Level two, "Amateur", sounded so good that I suspected a joke was afoot. It was, but only the sort of joke a virtuoso like Rob Landes could pull off.
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Mario theme performed on violin at four levels of expertise
Watch clips from Breathe, a lovely "water opera" in a pool
A few weeks ago at Appleton, Wisconsin’s Lawrence University, a group of experimental musicians, dancers, and performance artists staged “Breathe,” a “multidisicplinary water opera” in the college’s swimming pool. (The video above is from a previous performance at Middlebury College’s Natatorium). From Fox Cities Magazine: Lawrence University’s Margaret Sunghe Paek, professor of dance and curator […]
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Banjo Guy Ollie covers the Shadow of the Beast exploration theme
Banjo Guy Ollie’s cover of the Shadow of the Beast theme tune is perfect. Composed by David Whittaker for the 1989 Commodore Amiga game, most covers of it are bad because modern synths and DAWs offer high-quality but uncannily electronic flutes, whereas the original’s texture depended on a rough simplicity imposed by technical limitations. Most […]
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Watch Madonna, at age 16, star in a high-schooler's experimental film
In 1974, Wyn Cooper, one of Madonna’s fellow students at Adams High School near Detroit, invited the 16-year-old pre-material girl to star in his experimental film. The Super 8 short is titled “The Egg.” “We developed a friendship and hung out,” Cooper, now a poet in Vermont, has said. “I had a Mercury Capri with […]
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Save over 50% on this super organized luggage that has compartments for everything
Are you super organized? You’re going to love the Genius Pack G4 and its seemingly limitless, well-placed compartments. Not that organized? You’re still going to love this piece of luggage because it’s so well thought out that it practically does the packing for you. We’ve all tried to stuff a piece of carry-on so full […]
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Get the gist on hundreds of books in 12 minutes apiece
If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re not just hungry for success. You’re hungry for knowledge, the insights that can lead to bigger and better ideas and ways to implement them. That knowledge is out there in the bestselling biz books that have changed the game over the years. There’s just one problem: In a fast-paced lifestyle, […]
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Put music therapy to work with this science-backed app
Countless research studies have proven what is incredibly obvious to anyone who has a favorite song: Music can have a profound effect on our mood. So why not put that science to work for more than just de-stressing your commute? That’s the idea behind the Humm.ly Music Therapy App, a new tool that aims to […]
