After yesterday's post, I kept thinking more and more about the individual artists who create music just on their own. Music is such a powerful force in terms of storytelling, it's impressive when people can shape it on their own. I haven't participated in a 24 hour filmmaking contest in a while, but I always thought it would be interesting to take a piece of really unique locally made music and have that be the bed for the contest. What would people come up with?
One instrument that just calls out to have a short film built around it is the hang. I came across hang musicians a few years back and was intrigued by their unique shape (the instrument, not the musician) (it's like a musical UFO) and the amazing assortment of notes you can get out of them. Here's a piece by Dante Bucci.
Sometimes you need more than just one instrument. A man named Claudia Montuori proves you can make music out of anything you want. I seriously love the fact that people like him are out there making the world a stranger place for the rest of us.
A musician who calls himself Mystery Guitar Man is also proficient with video/editing/motiontracking so of course he combines all of them to create some fantastic pieces. I can't imagine how long it takes to edit these together. He'll seriously make music out of anything. It's impressive.
And of course, we have to end with the always fabulous KT Tunstall who does it all in camera.
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