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News: Playing the Boogie Woogie With a Cactus
And I bet you thought a cactus was only good for stinging. Presenting the dueling musical cacti, the Sting Boogie: AND... the Cactus Crackling Klangspiel: Ouch.
News: 597 Crystal Glasses + Insane Skills = Superb Symphony
Forgive me, I am posting an ad. But Czech glass musician Petr Spatina is incredible. He achieves amazing range with just crystal glasses, water, and his extremely deft hands. He is really that good, check out these two vids shot on the street, not the best quality but amazing.
News: Old Jeep Cherokee Makes Techno Music
We've seen the talented Diego Stocco's music from a tree and experibass. YouTube's Julian Smith now brings us something equally unusual. The combined sounds of an old Jeep Cherokee (slamming doors, pushing door locks, revving the engine, setting off the door alarm, etc) make a techno song.
News: Fierce and Unbridled (Vocal) Thunderstorm
Perpetuum Jazzile: a Slovenian choir that performs both jazz and popular music.
News: DIY Musical Maven Cannot Stop Creating Instruments
Musical instruments are lots of fun but boy, they sure ain't cheap. Dennis Havlena (the internet's true DIY instrument king) demonstrates some dedicated yankee ingenuity with his homemade alternatives (aka poor man's instruments). Dennis has created hundreds of hybrid, folksy instruments including bagpipes, banjos, psalteries, didgeridoos, hang drums, and dulcimers.
News: Sole Keyboard Conducts Orchestral Sculpture
According to Wikipedia, "Sympathetic Resonance is a harmonic phenomenon wherein a formerly passive string or vibratory body responds to external vibrations to which it has a harmonic likeness."
EXPERIBASS: Violin+Viola+Cello+Double Bass
Diego Stocco is back (previously, the incredible Music From a Tree). This time Stocco has created the experibass:
News: The Tree as Stradivarius
According to Wikipedia, to be called "the Stradivari" of any field is to be deemed the finest there is...
News: 'Darth Vader's Theme' from Star Wars Masterfully Played on a Plastic Coffee Stirrer
If there's one thing you'd never think to play music on, it's probably a coffee stirrer, right? But that didn't stop this guy from playing one of my favorite theme songs on one — "Darth Vader's Theme," aka "The Imperial March."
The Gun Guitar: A Fully Functional Three-String Shotgun You Play & Shoot
If you really want to end your next big guitar solo with a bang, consider giving this shotgun guitar a try.
News: 4 Famous Songs Played Perfectly on Glass Bottles
Take one down, pass it around, 99 bottles on which to play classical music? As someone who has studied music extensively, I've seen many interpretations of famous pieces of music played on glass bottles, but hearing these four interpretations of famous pieces (not all classical) completely blew my mind.
News: Play Zelda's theme on an invisible musical instrument
Take the best RPG of all time. Combine with the only instrument with invisible strings. And you have pure elf-worthy magic!
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