This is a video of pianist Hayato Sumino (aka Cateen) performing Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Flight Of The Bumblebee’ on a toy piano, at an ever increasing tempo, from 160BPM all the way to a blistering 250BPM. For reference, the original is typically played between 144 and 160BPM. In his own words
This is a three minute video of guitarist John Johnson (creative parents) improving his ability from the age of 15 to 25. That’s *counting on fingers* eight and a half years. “Ten.” It’s called a shop accident, you gonna hold that against me?
This is a video of classically trained starer and virtuoso pianist Lord Vinheteiro (aka Fabricio Andre Bernard Di Paolo) performing a medley of 80’s hits on the piano. Man, I haven’t heard some of those songs in…forever. Like I’ve legitimately never heard them before man I thought these were supposed
This is a short video of Youtuber and musician AcousticTrench covering ‘Mad About Me’ (aka the Cantina Song) by Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes (aka the Cantina band) from Star Wars, with his dog Maple appearing to play the bass drum. While she isn’t actually playing the drum, I
This is a video of guitar god Stevie Ray Vaughan performing a guitar switch mid ‘Look At Little Sister’ at an Austin, Texas concert in 1989 after breaking a string, continuing his solo with only six strings, then smoothly making the switch with guitar tech René Martinez like a hot
Because Germans sure love their sausages, this is a short video of German Youtuber patricks world demonstrating his electric circuit based ‘Bockworst Piano’. Simple enough. So, you think he ate all those sausages afterward? I’d hate to know they all went to waste. Regardless, I think we can all agree–
Note: Keep your volume in check. This is a video demonstration of Mew, an electronic theremin-like instrument created by Emily Groves that purrs when a person approaches it, and meows and growls as they touch or pet it. So…it’s basically a pet cat that doesn’t require a litter box. Of
Because eccentricity knows no bounds, this is a video of French musician Grégoire Blanc performing Pink Floyd’s classic ‘Great Gig In The Sky’ on “the highly-expressive Haken Continuum, a vintage Elektor Formant modular synth, grand piano, and a theremin taking on Clare Torry’s famous vocals.” I imagine Pink Floyd would