Ukulele jam

Here's a ukulele jam session by Sungha Jung, Brittni Paiva, Kalei Gamiao. The classic song Canon in D by Johan Pachelbel taken to the next level. The real deal starts at 1:35. Have you ever seen ukulele shredding?  Killer running notes they got there. This video just makes me smile! Music just brighten up ones day. This is so much fun to watch. Spamming on the play button!

I'm really starting to fall in love with the strings. :)

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)

 How many of you like reading books? Music and books made me survived my darkest times. I believe in the power of knowledge. Here is one powerful animation about the beauty of books. Very well animated. Love the character designs and style. A very moving story.

You got to check this one out!

Charlie Lim

Words can't describe fully. Take a listen to Charlie Lim. He is one indie artist that surprises me with his soulful voice.

Some facts about Charlie:

• He is a Singapore singer-songwriter based in Melbourne.
• He is in his early twenties
• Charlie Lim’s EP has garnered support across several radio stations in Australia and made the Top 10 of PBS 106.7 FM’s charts.
• Supporting act for Kimbra

You guys should check out his EP. There is only 4 songs in it, each with a vastly different genre. A little idea of how his EP sounds like can be describe as from John Mayer to Damien rice. Amazing lyrics and groove he got.  I especially love the groovy Pedestal and the melancholy Rust. Check him out guys at the following:

Official website

Charlie's Bandcamp

Charlie's Facebook page

DoYaThing - Collaboration

"DoYaThing" Official Video - Gorillaz featuring Andre 3000 and James Murphy. I'm still in love with Gorillaz!

This music video produced in line with the new Chuck Taylor All Star Gorillaz Collection near end of February 2012.  Probably one of the coolest video of the kicks out there in my opinion. Awesome motion capture and 3d animation going on with live background. Check out the behind the scenes footage too.

Young the giant

I'd recently discovered this uber cool indie band - Young the Giant. Formed in 2004, they were previously known as the Jakes. I simply love all their songs on the album especially Strings, My Body and Cough syrup. You probably heard Cough Syrup in one episode of Glee.





There is this something in their music that draws me in. Their lyrics speaks to my heart perhaps. I just love their sound especially their acoustic covers. I love the creative pattern of the drummer, the riff of the guitars and bass and the voice of the vocalist.

Check out their music.

The Grammys - Dave Grohl's speech

I love the Foo Fighters. Here is one of the most touching acceptance speech in Grammys. If you make music or has been listening to music pretty much growing up, you  have to hear this speech.





Transcription:

This is a great honor, because this record was a special record for our band.

Rather than go to the best studio in the world down the street in Hollywood and rather than use all of the fanciest computers that we can buy, we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine. And we couldn't have done it without the best producer in the world, Mr. Butch Vig. I haven't worked with Butch Vig in twenty years. We meet each other twenty years ago when we made a Nirvana record  and it was an honor to work with you again (looking at Butch Vig) We have a lot of people to thank...

To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of making music is what's most important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do. "It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].

Freddiew: Youtube films

I discovered Freddie last year by chance last year and I'm glad I did. His videos on Youtube is by far the most professional film directed in my opinion. The awesome plots created, amazing editing, sound design and witty lines drew people in. I did a little research of his background and realized that he graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. No wonder his stuff are pretty impressive. The props and equipment used are sick!

Freddie Wong and his friends came from Los Angeles. An interesting fact about him is that he is a professional Guitar Hero/Rock Band player.

Here are some videos that I think were pretty impressive.














Epic. Check his video channel out on Youtube.