This is a video of Youtuber Rachelf learning the play the electric guitar over the course of four years, as documented monthly with examples of her skill playing. I felt like she was a pretty quick learner and was already jamming by the end of her first year. By the
This is a video of very talented cellist Samara Ginsberg performing the He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe theme as arranged for eight cellos by herself. Now, as a boy who’s been mastering the universe since a very young age (Instagram proof here), I’m into it. Sadly, I remember
This is a video of incredibly talented pianist Vinheteiro performing a very spirited arrangement of The Simpsons theme that he made. Clearly, Vinheteiro is great at making arrangements. Me? I am not so good. One time I made arrangements to take my girlfriend out for our anniversary but forgot what
This is a video of 37-year old Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Yogetsu Akasaka layering sounds and chants all created with his own voice into this ‘Heart Sutra x beatbox live-looping remix’. Apparently prior to becoming a monk Yogetsu was a beatboxer, busker, and theater actor. Now he’s a beatboxer and
This is a video of Youtuber KWFoxy performing Johnny Cash’s emotion-filled cover of Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Hurt’ on Ellie’s guitar in The Last Of Us Part II. Wow, this whole time I’ve been just trying to not die and other people are out here performing MTV Unplugged concerts. Dammit *deleting
This is a video of pianist Florian Mohr performing a nine minute medley of what he believes are the best cartoon theme songs, including anime and comic TV series. It really brought back some memories. Mostly of Saturday mornings, watching cartoons and the worried look on my mom’s face grow
This is the Time Machine Bass crafted by father-and-son guitar making team Steve and Richard Doner of Doner Designs. The guitar was recently sold on eBay for $8,880, with all proceeds benefitting the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Some more info about the guitar while I precariously stand
This is a video of cellist Brendan Finucane performing Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory’s ‘Pure Imagination’ as part of a socially distanced celebration of the recent eighth grade graduates from the Chicago Waldorf School. And, at least based on the end of his one index finger, it appears Brendan