A Psychedelic Orchestra

Sometimes even the most serious musicians are a little bit tired of being serious and way too responsible. Everyday rehearsals and lots, lots of work on themselves is tiresome and can make one need some way to release the accumulated stress. Symphonic music is a hard work so why not have fun from time to time?

I do love it when the industry monsters like BBC can make fun of the things that are considered to be a ‘serious matter’. So here’s a great thingy I found on the web that made me sincerely laugh aloud and praise BBC for the little fun post compilation. The called it "Orchestral Disturbance No 1 in E flat Major" and it really is something psychedelic yet very entertaining.

To very musically sensitive souls: don’t get mad at the creators, no feelings were intended to be hurt!

Recorder Is Back!

The instrument that has been neglected for dozens of years seems to cause a splash of interest among contemporary musicians. They say that fashion, be it clothing, music, art or even lifestyle in general, comes and goes in rounds, so the long-forgotten things are highly likely to come back to fashion one day. It seems to me that this is exactly what’s happening to the Recorder at the moment. We might be at the start of the 3rd wave of its popularity right now (1st – Renaissance, 2nd – 20th century).

Traditionally associated with the natural soothing sounds of singing birds, recorder has been known for its wide range of articulations. The effects that can be produced with the help of this unsophisticated musical stick are surprisingly diverse. Modern recorder music thus is quite varied too. Although it is still being widely used in educational purposes, being perfect for starting kids’ musical journey, the recorder has also become interesting to the alternative musicians for all sorts of experiments. I’ve found this adorable video (below) of a guy playing some mind-blowing beatbox on the seemingly classical-only recorder. I believe the true capabilities of this tiny shepherd’s instrument are only being discovered now.