"Drum kit I made on the beach in Panama, the snare drum is bottle tops taped onto a tray and the bass drum pedal is sprung with boxer shorts...don't suppose it's still there?..."
Genial!
Genial!
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
Tallan "T man" Latz Worlds Youngest Blues Guitarist
Tallan Noble Latz (aka: The T-Man) was born on September 22, 1999 to Carl and Doris Latz. Tallan had an immediate connection to the sound of music and how it effected his emotions. He seemed to be born to play music and has been doing so for most of his life.
Tallan received his first musical instrument, a drum set, when he was 3. At age 4 he received a small acoustic guitar. He would strap that guitar on and play for anyone that would sit and listen.
At the age of 5 Tallan asked for an electric guitar for Easter after watching a video of Joe Satriani. He had his choice between a guitar, a remote control boat or a new bike. He chose the guitar. The stipulation was that if he got the guitar he must take lessons and practice. He has done both every since and has never looked back!
Tallan has a real determination to improve his guitar playing skills. Tallan practices 2 - 3+ hours a day. Tallan has studied with many accomplished teachers, he also watches numerous instructional DVD’s and has become a student of his instrument. All the while he’s working towards becoming one of the best.
Tallan loves playing his guitar; he’s played before small groups of 15 to huge crowds of a couple thousand. Tallan has already performed at dozens of venues and festivals. He has had the opportunity to share the stage with hundreds of different musicians, some local musician, some regionally known, some nationally known and still others that are internationally known, all before the age of 8. You can find more about where and with whom Tallan has played with here.
In just a few short months, Tallan has created a huge stir in the SE WI and Northern IL. The buzz is all about this little kid playing with the big boys. They are all saying the same thing “You gotta see this!!!”.
Tallan has many musical influences that range across many genres of music from classical music to classic rock and from blues to country. Tallan’s list is an endless list but some of his major influences that he came up with are: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, BB King, Buddy Guy, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Miller, Eric Johnson, Led Zeppelin, Bon Jovi, Derek Trucks, Rush, Keith Urban, Craig Young, Collective Soul, Bach, Beethoven and the list goes on and on.
Tallan already has endorsement deals with these companies: Curt Mangan Strings, Morley Guitar pedals, Laney Amps and Dean Guitars. More endorsements are in the works right now.
Just recently, before his 8th birthday, Tallan has formed a band with some seasoned music veterans from the area. The name of the band took on Tallan’s nickname and is called T-Man’s Blues Project. They are already taking the music community by storm.
Tallan has many exciting things that are in the works for the remainder of year including going into the studio to put together a CD and many other things that he’ll be announcing shortly. Some of these announcements are major things for an adult let alone a now 8 year old. (source: http://www.pbase.com/soulfulimpressions/tallan_latz).
You will be star...
Tallan received his first musical instrument, a drum set, when he was 3. At age 4 he received a small acoustic guitar. He would strap that guitar on and play for anyone that would sit and listen.
At the age of 5 Tallan asked for an electric guitar for Easter after watching a video of Joe Satriani. He had his choice between a guitar, a remote control boat or a new bike. He chose the guitar. The stipulation was that if he got the guitar he must take lessons and practice. He has done both every since and has never looked back!
Tallan has a real determination to improve his guitar playing skills. Tallan practices 2 - 3+ hours a day. Tallan has studied with many accomplished teachers, he also watches numerous instructional DVD’s and has become a student of his instrument. All the while he’s working towards becoming one of the best.
Tallan loves playing his guitar; he’s played before small groups of 15 to huge crowds of a couple thousand. Tallan has already performed at dozens of venues and festivals. He has had the opportunity to share the stage with hundreds of different musicians, some local musician, some regionally known, some nationally known and still others that are internationally known, all before the age of 8. You can find more about where and with whom Tallan has played with here.
In just a few short months, Tallan has created a huge stir in the SE WI and Northern IL. The buzz is all about this little kid playing with the big boys. They are all saying the same thing “You gotta see this!!!”.
Tallan has many musical influences that range across many genres of music from classical music to classic rock and from blues to country. Tallan’s list is an endless list but some of his major influences that he came up with are: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, BB King, Buddy Guy, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Miller, Eric Johnson, Led Zeppelin, Bon Jovi, Derek Trucks, Rush, Keith Urban, Craig Young, Collective Soul, Bach, Beethoven and the list goes on and on.
Tallan already has endorsement deals with these companies: Curt Mangan Strings, Morley Guitar pedals, Laney Amps and Dean Guitars. More endorsements are in the works right now.
Just recently, before his 8th birthday, Tallan has formed a band with some seasoned music veterans from the area. The name of the band took on Tallan’s nickname and is called T-Man’s Blues Project. They are already taking the music community by storm.
Tallan has many exciting things that are in the works for the remainder of year including going into the studio to put together a CD and many other things that he’ll be announcing shortly. Some of these announcements are major things for an adult let alone a now 8 year old. (source: http://www.pbase.com/soulfulimpressions/tallan_latz).
You will be star...
Saturday, 22 March 2008
1 man, 22 instruments
This Swedish guy decided to make his own "one man band" version of the Irish song "Seven drunken nights" so he made it with a couple of different instruments to try to make different music styles on the same song.
It's out of tone, but great work!
It's out of tone, but great work!
Friday, 21 March 2008
Pianist animals
Nora was adopted as a kitten in 2004 from a cat shelter in Cherry Hill, NJ. Her parents, Betsy Alexander and Burnell Yow!, are artists and musicians who live in Philadelphia. As a kitten, Nora showed an immediate interest in the piano during Betsy's lessons with her many private students. One day Nora jumped up on the piano bench, sat in perfect posture with both paws on the keys, and began to play notes. She was just a year old. She has played almost every day since then, and loves to play duets with Betsy's students.
Cocker spaniel plays piano... Better than Mozart!
It's hard to teach a hamster using piano...
Cocker spaniel plays piano... Better than Mozart!
It's hard to teach a hamster using piano...
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Interesting instruments: The hydraulophone
The term hydraulophone refers to a musical instrument that is played by direct physical contact with hydraulic fluid (typically water) in which sound is generated or affected hydraulically. Typically the sound is produced by the same hydraulic fluid that is in direct contact with the player's fingers.
Two people playing "House of the Rising Sun" on the hydraulophone (water pipe organ flute which is the fountain outside the Ontario Science Centre).
Ryan Janzen's Suite for Hydraulophone, Movement II, played in the Great Hall, as recorded by an underwater video camera (gets in close to the water sprays near the end)
Dangerous use of the hydraulophone... Playing the George Gershwin lullaby "Summertime", on hydraulophone, in a canoe :)
The invention of musical instruments that make sound from vibrating water has created a category of musical instruments that do not fit into any of the previously existing classification schemes. Therefore a physics-based organology was introduced, in which the top-level category is the state-of-matter of that which initially produces the sound in the instrument.
This system includes the possibility of instruments that make sound in all three states-of-matter: solid, liquid, and gas. A fourth category for instruments that make sound from high-energy states such as plasma, is also included.
The first three-categories of the Hornbostel Sachs system fall under the first category of the physical organology system, as they all produce sound from matter in its solid state.
This physical organology is as follows:
1 Gaiaphones (Earth/Solid), instruments in which the initial sound-production medium is by matter in its solid-state, e.g. the piano.
1.1 Chordophones: sound produced by solids that are essentially 1-dimensional (having a cross-section much smaller than their length, i.e. strings), e.g. violin, guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, etc.;
1.2 Membranophones: sound produced by solids that are essentially 2-dimensional (much thinner than their surface area) membranes, e.g. drums;
1.3 Idiophones: sound produced by bulk 3-dimensional solid matter, e.g. crystallophone, glass harmonica, xylophone, metallophone, etc., regardless of whether the instrument is operated underwater or in air;
2 Hydraulophones (Water/Liquid): sound produced by matter in its liquid state; instrument itself may be played underwater or played in a surrounding medium of air, with water supplied only to the internal workings of the instrument:
3 Aerophones (Air/Gas): sound produced by matter in its gaseous state, e.g. woodwind instruments and "brass" instruments;
4 Plasmaphones/Ionophones (Fire/Plasma): sound produced by matter in a high-energy state such as plasma, e.g. plasmaphone, etc.;
5 Quintephones (Quintessence/Idea): sound produced informatically, by electrical, optical, mechanical, or other computational/algorithmic means
Two people playing "House of the Rising Sun" on the hydraulophone (water pipe organ flute which is the fountain outside the Ontario Science Centre).
Ryan Janzen's Suite for Hydraulophone, Movement II, played in the Great Hall, as recorded by an underwater video camera (gets in close to the water sprays near the end)
Dangerous use of the hydraulophone... Playing the George Gershwin lullaby "Summertime", on hydraulophone, in a canoe :)
The invention of musical instruments that make sound from vibrating water has created a category of musical instruments that do not fit into any of the previously existing classification schemes. Therefore a physics-based organology was introduced, in which the top-level category is the state-of-matter of that which initially produces the sound in the instrument.
This system includes the possibility of instruments that make sound in all three states-of-matter: solid, liquid, and gas. A fourth category for instruments that make sound from high-energy states such as plasma, is also included.
The first three-categories of the Hornbostel Sachs system fall under the first category of the physical organology system, as they all produce sound from matter in its solid state.
This physical organology is as follows:
1 Gaiaphones (Earth/Solid), instruments in which the initial sound-production medium is by matter in its solid-state, e.g. the piano.
1.1 Chordophones: sound produced by solids that are essentially 1-dimensional (having a cross-section much smaller than their length, i.e. strings), e.g. violin, guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, etc.;
1.2 Membranophones: sound produced by solids that are essentially 2-dimensional (much thinner than their surface area) membranes, e.g. drums;
1.3 Idiophones: sound produced by bulk 3-dimensional solid matter, e.g. crystallophone, glass harmonica, xylophone, metallophone, etc., regardless of whether the instrument is operated underwater or in air;
2 Hydraulophones (Water/Liquid): sound produced by matter in its liquid state; instrument itself may be played underwater or played in a surrounding medium of air, with water supplied only to the internal workings of the instrument:
3 Aerophones (Air/Gas): sound produced by matter in its gaseous state, e.g. woodwind instruments and "brass" instruments;
4 Plasmaphones/Ionophones (Fire/Plasma): sound produced by matter in a high-energy state such as plasma, e.g. plasmaphone, etc.;
5 Quintephones (Quintessence/Idea): sound produced informatically, by electrical, optical, mechanical, or other computational/algorithmic means
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Benediction song with Pastor Smith
I could feel the joy of the Lord here... :)
E. Dewey Smith, Jr. is the Senior Pastor/Teacher of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope, located in Decatur, Georgia. Prior to moving to Metro Atlanta, Pastor Smith served the Beulahland Bible Church in Macon, Georgia as Senior Pastor/Teacher.
E. Dewey Smith, Jr. commenced his preaching ministry at the tender age of seventeen and Pastoral ministry at nineteen. His first congregation grew from forty-eight to over 3000 members in thirteen years. After faithfully serving at Beulahland, God elevated Pastor Smith to become Pastor/Teacher of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope in December 2003. In just a short time, the church's membership has quadrupled and now exceeds 4000. As the Under-Shepherd of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope, Smith is proud to follow in the footsteps of great Pastors and Preachers who preceded him, men such as: Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., Dr. Sandy F. Ray, and Dr. Hubert Floyd Shepherd.
Pastor Smith's television broadcasts are viewed by millions around the world weekly. He was selected the "Up and Coming Broadcaster of 2006" and "Most Inspirational Person of 2007" on the Streaming Faith Network. Smith's works have been published in "The African American Pulpit Journal" and he proudly serves on the Board of Directors of The Morehouse School of Religion (ITC), Atlanta, Georgia and The United Theological Seminary and Bible College, Monroe, Louisiana.
He is a real star of baptists: www.greatertravelersrest.org
E. Dewey Smith, Jr. is the Senior Pastor/Teacher of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope, located in Decatur, Georgia. Prior to moving to Metro Atlanta, Pastor Smith served the Beulahland Bible Church in Macon, Georgia as Senior Pastor/Teacher.
E. Dewey Smith, Jr. commenced his preaching ministry at the tender age of seventeen and Pastoral ministry at nineteen. His first congregation grew from forty-eight to over 3000 members in thirteen years. After faithfully serving at Beulahland, God elevated Pastor Smith to become Pastor/Teacher of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope in December 2003. In just a short time, the church's membership has quadrupled and now exceeds 4000. As the Under-Shepherd of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope, Smith is proud to follow in the footsteps of great Pastors and Preachers who preceded him, men such as: Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., Dr. Sandy F. Ray, and Dr. Hubert Floyd Shepherd.
Pastor Smith's television broadcasts are viewed by millions around the world weekly. He was selected the "Up and Coming Broadcaster of 2006" and "Most Inspirational Person of 2007" on the Streaming Faith Network. Smith's works have been published in "The African American Pulpit Journal" and he proudly serves on the Board of Directors of The Morehouse School of Religion (ITC), Atlanta, Georgia and The United Theological Seminary and Bible College, Monroe, Louisiana.
He is a real star of baptists: www.greatertravelersrest.org
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Stefan Joubert
Great street performance by Stefan Joubert at Covent Garden (London)...
Stefan Joubert is an International World Class Musician, he has developed an extraordinary style of guitar playing, using both hands on the fingerboard similar to a keyboard player. This extraordinary kind of playing opens up a world of multi-dimensional guitar sound which makes the music sound as if there where 2 or 3 guitarists.
Another piece of this amazing musician....
I think he is World Class Touch Guitarist!
Stefan Joubert is an International World Class Musician, he has developed an extraordinary style of guitar playing, using both hands on the fingerboard similar to a keyboard player. This extraordinary kind of playing opens up a world of multi-dimensional guitar sound which makes the music sound as if there where 2 or 3 guitarists.
Another piece of this amazing musician....
I think he is World Class Touch Guitarist!
Monday, 17 March 2008
Hip Hop Violin - Paul Dateh and Inka One
Violin? Hip hop!
Originally, Paul Dateh was only supposed to be a violinist. Beginning his violin studies at the age of four, it seemed that Dateh’s future in the classical industry was set in stone. But, on his first day at The University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, Dateh suddenly dropped his major in Violin Performance and enrolled in the Jazz Studies program instead. The move shocked his colleagues as it was hard to understand why anyone would walk away from fourteen years of classical training to begin learning an entirely new musical discipline. But, Dateh knew that he wanted to be more than just a classical musician; his goal was to become a musician, in every possible way.
Today, as a singer, an award-winning songwriter, and an instrumentalist, it would appear that Dateh is on track to achieving his goal. His work can be heard on releases by various artists within both mainstream and underground hip hop circles, and he can currently be seen performing throughout the United States with his band “The Live Movement”.
Originally, Paul Dateh was only supposed to be a violinist. Beginning his violin studies at the age of four, it seemed that Dateh’s future in the classical industry was set in stone. But, on his first day at The University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, Dateh suddenly dropped his major in Violin Performance and enrolled in the Jazz Studies program instead. The move shocked his colleagues as it was hard to understand why anyone would walk away from fourteen years of classical training to begin learning an entirely new musical discipline. But, Dateh knew that he wanted to be more than just a classical musician; his goal was to become a musician, in every possible way.
Today, as a singer, an award-winning songwriter, and an instrumentalist, it would appear that Dateh is on track to achieving his goal. His work can be heard on releases by various artists within both mainstream and underground hip hop circles, and he can currently be seen performing throughout the United States with his band “The Live Movement”.
Sunday, 16 March 2008
This is sparta!
Freakin' funny remakes of 300's nutorious line...
"This is Spartaaaaa!!!"
This is madness!!!
Saturday, 15 March 2008
GAME OVER Project
GAME OVER is one of the art projects developed by the Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond (NOTsoNOISY creative agency). It consists of a series of collaborative animation movies which revive some of the very first video games. The pixels are replaced by a group of real human-beings that are moving from seat to seat in a theatre during about 4 to 6 hours. Each "pixel" has its own rules and decides what s/he wants to do for each picture. Once all these pictures are turned into a short animation movie, a giant human-scale video game unfolds "live".
Who does not remember TETRIS, one of the very first video games? Players had to pile up rudimentary geometric forms on top of each others, in tune with a little Russian music… The original theme of the game (1989, Game Boy):
TETRIS is the fourth video performance of the GAME OVER Project.
Well, the biggest ever game of human TETRIS has in fact taken place on November 24th 2007, as a pre-view of the festival "Les Urbaines", in Lausanne, Switzerland with 88 extras, 4,5 hours of shooting, and 880 pictures!
Who does not remember SPACE INVADERS, one of the very first video-games? With your spaceship, your task was to defend the Earth against squadrons of invaders coming from outer space...
On Saturday 24th June 2006, 67 people sat for almost 4 hours in the a theatre of the Espace Nuithonie. After they received colour t-shirts, they simulated the pixels of the game. For each of the 390 pictures, these human pixels moved or not, from one seat to another, following the specific rules they had been given according to their role (canon, spaceship, missile, bunker,...). All photographs were then put together into a short animation movie.
The SPACE INVADERS video was shown to the public of the Festival on June 29th and July 8th 2006. The audience could then discover a giant-sized game of SPACE INVADERS at human-scale.
Good work!
Who does not remember TETRIS, one of the very first video games? Players had to pile up rudimentary geometric forms on top of each others, in tune with a little Russian music… The original theme of the game (1989, Game Boy):
TETRIS is the fourth video performance of the GAME OVER Project.
Well, the biggest ever game of human TETRIS has in fact taken place on November 24th 2007, as a pre-view of the festival "Les Urbaines", in Lausanne, Switzerland with 88 extras, 4,5 hours of shooting, and 880 pictures!
Who does not remember SPACE INVADERS, one of the very first video-games? With your spaceship, your task was to defend the Earth against squadrons of invaders coming from outer space...
On Saturday 24th June 2006, 67 people sat for almost 4 hours in the a theatre of the Espace Nuithonie. After they received colour t-shirts, they simulated the pixels of the game. For each of the 390 pictures, these human pixels moved or not, from one seat to another, following the specific rules they had been given according to their role (canon, spaceship, missile, bunker,...). All photographs were then put together into a short animation movie.
The SPACE INVADERS video was shown to the public of the Festival on June 29th and July 8th 2006. The audience could then discover a giant-sized game of SPACE INVADERS at human-scale.
Good work!
Friday, 14 March 2008
ReacTable
The reacTable is a round translucent table, used in a darkened room, and appears as a backlit display. By placing blocks called tangibles on the table, and interfacing with the visual display via the tangibles or fingertips, a virtual modular synthesizer is operated, creating music or sound effects.
There are various types of tangibles representing different modules of an analog sythesizer. Audio frequency VCOs, LFOs, VCFs, and sequencers are some of the commonly-used tangibles. There are also tangibles that affect other modules: one called radar is a periodic trigger, and another limits a VCO to the notes of a musical scale.
The table itself is the display. As a tangible is placed on the table, various animated symbols appear, such as waveforms, circles, circular grids, or sweeping lines. Some symbols merely show what the particular tangible is doing, others can be used by fingertip to control the respective module.
If a VCO tangible is placed on the table, a VCO module is added to the virtual synthesizer. In the display, a waveform will appear between the tangible and the "output" (a bright spot at the center of the table), and a circle appears around the tangible which allows fingertip control of the amplitude of the waveform. Additionally, in this example the tangible can be rotated by hand to change the frequency.
Placing a filter tangible between the VCO and the output causes the VCO's waveform to connect to the filter, and the filter waveform to connect to the output. If an LFO tangible is placed near the VCO, a waveform will then appear connecting those two, and the LFO will modulate the VCO.
The reacTable's main user interface consists of a translucent table. Underneath the table is situated a video camera, aimed at the underside of the table and inputing video to a personal computer. There is also a video projector under the table, also connected to the computer, projecting video onto the underside of the table top that can be seen from the upper side as well.
Placed onto the table are the tangibles that have fiducials attached to their underside which are seen through the table by the camera. Fiducials are printed black and white images, consisting of circles and dots in varying patterns, optimized for use by reacTIVision. reacTIVision then uses the fiducials to understand the function of a particular tangible.
Most of the tangibles are flat, with one fiducial on the underside. Some other tangibles are cubes, with fiducials attached to several sides, allowing those tangibles to serve multiple functions.
The video received from the video camera into the computer is processed by open-source computer vision software called reacTIVision originally developed by Ross Bencina and Martin Kaltenbrunner. reacTIVision detects cartesian and rotational placement of fiducials in video images, then outputs OpenSound Control messages for music synthesizer software, either using MIDI or a specially designed packet based network protocol TUIO. reacTivision also tracks fingertip placement.
reacTIVision also communicates to the TUI software that outputs to the video projector.
The reacTable has been presented and performed with at various festivals and conferences such as Ars Electronica, SĂłnar, NIME and SIGGRAPH.
Icelandic songstress Björk is perhaps the first musician outside of the select presentations and demonstrations to use a reacTable in live performance. Björk's 2007 world tour supporting her 2007 release Volta use the instrument in several songs including "Declare Independence"; Björk's live inaugural use of the instrument took place at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 27, 2007.
There are various types of tangibles representing different modules of an analog sythesizer. Audio frequency VCOs, LFOs, VCFs, and sequencers are some of the commonly-used tangibles. There are also tangibles that affect other modules: one called radar is a periodic trigger, and another limits a VCO to the notes of a musical scale.
The table itself is the display. As a tangible is placed on the table, various animated symbols appear, such as waveforms, circles, circular grids, or sweeping lines. Some symbols merely show what the particular tangible is doing, others can be used by fingertip to control the respective module.
If a VCO tangible is placed on the table, a VCO module is added to the virtual synthesizer. In the display, a waveform will appear between the tangible and the "output" (a bright spot at the center of the table), and a circle appears around the tangible which allows fingertip control of the amplitude of the waveform. Additionally, in this example the tangible can be rotated by hand to change the frequency.
Placing a filter tangible between the VCO and the output causes the VCO's waveform to connect to the filter, and the filter waveform to connect to the output. If an LFO tangible is placed near the VCO, a waveform will then appear connecting those two, and the LFO will modulate the VCO.
The reacTable's main user interface consists of a translucent table. Underneath the table is situated a video camera, aimed at the underside of the table and inputing video to a personal computer. There is also a video projector under the table, also connected to the computer, projecting video onto the underside of the table top that can be seen from the upper side as well.
Placed onto the table are the tangibles that have fiducials attached to their underside which are seen through the table by the camera. Fiducials are printed black and white images, consisting of circles and dots in varying patterns, optimized for use by reacTIVision. reacTIVision then uses the fiducials to understand the function of a particular tangible.
Most of the tangibles are flat, with one fiducial on the underside. Some other tangibles are cubes, with fiducials attached to several sides, allowing those tangibles to serve multiple functions.
The video received from the video camera into the computer is processed by open-source computer vision software called reacTIVision originally developed by Ross Bencina and Martin Kaltenbrunner. reacTIVision detects cartesian and rotational placement of fiducials in video images, then outputs OpenSound Control messages for music synthesizer software, either using MIDI or a specially designed packet based network protocol TUIO. reacTivision also tracks fingertip placement.
reacTIVision also communicates to the TUI software that outputs to the video projector.
The reacTable has been presented and performed with at various festivals and conferences such as Ars Electronica, SĂłnar, NIME and SIGGRAPH.
Icelandic songstress Björk is perhaps the first musician outside of the select presentations and demonstrations to use a reacTable in live performance. Björk's 2007 world tour supporting her 2007 release Volta use the instrument in several songs including "Declare Independence"; Björk's live inaugural use of the instrument took place at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 27, 2007.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Microphone check. One,two...
The poor german guy didn't eat for 2 days :)
It's not fake... He did survive!
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Electric Symphonic Choirs
A demo of text to vocal software(East West Symphonic Choirs) by Chris Brackenbury:
Is this the sad future of the symphonic choirs...?
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Giga stars
Hyper talanted musicians...
Here's Mr. Herman's audition that made him qualify for that event. Madonna's song!
Mark sings Wes - Alane:
Translation of the dutch part: Thanks to EnigmaDrath!
First of all, he (Mark) was singing (what was according to him) an African song.
*sing song and does silly dance and cracks judges up*
Henk-Jan (HJ): Do you speak any African?
Mark: No, only this.
HJ: But you have no idea what you're singing about?
Mark: No. My parents are Dutch and we aren't negros (translates directly to "negers" in Dutch means the same, but isn't considered (that) offensive)
HJ (echoing the other judges' reactions): Really? I would never have guessed that (you aren't black) looking at you. And, if I may ask, what's wrong with your eyes?
Mark: Oh, I thought, you know, "dress to impress". Wear cool sunglasses. My mom (judge interrupts because he didn't hear him the first time; he used slang) said that I should wear an entire African outfit and rub myself brown (to resemble a black person, which would have made for even MORE comedy) but yeah.
HJ: Well, you have amused us tremendously, but you won't get any farther than this. Can I see your eyes, just once?
Mark shows eyes
There's some controversy that the woman judge says, upon seeing his eyes, "Nou ja, mongool" ("Yeah, well, Mongol"; Mongool is derogatory Dutch for a mentally retarded person), but she actually says "Nou ja, mag ook" ("Yeah, well, can too", or "It's permissible")
Bennie sings Bon Jovi - I'll be there for you:
Weird people at auditions of idols:
Good work :)
Here's Mr. Herman's audition that made him qualify for that event. Madonna's song!
Mark sings Wes - Alane:
Translation of the dutch part: Thanks to EnigmaDrath!
First of all, he (Mark) was singing (what was according to him) an African song.
*sing song and does silly dance and cracks judges up*
Henk-Jan (HJ): Do you speak any African?
Mark: No, only this.
HJ: But you have no idea what you're singing about?
Mark: No. My parents are Dutch and we aren't negros (translates directly to "negers" in Dutch means the same, but isn't considered (that) offensive)
HJ (echoing the other judges' reactions): Really? I would never have guessed that (you aren't black) looking at you. And, if I may ask, what's wrong with your eyes?
Mark: Oh, I thought, you know, "dress to impress". Wear cool sunglasses. My mom (judge interrupts because he didn't hear him the first time; he used slang) said that I should wear an entire African outfit and rub myself brown (to resemble a black person, which would have made for even MORE comedy) but yeah.
HJ: Well, you have amused us tremendously, but you won't get any farther than this. Can I see your eyes, just once?
Mark shows eyes
There's some controversy that the woman judge says, upon seeing his eyes, "Nou ja, mongool" ("Yeah, well, Mongol"; Mongool is derogatory Dutch for a mentally retarded person), but she actually says "Nou ja, mag ook" ("Yeah, well, can too", or "It's permissible")
Bennie sings Bon Jovi - I'll be there for you:
Weird people at auditions of idols:
Good work :)
Monday, 10 March 2008
Macarron Chacarron
Good melody, great lyrics!
"...ooohuuu yehaaa ... sea.. sou.. jhonn macarron.. yeah macarron nooon
Chacarron, Chacaron, Chacarron, Chacarron, ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus, alsualsualualauusualulus
refrain:
Chacarron, Chacarron, aliluliron, Chacarron, Chacarron, aliluliron Chacarron, n', aliluliron, Chacarron, Chacarron, aliluliron
ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus alsualsualualauusualulus
ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus alsualsualualauusualulus..."
Macarron Chacarron (usually shortened to Chacarron) is a hit pseudo-Spanish-language song. The song is by two artists - Rodney Clark, known as "El Chombo" (The self titled ‘Godfather of the Reggaeton sound, best known for Lorna's 2003 worldwide hit "Papi Chulo") and Andy De La Cruz (also known as Andy Val Gourmet), both artists from Panama. The song has gained popularity on the Internet because of its nonsense lyrics (which despite sounding vaguely Spanish, are nothing but gibberish) and odd music video, with an excerpt featured on many sites. Andy’s mumbled vocals were originally laid down as a rough skit with a view to writing "proper" lyrics later but because many loved what he had recorded, they decided to keep the original version.
Since then many internet sites have juxtaposed the song with humorous videos of various figures and characters, such as Batman or Shrek. The most famous usage of the Macarron Chacarron audio track is called "Ualuealuealeuale", an onomatopoeia of the gibberish hook, and features various clips of Batman dancing and fighting.
"...ooohuuu yehaaa ... sea.. sou.. jhonn macarron.. yeah macarron nooon
Chacarron, Chacaron, Chacarron, Chacarron, ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus, alsualsualualauusualulus
refrain:
Chacarron, Chacarron, aliluliron, Chacarron, Chacarron, aliluliron Chacarron, n', aliluliron, Chacarron, Chacarron, aliluliron
ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus alsualsualualauusualulus
ualuealuealeuale ualuelaelaellalea, alsualsualualauusualulus alsualsualualauusualulus..."
Macarron Chacarron (usually shortened to Chacarron) is a hit pseudo-Spanish-language song. The song is by two artists - Rodney Clark, known as "El Chombo" (The self titled ‘Godfather of the Reggaeton sound, best known for Lorna's 2003 worldwide hit "Papi Chulo") and Andy De La Cruz (also known as Andy Val Gourmet), both artists from Panama. The song has gained popularity on the Internet because of its nonsense lyrics (which despite sounding vaguely Spanish, are nothing but gibberish) and odd music video, with an excerpt featured on many sites. Andy’s mumbled vocals were originally laid down as a rough skit with a view to writing "proper" lyrics later but because many loved what he had recorded, they decided to keep the original version.
Since then many internet sites have juxtaposed the song with humorous videos of various figures and characters, such as Batman or Shrek. The most famous usage of the Macarron Chacarron audio track is called "Ualuealuealeuale", an onomatopoeia of the gibberish hook, and features various clips of Batman dancing and fighting.
Sunday, 9 March 2008
Glass music
What is the good use of glasses?
Vera Meyer plays the Glass Harmonica in Harvard Square, Boston, July, 2005. The instrument, an invention of Benjamin Franklin, was quickly banned after its inception. It was said to provoke insanity. The unique harmonics have also been said to import theraputic powers. It is also known as the "Glass Armonica".
Professional concert played just on wine glasses. The instrument is called glass harp or musical glasses. Glass duo ensemble:
And the best glass musician, Hannah:
Vera Meyer plays the Glass Harmonica in Harvard Square, Boston, July, 2005. The instrument, an invention of Benjamin Franklin, was quickly banned after its inception. It was said to provoke insanity. The unique harmonics have also been said to import theraputic powers. It is also known as the "Glass Armonica".
Professional concert played just on wine glasses. The instrument is called glass harp or musical glasses. Glass duo ensemble:
And the best glass musician, Hannah:
Saturday, 8 March 2008
Friday, 7 March 2008
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