Everything is a drum: two large men edition
By now these guys have been on late-night TV and tons of folks have seen them. But it’s so good I had to help spread the word anyway. Here is “Tummy Talk 2”:
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Diego Stocco’s Custom Built Orchestra.
Now here’s a man living out his love of sounds. A great introduction to Diego Stocco via his Custom Built Orchestra:
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Virtual choir: performance, and technology, and… wow.
Composer Eric Whitacre, known for stirring choral compositions, has for several years been doing an experiment he calls “Virtual Choir”. He makes a guide track available for one of his pieces—something to sing along to—and asks the public to record themselves singing their part on camera and send it to him. In this particular rendition, “Virtual Choir 3,” you are apparently hearing 3746 voices from 73 countries performing together. Whoa.
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 3, ‘Water Night’
Everything is a drum: large man edition.
Yup. This happened.
A newly discovered 150-year-old composition.
If you appreciate a good Mendelssohn melody like I do, you might be interested to hear that a piece of his that was thought to have been privately commissioned, and never publicly performed before disappearing, has resurfaced. Read more and hear what is likely the first performance in a century and a half.
Music For One City And Six Drummers: Sound of Noise
Okay, remember “Music For One Apartment And Six Drummers?” Sure you do, it’s the very last thing I posted before this.
Well, they made a movie out of it. I mean, out of the idea of basing a film on percussionists invading a space and making music with what they find there. Looks like a ton of fun.
Music For One Apartment And Six Drummers
Love drumming? Love watching entertaining short films? Love making music out of found objects? Love envisioning how you’d tackle a challenging production sound problem?
If you answered yes to all four of these questions, I really, really hope you’ve seen this.
Bone-cam.
I can’t believe I’ve never seen anyone do this yet. Dave Finlayson, trombonist with the New York Phil, gets clever with his video camera. The performance is great but… I just can’t stop laughing.
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Aside from the entertainment and the performance itself, anyone who wonders how a trombone works is getting a close-up look. You can actually see the various distinct positions the slide has to be held at, and the quick but fluid motion necessary to get between them for a clean change of pitch.
Old Spice Muscle Music.
In case you haven’t heard / seen / tinkered with this yet… you have to watch “Old Spice Muscle Music.” And be sure to noodle around with it after the short video is done. As a drummer and sound guy I was weirdly entertained!
Old Spice Muscle Music from Terry Crews on Vimeo.