drumFunny – percussive comedy & music humor

Expert Village continues to impress us with yet another video lesson series on how (not) to understand syncopation and time signatures – this time, with a new “expert” to show us how (not to). I’m beginning to wonder if these videos are made in jest just so people like us will spread them around in all their terrible glory…not that I’m complaining. Their videos make for some of the best drumFunny content. 

Let’s have fun with this. Identify in the comments everything that’s wrong in this video.

Disclaimer: this is not a funny video. But it is pretty awesome. I thought it would be a great way to kick off your day. Make sure you watch it top to bottom. Believe me, it’s worth it.

This particular cover of the tune Stand By Me was recorded by totally unknown musicians from around the world out in the street. The skeleton recording consisted of only a bass track, vocals, and guitar recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California by street musician Roger Ridley. Next, the track was taken to New Orleans, Louisiana where Grandpa Elliot, the blind singer with the wiry white beard added more vocals and a harmonica into the mix while listening to Ridley’s original track through a set of headphones. 

The producers then took the mix though out South America, Africa, and Europe adding new tracks as they went. This was all done with nothing more than a laptop and some mics.

This put a smile on my face at the end of a long day. Hope it does the same for you…

 
“Stand by Me” performed by musicians around the world from SKAT on Vimeo.

We’ve had a few people ask for this recording so we figured we’d just post it here for everyone to enjoy:

Rhythm X Finals Lot 2009 (mp3)

From the Georgia Tech Center For Music Technology

“The stage debut of Shimon, the robotic marimba player. Also, the world first human-robot rendition of Duke Jordan’s “Jordu”, for human piano and robot marimba.

The robot listens to the human play and tries to match its beat, sync, and themes. It uses choreographic gestures to generate both motion and sound.”

On a side note, can anyone identify the Robot’s mallet series of choice?