Dancing in the Street - sans music
So, so, *so* good 😆😆
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Godfather Theme - Cognitive Dissonance Edition
This is what happens when Slash solos the Godfather Theme
"Dancing in the Street" - Without the Music
and yes, its just about as ridiculous as the version with the music
The evolution of Bollywood Music
via Penn Masala Bollywood music has changed immensely over the decades. We've seen legendary singers redefine genres, musical directors pushing the envelope with their arrangements, and the arts and culture of India thrive. Penn Masala was created 18 years ago to celebrate the impact that Bollywood has had on our lives, and to pay tribute to some of the timeless classics that we, our parents, and grandparents love. We hope you like our Evolution of Bollywood Music! The costume-changes really nail it...
100 Years of Rock and Roll - a #Visualization in less than a Minute
The title pretty much sez. it all. Its interactive, and the slices of music are an inspired touch.
Rare flutes destroyed by Customs officials
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via Boston.com , this story about rare flutes being destroyed by Customs Before you whine about an airline temporarily losing your luggage, think of poor Boujemaa Razgui (at right). The flute virtuoso who performs regularly with The Boston Camerata lost 13 handmade flutes over the holidays when a US Customs official at New York’s JFK Airport mistook the instruments for pieces of bamboo and destroyed them. Razgui, a Canadian citizen who lives some of the time in Brockton, had flown last week from Morocco to Boston, with stops in Madrid and New York. In New York, he says, an official opened his luggage and found the 13 flutelike instruments — 11 nays and two kawalas. Razgui says he had made all of the instruments using hard-to-find reeds. “They said this is an agriculture item,” said Razgui, who was not present when his bag was opened. “I fly with them in and out all the time and this is the first time there has been a problem. This is my life.” When his baggage arrived in Boston, t...
Under Pressure - A-Capella
via MakingMusic , the voices behind one of my favorite songs ever. As the blurb sez. "Kids, this is HOW IT'S DONE. Take notes " Back in the summer of 1981, Queen and David Bowie happened to be recording material in separate studios in Montreux, Switzerland’s Mountain Studios. After a night of binge drinking and binge… um… sniffing… Queen and David Bowie came up with one of the most killer rock songs written in years. Here we have the unbelievable isolated vocal tracks from that song. This was before WAY before autotune and punching in your takes with ProTools. Just raw talent. Freddie’s vocals of “why… why…. whyyyyyyy” and then going to a HIGHER note after that is just unbelievable. Kids, this is HOW IT’S DONE. Take notes. and the full song/video for completeness sake
The History of Music in Manchester - a #Visualization
via The Manchester Music Map , we have this interactive map showing the history of music in Manchester ( Sex Pistols! John Mayall! Bob Dylan! ), complete with maps, artists, videos, venues, and a whole lot more. It is quite the excellent labor of love!
Progress in Music Players - a #Visualization
From Pop Cart Labs , we have this 24"x36" chart showing the progression of music players starting in 1840, and ending, well, now . As they put it A masterful recording of 219 engines of aural bliss that tracks the progression of the music player from 1840 to the modern day. Color-coded and hand-illustrated, this chart scores a wide spectrum of audio devices, from Edison’s early phonograph to the Disco Lyte boombox to the Sony Walk/Discman, all the way to the rise of mp3 players like the iPod and Zune. If music is the gateway to the soul, this high-fidelity timeline lays down the ways we’ve been unlocking the doors through 173 years of audio history. $32 - check it out...
The Evolution of (Western) Dance Music - a #Visualization
via the Thomson Blog , we have this interactive visualization of western dance music . As they put it To make it easier to trace the threads of music history, we’ve created an interactive map detailing the evolution of western dance music over the last 100 years. The map shows the time and place where each of the music styles were born and which blend of genres influenced the next.
Beethoven's 9th. On Theremins. Lots of Them.
Check out the awesomeness from the Jiyugakuen Myonichikan auditorium in Tokyo. And, in case you are wondering why the Matryoshkas, there is a reason for that too. The instrument they are playing is technically a Matryomin - a single oscillator Theremin. Matryomin = Matryoshka + Theremin . Get it? So yeah, its moved on from the domain of 50's scifi (which I love, FWIW) (The below is a screen-grab BTW. Video up top...)
Music - Visualized (or is that Audibalized?)
Furia puts together a visualization of pretty much every style of music there is (and a huge catalogue of the artists in that style of music). You can click on a genre to hear a typical example, or click on the associated arrow to see the artists - and hear them . I wonder what one calls this - an Audibalization? An Audi-visualization? Regardless, its pretty cool! (Note, the below is a screen-grab. Go here for the original )
Billy Joel can still bring it - who knew?
Billy sing "New York State Of Mind" with Vanderbilt University student Michael Pollack, filmed during "An Evening of Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music" at the university in January 2013. Hes great, and Michael Pollack, well, is pretty awesome too... hat tip Bob Lefsetz
Heart's "Stairway" at the Kennedy Center (sheer brilliance...)
I have no words to describe this - just watch, and listen. Its good - really good - till 3:21, at which point it becomes great , till 4:20, at which point it quite literally goes into overdrive. "Awesome" is over-used nowadays, but this, my friends, is Awesome...
