Musical Fun w/ YouTube

I'm sorry I just couldn't resist.

My apologies if anything offensive should slip out (I take no responsibility for the quality of the contents, you know how it is on YouTube, right?).

I set the YouTube thingie for "numa numa, mario music, evolution of dance." What you see is what YouTube is sending back here.

*I* like it - and that does count for something (to me). ; )

ENJOY. Isn't that what music is mostly about, anyway?

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[Edited by chm 11/19/07]

Movie "Happy Feet" Opens

"Happy Feet" Trailers & Clips

Do you like singing? Dancing? Really Good Animation? Penguins? Elijah Wood? (you won't recognize him, however), Robin Williams? (recognizable even in peguin guise; BTW, he's as good here as he was in "Aladdin" it appears, sings pretty good, too), the great tap-dancer Savion Glover?

I haven't seen this movie yet, but plan to. The clips are great (see above link), and hearing Stevie Wonder sing through THX in a movie theater would be a happy thing in itself.

YouTube - Mario Bros 11 String Bass Song

YouTube - Mario Bros 11 String Bass Song

Sent to me by my bass-playing son... A really big electric bass performed here. (And, always love that Mario.)

Study: Waltzing helps mend hearts

Study: Waltzing helps mend hearts - Yahoo! News (AP)

Let everybody waltz now!

1-2-3, 1-2-3...

Time to crank up the Strauss? "Blue Danube", anyone?

Of course dancing is great exercise, certainly more fun than a treadmill...

Prince to Receive Special Webby Award

Webby Awards

The Webby Awards? The Webbies? They are, as they say themselves, the online Oscars, awarded to outstanding contributions to the Web, such as, reasonably, the very best websites.

CafePress won the best retail Webby last year.

Anyway, Prince is about to win a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Webbies. Why? Because Prince has always fully used the capabilities of the Web, in fact being a Web pioneer. For example, Prince was the first major artist to release an entire album - 1997's Crystal Ball - exclusively on the Web. Note that this was in 1997.

Prince also has made available on his website seven full-length CDs of music unavailable anywhere else.

Prince's website

The Webby Awards website

YouTube - Evolution of Dance

YouTube - Evolution of Dance

Pretty much covers popular dance from Elvis on...

Entertaining, too.

Piano/Keyboard : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

Piano/Keyboard : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More : CafePress.com

Here's the "Pianos Gone Wild!". Note also the Optical Illusion Pianos (two kinds), and a variety of unusual pianos in the "More Piano Black Shirts"

American Memory from the Library of Congress [The Performing Arts, Music Collections]

American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by Category

All kinds of interesting old music - lots of it! - sheet music, as well as old Edison recordings. (I'm listening to the "Hungarian Rag" played by a band on an old Edison recording as I type. Available as Real Audio and .wav - playing right now on my Windows Media Player.)

Yes, check this listing out!

Stevie Wonder Official Site - His New Song for Katrina Relief

Stevie Wonder Official Site

Stevie performed his brand-new single "Shelter in the Rain" on CNN today. Stevie said he felt this song was given him by God. It is about God being one's shelter in the storms of life. It's a lovely song sung by a talented musician with a wonderful voice. I found it inspiring. Thank you, Stevie! Yet another good song from you. And a song especially needed for our times.

Is the affinity for music innate?

Is the affinity for music innate? | CNET News.com

An interesting international study about music begins.

Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia

Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia

Much like the famous Wikipedia, but for music melodies.

I'm putting a link to this on the Music Medley Page on my website as well.

Michael Jackson Won't Share Room With Kids [now that his trial's over]

Lawyer: Jackson Won't Share Room With Kids - Yahoo! News

Well, it's about time!

You know, once upon a time, I was a big MJ fan, went to the Victory and Bad tours...

I still like "Off the Wall" and "Thriller"

But, man, that guy has changed...

Study: Parents Can Help Babies Get Rhythm

Study: Parents Can Help Babies Get Rhythm - Yahoo! News

Interesting article. Among other things, this study shows that babies prefer not to listen to a beat that doesn't fit the music they hear. And, rocking the baby is good for them in more ways than we believed.