The Web’s Best Video Clips: Videos With A Brain

You will probably never hear a more remarkable voice in all your life, and it’s quite possible that this is the most beautiful rendition of “Over The Rainbow” ever recorded. Sadly, the world lost this wonderful voice in 1996, just a few months after she was first diagnosed with melanoma. She was just 33 years [...]

2005 National Hammered Dulcimer champion plays an original composition at Bard College. More about him at maxzt.com
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Intro to the first Animusic disc. This is one of the better animations, for my money.
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I had the chance to see Stanley Jordan in concert many moons ago. There are many other great guitarists out there…cleaner, more precise and more melodically interesting…but there are none more fascinating to watch (especially the first few times you see him in action). There are a lot of guitarists experimenting with new playing techniques [...]

Jonathan Coulton is a superb singer/songwriter. But because he’s an indie artist (translation: no big label marketing budget…), watchable videos of his songs are few and far between. Because his music is available for mashups under the Creative Commons license, it tends to inspire some fun, creative efforts. The source video is adapted from an [...]

David Bowie made a video with the first rendition of this song (you can find it on YouTube), but it was not with the single version released in the U.S., which I strongly prefer. Bowie has leaned heavily toward danceable, groove-based music for a long time…most of which I didn’t care for. But this is [...]

For those of us who like a little cream with our coffee, I’ve taken Eric Bigas’ beautiful fractal zoom movie and added a little background music. Vist EricBigas.com or look him up on YouTube as ericbigas. The music is “November” by Chuck Brown. More info at HealingPiano.com.
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This is a delightful song (considering the subject matter), with some nicely-done complementary artwork. A sweet pop masterpiece from Jonathan Coulton. It’s the story of an evil scientist whose assistant, Scarface, captures a beautiful girl and brings her back to the Evil Scientist Lair. The artwork is by Natalie Jungkunz (”funnysoprano” on YouTube). The only [...]

I’ve just discovered this instrument today. It’s related to the steel drum, but it’s a delightful, gentle blending of rhythm and music. You might like this as well.
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Øystein Baadsvik with the Stavanger Brass Band. Live performance of the world premiere of Fnugg Blue ,from the Gala Concert of the European Brass Band Championship (May 2003). Incredibly creative tuba playing, adding in some very creative mouth techniques, plus singing while playing…it borders on beatboxing at times. More about Øystein at baadsvik.com.
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