Beatbox brilliance: Tom Thum at TEDxSydney
Adults CultureTom Thum: Armed with just a microphone, Thum pushes the limits of the human voice to create incredible soundtracks of impossible beats and phenomenal sounds, with scratched vinyl, the Michael Jackson back-catalogue, the didgeridoo and an entire fifties jazz band amongst his vocal repertoire.
Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally
Adults CultureThe music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby.
The Quest for a Better Digital Record of Our Lives
Adults CultureHave you thought about how much of life goes missing from your memories? Many fantastic and special moments become blurred together after a while and it feels like life just rushes by, too fast for us to grasp. The team at Narrative wanted to find a way to relive more of our lives in the future - and enjoy the present as it happens. Narrative Website
Should we eat bugs?
Adults CultureWhat's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultures. You may feel icky about munching on insects, but they feed about 2 billion people each day (Mmm, fried tarantulas).
Disney Medley - Alex G & Peter Hollens
Adults CultureI had the most amazing time working on this project :) I've always wanted to do a Disney song, and I am so happy that I got to work on it with Peter Hollens and blessed to be able to work with Disney themselves on this! They have been so incredible, and you should all definitely go buy their Disney Classics box set!
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Adults CultureThe second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
Isolated tribe man meets modern tribe man for the first time
Adults CultureIn the XXI century the team of Jean-Pierre Dutilleaux explorer and ethnographer had the privilege to contact in 1998, after many obstacles, with Los Toulambis a tribe that had never seen a white man, or had been involved with the outside world.
Beethoven's 5 Secrets - OneRepublic (Cello/Orchestral Cover)
Adults CultureThe American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic (Youth Orchestra) and its director, Kayson Brown, approached us with this idea. We loved it. It combined two of the things we are working to accomplish -- inviting people to classical music and inspiring young musicians.