My guitar virtuoso brother is a big fan of Bluegrass. He says that these guys are all shredders and could slay some technical metal or rock. I guess that's probably true, but I respect them for different reasons. I just like the sound of Appalachian bluegrass inspired by the old Irish and Celtic music. To … Continue reading “Enter Sandman” Bluegrass Cover? Iron Horse vs. Metallica
This young Japanese pianist girl is about to blow your mind. You thought you had a special hidden talent? You thought you studied hard growing up? When I was growing up, we'd impress each other by coloring in an entire sheet of paper with our pencil in class or seeing who could spit the farthest … Continue reading Girl Plays the Entire Back to the Future Theme By Herself!
This 24 year old Norwegian lady put her foot down. If you really want to learn an instrument or anything else in life, you need to be like the Violin Newbie: Like many of us, she dreamed of learning how to play masterfully the instrument that spoke to her heart. For me, that'd be the … Continue reading Violin Newbie to Fiddle Pro in 2 Years – Video Progress!
The guys over at GuitarMasterClass.net put together quite the adventure for a guitarist who is also a fan of world music. They are legitimately masters of the highest class. Complete with 30 lessons to walk you through each part, they show you just how they beautifully sewed together this tapestry of mind-blowing magic. Check out the … Continue reading One Guitar Song in 30 Countries Playing Styles!
Still on the prowl, this Not-So-Smooth Criminal waltzed right into the Long Island City Guitar Center and shuffled his way right back out while trying to hide a $4,650 Gibson guitar under his shirt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz3df84gQwM This surveillance footage is from October 18th, 2015 at 3:50 PM, and although the police have been investigating the footage, … Continue reading Meet The Awkward Guitar Thief Who Just Casually Stole $5000
Most everyone I know who is a fan of Aphex Twin was introduced and converted by his track called Flim. That's about the same time they mention Aphex Twin to one of their homie's who then immediately is like, "Well, I used to like him before anybody knew about him, but now that they do … Continue reading The Bad Plus Plays Aphex Twin’s Flim… Live?!?
Beatboxer Parker Kane is an opportunist. There's nearly no situation he can't and won't add his beatboxing skills into the mix. Most recently he even manage to beatbox during some high production value, soft piano Easter song. He sung too, and has quite the nice voice. Please take the time to explore more of his material … Continue reading That’s Right. Dubstep in a McDonald’s Cup
If you guys aren't on the up and up with Ylvis, two comedian/musician brothers from Norway with their own TV show, you need to check out all of their music videos. I'm not kidding. You need to watch them all, which you can do freely on YouTube. I'll get you started with this winner, Someone … Continue reading Ylvis’ Someone Like Me (Who Also Likes The…)
A luxury facial hair grooming company called West Coast Shaving got sick of lead singers getting all of the attention. The other band members count too, and often are more handsome or at least rock a better beard! And we all know how many of the best bands our planet has ever been graced with held … Continue reading The Faces of Rock: Composite Images of 30 Classic Bands
If there's two things in this world I love enough to offer my firstborn, that would be food and then music. In that order. A picture like the one above would have offended me a few months ago before I started expanding my culinary tastes beyond eating steak for every meal. There are as many … Continue reading The Hungry Man’s Guide to Musical Rhythm