Louis Armstrong Sings Britney Spears

Before you read anything else on this blog post, listen to this. It's a 1932 recording by Louis Armstrong, the "original" version of Britney Spears' "Oops I did it again".




Interesting isn't it?
...now I want you to honestly ask yourself: Does this change your opinion of this song? Did you use to think it was a horrible song, but now it seems more legitimate? Perhaps because it is written and sung by a legitimate song writer/artist?












....because this is a complete hoax/fake. That's right, it's a fake. Knowing that it is fake, does it change your opinion of the song? Is it less "artistic"? If it was true that Louis Armstrong had written the song, I think there would be many more people who would accept it as a good song. Strange isn't it?

Ask yourself: How much of our "value" and judgment of music is actually our preconceived prejudices towards genres, artists, languages, etc? ...and how much is the actual piece of music?

Violin Strings Are Made of What??

This may come as a surprise, but the best violin strings are made not out of plastic, nylon, or metal - it's made out of lamb intestine. It's been that way for centuries. It's a long process that involves several steps before they resemble strings. Some of you may have heard the colloquial term for these strings: catgut (I have no idea why it's cat gut, because it's usually a much larger mammal, from pigs to horses).

It makes me wonder: who thought of doing this in the first place? It's a strange thing to think of doing.

If you want to see the production in action, check out the video below!