String Quartet: The Solo Instrument

Diego Stocco is a sound designer and composer who specializes in creating new sound experiences in unusual ways.  Many of his creations are include found objects or instruments he builds from scratch.

This video features his Experibass, which combines violin, viola, cello, bass, a fork, and a kick drum foot pedal.

While there are hundreds of thousands of great performances captured on tape, the music videos featured on TSM blog feature musical creations that are unusual, innovative, humorous, or otherwise purple. This collection is fun–perhaps a stress reliever or diversion at a late night bash! It also provides you with an opportunity to discover new and creative musicians. Let us know if you’d like to see a video here. ENJOY!!!

3 Responses to “String Quartet: The Solo Instrument”

1. Valentino L. Vazquez says:

   October 19, 2009 at 8:32 am

   The Experibass video demonstates that musical creativity will indeed bring something new under the sun!
2. Grant Amadeus Giel says:

   October 19, 2009 at 10:19 am

   I can’t say I’ve ever played a string instrument as anything more than a gag (although I’d like to learn to play the violin sometime), but it doesn’t take a virtuoso to recognize that that man is pretty creative.

   I really liked the percussion, and the performance (at least in the video) reminded me a lot of the kind of music you would hear if you were watching a Hollywood film set in the Amazon. It’s a very tribal feeling that I personally enjoy a lot.

   Although I can’t say I approved of him sawing off chunks of the bass. It hurt me in a metaphysical sense.
3. violin strings says:

   November 16, 2009 at 10:47 pm

   This man really is creative. You don’t have to be a virtuoso in playing those. Creativity is enough.