Homemade drum set

After watching videos about John Cage and others who are inspired by John Cage, I decided to search youtube for videos of people who made music using every day objects.  I posted a video weeks about of Jimmy Fallon and Christina Aguilera using office supplies to make music, so I wanted to see more.  I came across this video of someone who had an assignment for school to make an instrument using every day objects. He decided to make a drum set and it sounds pretty good.  He said, "I used two buckets, a paint bucket (bass drum) and a garden bucket (snare drum) The cymbals are pots and pans. I used duct tape to hold the bass drum in place. The hardest part was the bass drum pedal."

"Sign Language"

This song is a personal favorite.  It's called "Sign Language" by Kinetics and One Love ft. Wynter Gordon.  A friend of mine told me to listen to it because they enjoyed it too and I was instantly hooked.  It is a powerful song with meaningful lyrics.  The chorus is sung by Wynter Gordon who has a beautiful voice.  The verses are rapped and very dramatic.  It is a good mixture of singing and rapping.  The song is about two people who secretly like each other but neither one of them know it.  They each try to tell each other but it just doesn't work out.  The girl is deaf and that's why she can't express her love for the boy and the boy thinks he just isn't liked.  The video goes really well with this song and creates and good visual.

Christina Aguilera and Jimmy Fallon

I thought this video was creative and funny.  When Christina Aguilera was on Jimmy Fallon's show, they recorded a version of her new song, "Your Body".  Instead of using instruments, they used office supplies such as a stapler, ripping paper, pulling tape, and pencils.  Jimmy Fallon's house band, The Roots joined them in this video to help with the sound.  I like this song and like this version because it's catchy and humorous at the same time.