Beatbox brilliance: Tom Thum at TEDxSydney
AdultsCreativityMusicArt...Tom 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.
Too Many Zooz rocks Union Square.
AdultsMusicTransportationCulture...Too Many Zooz rocks Union Square subway station in NYC.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Unleash NYC
AdultsMarketingMusicTransportation...Watch what happens when Macklemore and Ryan Lewis surprise a bus full of New Yorkers.
Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally
AdultsCreativityMusicSoftware Engineering...The 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
AdultsSoftware EngineeringStartupsGadgets...Have 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?
AdultsFoodHealthCulture...What'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).
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Official Teaser Trailer
AdultsFilmMarketingEntertainment...The thrilling second chapter of the epic How to Train Your Dragon trilogy brings us back to the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years after the two have successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk.
Just another day in Middle-earth
AdultsFilmMarketingTransportation...Here in Middle-earth, everyday tasks can reveal out of this world surprises and before you know it everything can turn a bit Hobbit-shaped.
Disney Medley - Alex G & Peter Hollens
AdultsCreativityFilmMusic...I 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
AdultsFilmMarketingEntertainment...The 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
AdultsHumanSocietyCulture...In 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)
AdultsArtCreativityMusic...The 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.
Roll Up - [Walk off the Earth] - Wiz Khalifa Cover
AdultsCreativityMusicEntertainment...Gianni Luminati of Walk off the Earth has some fun looping the song "Roll Up" by Wiz Khalifa.
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles, por Diogo Mello
AdultsInternet CultureMusicFamily...Dont let me Down by The Beatles. Father and Son.