I love seeing instrumental pieces like this go viral on YouTube.  Take a look at the video below to see violinist Lindsey Sterling playing a dubstep piece called Crystallize she wrote in a frozen wonderland out in Colorado.  When I showed it to my daughter she immediately started begging for me to teach her violin which is of course is in the only instrument family that I totally stink at. Oh well, my wife was a violist so I have already told her that she gets the honor of passing on that tradition. :)

By the way, here is a link to Lindsey's web site if you want more information about her music, but go figure, at the time of this writing her site was down probably from all the traffic as a result of the popularity of this video. You can also see more of her videos and information over on her YouTube channel as well.

Tales From The Podium

On Friday, February 17th during a live webcast the annual Georgia Tech Guthman Musical Instrument Competition will be available for all to watch.  Each year this eclectic mix of new and strange musical instruments takes the stage to see whose design will win what some people have gone so far as to call the X-prize for music.  In reality it is quite a bit less than that, with the top prize only being $10,000.  Still, the honor and prestigue of having your creation featured in this competition is definitely worth some cool points.  Last year's top winners fail to impress me much, a strange electronic table instrument called Mo Kitchen and the MindBox Media Slot Machine are interesting but a little bit boring IMHO.  In contrast the 2010 winner, the Double Slide Controller makes my trombonist heart beat with extended enthusiasm.

Read on for more videos about some of the 2012 Guthman Musical Instrument Competitors

Tales From The Podium