I saw this video first in the summer at the office where I work. Since we are all heavily involved in digital media, we often take out time a couple days a week to check out videos like this online.
Again, I am a huge high/low culture fan so the combination of all the things in this video fused together wonderfully for me. Beat boxing on a flute, a classical musical instrument (I am a violinist and hip hop advocate) really intrigued me.
In the past I have attempted (not exceptionally well) to explore new genres within violin. My classical Suzuki training made this challenging however, I did experiment with some Classic Rock and Jazz in high school. Some of my favorite mash-ups take hip hop and incorporate classical motifs into the track. A popular example of this would be The Verve and Jay-Z's "BitterSweet Symphony" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYvs5MaZkLA
I think this mashup was arranged by MTV/Viacom and was most likely some form of a PR strategy but nonetheless, I think it still holds some cultural significance.
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I love that mash-up of BitterSweet Symphony! That's really interesting that you tried different genres with the violin, way to go! I didn't know that the mash-up was arranged as a form of PR, but that makes it even more interesting to me!
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