Monday, April 20, 2009

Music (and Binary) are Universal Languages

I'm not going to do this often, basing an entire entry on a single YouTube video, but this has to be heard to be believed. It's a positive because it's proof that music exists everywhere, and that you don't really have to look that hard to find it (although sometimes you do need an advanced degree in electronic engineering and antiquated programming languages.)

The creator of this video managed to get a rag tag bunch of vintage computer equipment to perform Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", altering the speeds of different constituent gears and motors to create the differing pitches needed for the song. Never before has a hard drive, a flat bed scanner, an oscilliscope, and some other stuff I can't identify sounded so sweet.

This is a great example of human ingenuity, and an affirmation that art can be created anytime, from absolutely anything.

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