From the original iPhone to the iPhone 6, ‘Marimba’ was the default ringtone. Then beginning with the iPhone 7 and iOS7 it became ‘Opening’, and ‘Reflections’ with the iPhone X onward. But this isn’t about ‘Marimba’ or ‘Reflections’, this is about ‘Opening’. And I regret opening my phone and answering
This is a video of talented pianist Vinheteiro (previously) performing a top ten medley of Scott Joplin ragtime tunes on a 1915 Barthol & Berlin upright piano. You can close your eyes and almost convince yourself you’re in an old wild west saloon drinking hot whisky and in desperate need
This is a video of Brazilian pianist, accordionist, sound engineer, musician, aquarist (aquarium keeper), YouTuber, and starer (you got a problem with me?!) Vinheteiro demonstrating skill progression on a harpsichord from one minute of playing, to ten years (5,256,000 minutes). Of course this is assuming the musician already has some
This is a stop motion video of chronic starer (You got a problem, boy?!) and pianist Lord Vinheteiro performing Korsakov‘s ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ with a single finger, his digit remaining motionless and only the keyboard moving. He says he spent 36 hours making and editing the one minute clip,
This is a video of Brazilian pianist Glaucio Cristelo of Youtube channel Piano Rock performing a cover of Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’ for shoppers at a mall outside of a clothing store. It’s nice, and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if that clothing store had a record sales day
This is a video of pianist Vinheteiro (previously) performing a medley of the ten most popular saloon songs by Scott Joplin on a period-appropriate 1915 Barthol & Berlin upright piano. I swear, ‘The Entertainer’ gets me every time. It just makes me so happy. Now close your eyes while you
This is a video of musician Scott Bradlee performing a delightful ragtime medley of Super Mario songs originally written by Nintendo composer Koji Kondo. I love ragtime music, it’s so upbeat. And I need that because I’m usually downbeat. And browbeat. And just beat in general. I could use a
This is a video of ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober building and experimenting with Chopstix, a googly eyed, midi-controlled transparent player piano he built that can not only play some of the hardest songs out there like Rush E (previously), but also talk via pressing its keys to form the necessary