Listen to the interview. Or read the transcript. Either way, a very worthwhile investment of time talking to the man who’s the first music producer/ artist from outer space.
Tag: Video
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yungupingu: Wiyathul [Music]
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yungupingu is an Indigeneous Australian musician, & sings in the Yolngu language. He was born blind, has never learned Braille and does not have a guide dog or use a white cane. Listen to this haunting rendering of Wiyathul, & I was born blind. Learn more about the man here and visit his website here
Famous failures: worth another watch [Video]
Sometimes it is the little things that drag us down more than the colossal mess-ups. This video reminds us of a few famous failures.
Erhu: the chinese version of the violin? – [Video]
Erhu is a Chinese instrument, & in the hands of someone who knows it well (like everything else I suppose), makes magical tunes.
The power of narrative non-journalism with added Attenborough [Videos]
These videos demonstrate the power of narrative. The voice is that of David Attenborough. The videos were constructed by the people at Wreck & Salvage (specifically: Erik Nelson, Adam Quirk, and Aaron Valdez).
Lavinia Meijer performs Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis on the harp [Video]
Felix Baumgartner’s jump from his point of view [Video]
An incredible video, if you’ve not yet watched it, of the man who jumped out of a balloon from the outer fringes of space earlier this year.
Ideal, Perception & Reality – a shocking fact about wealth distribution in the US [Video]
An incredible video story showing the stark differences between ideal, perception & reality of the American wealth distribution.
Elizabeth Cotten, picking the guitar on TV, 1969 [Video]
Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten was an American blues & folk musician, singer & songwriter. A self-taught, left-handed guitar player, watch her perform Spanish Flang Dang & A Jig on a TV show called “Guitar, Guitar”
Siasi: A song from the South Pacific Islands [Video]
Siasi, by O-Shen, from the Putumayo CD “South Pacific Islands“. Just voices & an ukulele can be very uplifting for the spirit.