Deck the Halls?
A pretty unique rendition of Deck the Halls – as sung to the tune War Pigs from Black Sabbath.
A pretty unique rendition of Deck the Halls – as sung to the tune War Pigs from Black Sabbath.
Cybertronic Spree is a Transformers-themed tribute band who plays a variety of cartoon, videogame, and anime theme songs dressed in awesome costumes. During a 2019 concert, they also performed a truly entertaining cover of Led Zeppelin’s emphatically chanted Immigrant Song.
French musician MEZERG kicks out some groovy sounds using one of the silliest musical instruments – a watermelon.
Tetris Effect
This amazing soundtrack can be streamed for free on BandCamp, and can also be found on Spotify, YouTube Music and Amazon.
One more example of how there is nothing new under the sun – and that there are some universal rhythms and patterns across time and cultures.
oscilliations by miguel chevalier transforms music into a huge 3D graphic mural style visualization.
On of my favorite albums is Kind of Blue. Most people credit Miles Davis with the album’s genius, but the reality is that Bill Evans came up with some of the most iconic phrases in the album – including most of the piano portions (which are some of my favorites honestly).
One of the most obvious is Blue in Green. Give the genius of Bill Evans a listen and see how their amazing talents worked together.
Blue in Green from Kind of Blue (18:03)
I’m a fan of ambient music when writing code, and in the late 90’s spent far too much time listening to the Orb – especially the 2 disc set The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld. Track 1 was the famous “Little Fluffy Clouds“.
The song gets it’s origins from a sound clip (above) that came from an interesting interview with Rickie Lee Jones talking about growing up in Arizona. Bonus points for the fact the interviewer asked her “What were the skies like when you were young.” Who would think to ask that kind of question of a pop star?