8in8, a musical supergroup formed in 2011, comprised Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer,
Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulash of OK Go. The group was created with the
intention of writing and recording eight songs in eight hours, hence their name.
The project began as a response to a question raised by Amanda Palmer at the
Rethink Music conference about how quickly an artist could complete an album. On
April 25, 2011, they entered Mad Oak Studios with producer Sean Slade and
recorded six songs in twelve hours. The resulting EP, Nighty Night, was released
under a Creative Commons license on Bandc...