the difficulties of distance were then insurmountable.

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Well, the difficulties are still there. There’s no Google Docs for music… well, nothing that prioritizes creativity over finished products.

That’s my cause, Hugh: making it easy for musicians to hop online and be creative together.

And our doors start opening on June 16, over at http://youphonics.com .

[Note: this is one of the Cube Grenade entries. Share your story for a chance to win a commissioned piece of art.]