Yo-Yo Ma Shreds at the Inauguration with Perlman et al.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:14 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka-sHA74 ... annel_page

Used Ableton Live, Grace m101 and EV RE20. Enjoy. The clarinet parts came from my friends at their house yesterday. Used iphone to record clarinet parts. Seriously.

dgrieser · Post by **dgrieser** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:36 pm

Since it's well-known that they were faking it to a recording (they couldn't keep those instruments in tune in the cold), it's doubly hilarious. This is really the live recording, isn't it?

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:55 pm

I love the Obama reaction shots.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:34 pm

dgrieser wrote:Since it's well-known that they were faking it to a recording (they couldn't keep those instruments in tune in the cold), it's doubly hilarious. This is really the live recording, isn't it? :lol:

Yeah, let's just say I was in the right place at the right time with a Zoom H2. Scratch all that stuff about "I did it" and EV RE20 and all that.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:38 pm

This is awesome, esp. considering I really freaking hate "Simple Gifts."

Cellotron · Post by **Cellotron** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:20 pm

Brilliant. I especially like the long uncomfortable Cage-ian silences in between all the blurts and scrapes.

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Steve Berson

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:04 am

dwlb wrote:considering I really freaking hate "Simple Gifts."

Thank you! Apparently, John Williams is an alien who has extracted musical taste from most Americans...

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:32 am

Cellotron wrote:Brilliant. I especially like the long uncomfortable Cage-ian silences in between all the blurts and scrapes.

Not to mention that the piece lasts 4'33".

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:04 am

This is brilliant!

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:17 pm

ubertar wrote:
Cellotron wrote:Brilliant. I especially like the long uncomfortable Cage-ian silences in between all the blurts and scrapes.
Not to mention that the piece lasts 4'33".

What a great coincidence. I didn't realize that until today.

Please keep spamming this around to your friends! Thanks.

lotusstudio · Post by **lotusstudio** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:40 am

You're going to hell.

But, that's pretty awesome!

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:23 pm

Holy cats - somebody just commented over at the video: "According to Yo yo ma in an NPR inverview, they greased their bows so as to produce silence, and the piano was modified so the hammers wouldn't strike."

This is anecdotal information, of course, but certainly if it is true it makes the whole saga more interesting. Frankly while I was watching and later while dubbing it looked like Itzhak was all over the place with his bow, but that's prolly just his own idiosyncratic technique. I think any decent music teacher would be busting Itzhak's hind end over that bowing, though, telling him to get back on the "Chrysler Highway" ...

DryCounty · Post by **DryCounty** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:34 pm

I just peed my pants. Twice.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:06 am

Gotta love it.

KevinOhr · Post by **KevinOhr** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:27 pm

We did one Based on a Jerry Seinfeld routine

Jerry Seinfeld Kills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYeGfASkl_M

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