This is a video of incredibly skilled beatboxer Xin An recreating popular songs by beatboxing and layering all the different pieces. It’s really impressive watching the songs come together. I embedded a handful below, but check out Xin’s Instagram for a ton more while I try to make one myself.
Because music is all around us (except at work, we’re not allowed to listen to music at work), this is a video of Luke Pickman of InstrumentManiac playing the C major scale on 123 instruments in 123 seconds. The video is exactly 2:03 long too so I think he nailed
Because yesterday it was September and I blinked and Halloween is four days away, these are a couple videos of musician Jer of Youtube channel Ska Tune Network performing all the instruments (including plenty of brass) for ska covers of the Ghostbusters and Addams Family themes. *licking fingers* Those were
This is a video of Philip Kaplan discussing the headphones he built with an integrated CD player on top. You can also store extra CDs on spindles attached to the earphones. It includes a remote control, battery pack, LCD display, and a spot to display the CD case of what
This is a video of pianist Vinheteiro (previously) performing a medley of music chronologically from 1680 (Pachabel’s Canon) to 1935 (Carlos Gardel’s Por Una Cabeza) as a very abbreviated evolution of music. I learned a lot by listening to it. Mostly, that they sure don’t make them like they used
This is a delightful video of Germany’s WDR Funkhausorchester conducted by Enrico Delamboye performing the Super Mario Retro Suite, a medley of the original Super Mario Bros music composed by Japanese composer Koji Kondo. Now that’s an orchestra performance I would pay to see! Normally I just sneak inside the
This is a compilation of iconic guitar solos assembled by Youtuber The Man In Me, highlighting what he believes to be the best each year from 1965 to 2004. Do you agree? Let me take a look here…*checks 1973 for ‘Free Bird’* Yes it’s accurate. The full list: 1965. Heart
This is a video highlighting the endangered Palm Cockatoo, the only non-cartoon bird known to make and play instruments, crafting drumsticks and using them to beat out a rhythm to attract a mate. Mates love good rhythm. Me? I have no rhythm. One time I tried to impress a date