This is a lovely video of virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in the wilds of the Great Smokey Mountains, setting up right next to hiking path and babbling brook. So relaxing, isn’t it? The perfect escape from the hectic pace of life. Me? I have
This is a video of musician Moyun, who never shows her face, performing Michael Jackson’s 1982 banger ‘Beat It’ on a traditional Chinese guzheng. She does a great job. Me? I never show my face either, although likely for completely different reasons. Maybe she does it for an air of
This is a video of guitarist Bernth (previously playing a water-filled guitar) experimenting with an 18-string Indian sitar to incorporate its sound into his heavy metal. He produces some pretty tasty riffs with it too. Maybe not something I’d eat all day every day, but it’s not kid’s cereal or
This is a video of talented musician MoYun performing the Eagles’ 1977 banger ‘Hotel California’ on a traditional Chinese stringed guzheng. She does an absolutely fantastic job, and if I could lay in a hammock on a tropical beach somewhere sipping piña coladas all day listening to music like this,
This is a video of the Epic Cello Quartet (part of Epic Symphonic Rock) performing a medley of Nirvana songs, Iron Maiden’s ‘The Trooper’, and System Of A Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’ during a concert in Lima, Peru. They do an excellent job — I always enjoy hearing songs performed on
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 video of talented gayageum musician Luna Lee (who I’ve had the pleasure of seeing live) delivering an improvised performance of Bob Marley’s ‘I Shot The Sheriff’. I’m into it. Of course I already liked the song and enjoy Luna’s music, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise
This is a video of musician Charles Berthoud, who apparently shreds so hard he shredded the other three strings right off his electric bass, putting the remaining string to good use with this impressive single-string solo. Not bad, but I can even take it a step further and perform a