The Contrabass Saxophone

I never thought that such a thing exists. It is larger than most men on earth, 1.90 meter tall, and very heavy (aprox 20 kg.)

It does not require an air compressor to play it, yet it does require big lungs and pretty strong arms to hold it.

If you want to know how it sounds just play the video below. I thought it was the sound of a man farting at the beginning, but after a few seconds I realized that it was just a different "music style"

Fligh of the bumblebee

Picture on the left: Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944) - By Salvador Dalí


"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that he can fly away to visit his father (who does not know that he is alive). Although in the opera the Swan-Bird sings during the first part of the "Flight", her vocal line is melodically uninvolved and easily omitted; this feature, combined with the fact that the number decisively closes the scene, made easy extraction as an orchestral concert piece possible. Read More.

Ok, so now that we know all we should need to know about the flight of the bumblebee, let's listen to some artists playing this masterpiece with different instruments. It is pretty funny and pretty fun too.


Violin



Guitar



Piano



Accordion



Flute



Euphonium

Knockin' on heaven's door - original song and best versions

About the song (From Wikipedia):

"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2004, representatives of the music industry and the press voted it #190 in Rolling Stonemagazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue... read more

You will find all you want to know about this song on wikipedia and on Bob Dylan's website. I'm just gonna post the original version by Bob Dylan and the most relevant versions featured by some of the biggest monsters of Rock music history.

Songs below are posted chronologically, starting from original version (1973) and ending in 1992 (Freddie Mercury Tribute)

Bob Dylan's original version (From the album Knockin' on Heaven's door 1995)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2feoIM9baI

Eric Clapton



Guns 'N Roses



Freddie Mercury Tribute (20 April 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium)

The Next Mozart? 6-Year Old Piano Prodigy Wows All

6-year old Emily Bear has wowed audiences from the White House to her own house. Playing the piano since age 3, Emily also composes her own music. Has WGN-TV discovered the next Mozart?

Billy Joel and Elton John singing Piano Man

These guys sung this song in Tokyo back in 1998

I'm not sure when the original song was released for the first time by Billy Joel (1985-1986?), but I could find the video. That guy (Billy) really got old pretty quick as you will find out if you compare both videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyKcwvV5gE