Posted by Ryan on January 29th, 2009

The talented Jamal from the acapella band Naturally 7 imitating a guitar sound.

Amazing vocal power! Apparently every member of the band can imitate different musical instruments.

This is a guitar that you don’t have to keep in tune and no need for replacing strings.

I’m sure that Police Academy guy will smile when he sees this.

It would have sounded way better if he used an imaginary Marshall amp instead of that invisible made in china junk.

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Posted by Ryan on January 29th, 2009

Who ever thought that Sarah Palin and a piano don’t mix is wrong.

Here is an interview with our beloved Alaskan treasure with a piano accompaniment.

I knew there was something special about Gov. Palin. This must be what she did on the talent portion back when she was a beauty queen.

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Posted by Ryan on January 29th, 2009

For all you American Idol fans out there, here is what you’ve been waiting for: Kelly Clarkson’s return to the music charts.

Clarkson made history by having the biggest jump in the charts ever. Her latest song “My Life” from the new album “All I Ever Wanted” climbed from the 97th spot directly to No. 1 pushing former champion Lady GaGa to No. 2

Here is the latest ranking:

1. Kelly Clarkson - My Life
2. Lady GaGa - Let’s Dance
3. Beyonce - Single ladies
4. Kanye West - Heartless
5. Taylor Swift - Love Story
6. All American Rejects - Gives You Hell
7. T.I. feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life
8. The Fray - You Found Me
9. Britney Spears - Circus
10. Jason Mraz - I’m Yours

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Posted by Ryan on January 28th, 2009

When I first heard the word Sea Organ I thought it’s an organ played under water.

It turns out, it’s actually an experimental architectural object designed to catch the waves and create musical sounds.

The concrete is 70 meters long and has 35 organ pipes built underneath it.

This natural musical instrument can be found in Croatia.

Because of the waves’ unpredictability, the sound being produced by this concrete instrument varies all the time. The pipes’ musically tuned sounds emanate to the surroundings through apertures in the vertical planes of the uppermost stairs.

It’s nice to see that the natural elements of this earth are being harnessed to produce music. The Sea Organ is definitely a work of art. I just wished the Air Guitar lived up to its name.

Here is a clip of the Sea Organ in action:

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Posted by Ryan on January 27th, 2009

Daniel Sullivan, 47, is facing 14 years in prison for attacking Noel Gallagher onstage in Toronto last year.

Sullivan was initially charged with assault which carries a maximum of 5 years in prison but has been upgraded to aggravated assault which is 14 years.

The assault left Gallagher with broken ribs when Sullivan came onstage and pushed him while in performing. Oasis cancelled some shows to allow Gallagher to recover.

Sullivan is due in court on March 6 for the pre-trial hearing.

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Posted by Ryan on January 26th, 2009

Here is a little japanese girl playing Joe Satriani’s “Always With Me, Always With You”. If this girl is any more cuter I would adopt her and make her play lead guitar in my band. But seriously, this girl is amazing. Even Joe would be proud if he sees this video.

I also don’t know how she can carry that thing, Les Pauls are heavy.

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Posted by Ryan on January 23rd, 2009

The highly regarded cellist of modern times, Yo-Yo Ma, has admitted that his performance during Barrack Obama’s inauguration is indeed not live.

The tune that people heard on their television sets was actually a tape recording made specially for the event.

Yo-Yo Ma feared that the temperature might not have prevented the instruments to stay in tune so he had to have a back-up plan.

He did, however, play in-sync and live for only the people close to him to hear.

At least this news took the attention away from the swearing-in flub.

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Posted by Ryan on January 22nd, 2009

The Parents Television Council is protesting a song from Britney Spears’ new album ‘Circus’ and requesting radio stations to stop broadcasting it because it would violate the broadcast indecency law.

The song is called “If You Seek Amy” which is the thrid single from Spears’ new album. According to PTC president Tim Winter, if you say the words quickly and out loud, it sounds like F–k. “There is no misinterpreting the lyrics to this song, and it’s certainly not about a girl named Amy,” he said.

“It’s one thing for a song with these lyrics to be included on a CD so that fans who wish to hear it can do so, but it’s an entirely different matter when this song is played over the publicly-owned airwaves, especially at a time when children are likely to be in the listening audience,” Winter says.

The song has sold 107,000 digital copies in the US.

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Posted by Ryan on January 21st, 2009

Thank you Finland for this music video. There really is no words in the English language to describe this video.

Enjoy!

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Posted by Ryan on January 20th, 2009

The Bandura is a Ukrainian stringed instrument typically played by plucking. The back of the bandura is traditionally carved from solid wood but modern banduras are now produced with fiberglass backs. The soundboard is a type of spruce and the planks and bridge is made from hard woods.

There are 4 main types of banduras that can be found today:

The Folk or Starosvitska Bandura
These instruments typically have some 20-23 strings and are hand-made, with no two instruments being exactly the same.

The Kyiv-style bandura

These are the most common banduras in use today in Ukraine. They have 55-65 metal strings tuned chromatically through five octaves.

The Kharkiv-style bandura

These instruments are primarily made by craftsmen outside of Ukraine. These popular banduras are strung either diatonically (with 34-36 strings) or chromatically (with 61-65 strings).

The Kyiv-Kharkiv Hybrid bandura
Is a hybrid between the Kyiv and the Kharkiv banduras.

The term bandura is generally thought to have entered the Ukrainian language via Polish, either from Latin or from the Greek pandora or pandura, although some scholars feel that the term was introduced into Ukraine directly from the Greek language.

A person who plays a bandura is called a bandurist.

Check out this video of a bandura to hear how it sounds:

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