These are two videos of musician Marc Chouarain performing the Interstellar and Harry Potter themes on a crystal baschet (aka crystal organ). What’s a crystal baschet? Hey — I donated, Wikipedia, don’t you side-eye me: Models of the crystal organs range from 3.5 to 6 octaves and are made of
This is a video of Algal the Bard performing a bardcore cover of The Mandalorian theme with a variety of instruments. It’s nice, but it’s not really that different sounding than the original. As a matter of fact, this could just be the original with a video of a dude
These are several shots and a video of the Filip Skelecaster electric guitar that heavy metal rocker Prince Midnight constructed using his uncle Filip’s skeleton. Filip died in a car accident over twenty years ago, and had previously requested his skeleton be donated to a nearby university, where it educated
This is a video of Black Sabbath’s inspiration for the comic book character Iron Man (don’t quote me on that) getting an orchestral arrangement courtesy of musician Micky Tejada and Epic Symphonic Rock. Just like the stuff my aunt makes after the summer berry harvest, it’s a pretty tasty jam.
This is a video of the fun-loving Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain covering Blur’s 1997 woo-hooful ‘Song 2’ (complete with lyrics). Is it my favorite cover of ‘Song 2’? No. Is it my favorite ukulele cover of ‘Song 2’? By far. It is also the only ukulele cover I’ve heard
Note: Good speakers or headphones are preferable, my laptop speakers are not. This is video of Guinness World Record holder for lowest singing voice and greatest male vocal range (10 octaves!) Tim Storms covering the southern gospel song ‘I’ve Got To Walk That Lonesome Road’ by J. D. Sumner &
To pay tribute to the late, great rock star, this is a video created by stop motion animator Thomas J Yagodinski of a Jawa performing Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’ on a custom made 16-inch Frankenstrat. Thomas made both the Jawa and the miniature Frankenstrat for the video, which was a treat
Music: it’s all around us. Except when my roommate sings in the shower, that sounds like gravel in a blender. One time I took him to karaoke and the first song he sung they cut the music and kicked us both out, me just for bringing him. This is a