This is kind of the exact opposite of my last post (where I talked about an orchestra covering a rock song)...since this is a solo drummer, "covering" a classical piece.
You hear/see drummers playing along with pre-recorded orchestras, but it's very rare to see a full, live orchestra play as the backing band of a solo drummer. So rare in fact, that you can see some of the orchestra members watching the drummer during their rests (..they should probably be looking at the conductor).
P.S. - I've also mentioned this guy in one of the first posts I did on this blog.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Marching Band Version of "Bulls on Parade"
I think the title says it all.
In my opinion, this really works well because it faithfully recaptures the emotion and the sledgehammer like wall of sound that the original Rage Against The Machine recording had. This could have easily been cheesy and watered down, but they kept the rough edges. Very cool.
In my opinion, this really works well because it faithfully recaptures the emotion and the sledgehammer like wall of sound that the original Rage Against The Machine recording had. This could have easily been cheesy and watered down, but they kept the rough edges. Very cool.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Shimon, The Robot That Can Improvise Music
In one my previous posts, I talked about "seperating performance from recording". In it, I discussed the digitization of an actual performance, such that you can simulate a recording - say a piano piece by Thelonious Monk - and replicate it on a real piano (If this doesn't make sense, you're not alone. It's something that's hard to explain with the current lingo in music. So go check the other blog post). Today's post is a similar endeavor, but with an even more challenging task - a robot that can not only simulate a player, but improvise over live music.
This can be done of course, by the fact that music - even improvisation - follows a set of general rules. Yet the fascinating thing here, is that the type of improvisation can be programmed to be characterized as different real life artists. As the video explains, Shimon (the name of the robot) can programmed to be "30% artist A, and 40% artist B, and the rest something else". At the same time, it is able to react to real time input by the musicians Shimon is playing with! That's an amazing technical accomplishment!
Of course, this makes me ponder the same question as the other post: Would you truly enjoy this music? Would it somehow "cheapen" it? Does it even matter?
And here's a full performance:
This can be done of course, by the fact that music - even improvisation - follows a set of general rules. Yet the fascinating thing here, is that the type of improvisation can be programmed to be characterized as different real life artists. As the video explains, Shimon (the name of the robot) can programmed to be "30% artist A, and 40% artist B, and the rest something else". At the same time, it is able to react to real time input by the musicians Shimon is playing with! That's an amazing technical accomplishment!
Of course, this makes me ponder the same question as the other post: Would you truly enjoy this music? Would it somehow "cheapen" it? Does it even matter?
And here's a full performance:
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