The creativity and talent comes from not only being able to play Vivaldi on the accordion but thinking of it. When all his other accordion buddies are playing beer halls he is at home practicing this.

And you know this because...?

>> ^rosser99:
And if I haven't already ostracized myself, the very simple fact is that the time needed to achieve artistic proficiency on violin (or viola, cello, etc...) is far greater than is needed for the accordion. If this kid had spent as much time on violin as he has spent on accordion, he would be very run-of-the-mill indeed.

I hate to be Mr. Curmudgeon McFarkelson, because the kid is good at what he does, but why do we get blown away when we hear music like this played out of context? What I mean is this: if this video were of a high school orchestra playing the piece (and this piece is very playable by a good high school group, as is the Tchaik 4 in his other video), we wouldn't be moved to cries of "incredible" and "No Way!" After all, we expect as much. However, when we hear an accordion (or theramin, or crystal glasses on a bridge, or a jug band) play music with ANY requisite level of technique and musicianship, we are blown away. We short change our souls by being blown away by Vivaldi on an accordion but not giving the music a second glance when we see it in the expected venue.

And if I haven't already ostracized myself, the very simple fact is that the time needed to achieve artistic proficiency on violin (or viola, cello, etc...) is far greater than is needed for the accordion. If this kid had spent as much time on violin as he has spent on accordion, he would be very run-of-the-mill indeed.

Indeed it is! Thanks Arv!

In reply to this comment by arvana:
Wow. That is really incredible.

*promote

Many thanks, Tymbr!

In reply to this comment by Tymbrwulf:
*quality

Geez, how hard is it to say Shakespeare, Vivaldi, Bach, Elvis Presley, etc.? Really, Katie could have made him look even dumber by breaking the question into smaller, more detailed questions. What makes a culture? What is a culture? What are elements of "white" culture, etc. Who are some white artists, philosophers, etc.? If he can't answer these questions the audience knows his IQ is low enough to be institutionalized. Which it is, and he should be.

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I was being a smart-ass anyway, but your comment made me curious. I dug up his stylesheet and see he's specified {Edwardian Script ITC, Vivaldi, Colonna MT, cursive} for his first letter in titles. I don't have any of those fonts and it seems Comic Sans is the first choice for the cursive family.

Maybe I should tell him this is happening. He's probably unaware he's part of the problem.

A lot like Cako, very cool:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Animated-Sand-to-Vivaldis-Four-Seasons-spring

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Anyone know the music? Smacks of Vivaldi, but could be something else...

The second law of thermodynamics in action.

The music is Summer -- Allegro non molto from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

>> ^SSIops:
That looks like the "cannon in D" kid.


That's because funtwo is (one of) the Canon in D kid(s).