Out of the Cold

Nathan Chan has been posting cello covers of pop songs. His technique is amazing. Here is his cover of Clocks by Coldplay:



You can find more about Nathan at his website and follow him on Youtube, Twitter, and FaceBook:
http://nathanchancello.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/nathanchancello?feature=watch
http://on.fb.me/nathanchancello
http://twitter.com/nathanchancello

Music is Fun

It's easy to forget music is supposed to be fun. So here are my picks to start out the New Year, both are amateur groups.

The first is from the Youtube channel Augmented Muse. It appears to be a group of friends who just like to get together and record jam sessions.



The second was sent to be my Father. There is a Parguayan student orchestra called the Landfill Harmonic. A Documentary is coming out explaining what they do and why. Here is the trailer:



NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas wrote The Landfill Harmonic: An Orchestra Built From Trash in response to the trailer. The movie has it's own website and FaceBook page:

• Landfill Harmonic | Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length ...
• Landfill Harmonic | Facebook

Fun Christmas Piece

This is Rachel playing Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming arranged by Mark Summer. It is one of the few recordings available on the Web.

 

I can't tell you much about Rachel, she's somewhere in the Chicago, Illinois. Here is the link to her youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/improvisingcellist?feature=watch  

If you are in Chicago - check out Rachel next time she's playing a gig.

If you are interested you can get copies of the sheet music it is available from  quite a few vendors. I purchased my copy from Shar Music, but is also available from Amazon, and everything Cello. Mark Summer made a recording of it on the Turtle Island String Quartet album, By the Fireside.

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Merry Christmas

I'm a sucker for a good arrangement of traditional Christmas carols this time of year. And O Come Emanuel is one of my favorite. Enjoy!

Fun with Pedals

InFusion Trio is a Hungarian cover band. Here is a fun video that give you a great look at using pedals. It looks a lot easier than it is. Enjoy!

Dragons in the Kitchen

My cello teacher pointed me to a video of Sarah Clanton Schaffer's Dragon's in the kitchen. She has a sweet voice - here songs are catchy quirky and intriguing and its cello! What more could you want? Sarah is definitely carving out a place in folk rock with her cello. Enjoy!

 
You can find more about Sarah on the web:
Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/cellotreearts
Site: http://www.cellotreearts.com/index.html
Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sarahclantonschaffer/i-mustache-you-a-question-cello-brate-my-1st-album

 And of course you can find her on Facebook.

 Cheers!

Sandy, Election Day and Latvians

Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy rolled over top of us last week.  We were spared to worst of it - we got much need rain and the fall leaves fell a little faster. Because, I didn't post last week, I'm going to post early this week.

Today is election day in the United States - if you are in the U. S. and are registered to vote, please remember to do so.

For today's video, I thought I would pull the cello trio Melo-M from Riga, Latvia. I first found these guys about five years ago because they were doing covers of old America pop songs, like the Final Count Down and Ghost Busters. Here is a cover of Misirlou from earlier this year:



There is a nice contrast between the very traditional beginning and the pop ending. Enjoy.

You can find Melo-M on the internet:

http://www.melo-m.lv
http://www.youtube.com/user/cellotriomelom?feature=watch