I don’t understand this sort of thing. A very good musician can play a piece on a phone but it sounds utterly tinny and rubbish…so what? Whats the point? What does it prove?
I’m not trying to be rude about it and i actually love Yann’s work, but I’m genuinely curious….why is this good or even interesting?
Carlotta:
This is about being creative and resourceful. He is not looking for perfection, he’s taking a challenge. I wish you could understand that sometimes good stuff can come from “tinny rubbish”.
And for the record, you are being rude.
Yann Tiersen himself has used many unconventional instruments in his compositions, such as a typewriter, spokes on a bicycle wheel, and a toy piano.
Although this is not Tiersen himself, I don’t think he would be too snobbish about the iPhone as a musical instrument, just as David Hockney is not dismissive of it as a medium for his art.
Wow, I think it would be cheaper if he bought himself a second hand piano and it would probably sound a lot better, nevertheless quite impressive, thanks for sharing.
on 5 i-phones i would of accepted. seems how one is not used. yet one is used for one note and three hold the same purpose. not that i could even pull it off with one
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I don’t understand this sort of thing. A very good musician can play a piece on a phone but it sounds utterly tinny and rubbish…so what? Whats the point? What does it prove?
I’m not trying to be rude about it and i actually love Yann’s work, but I’m genuinely curious….why is this good or even interesting?
Dec 9th, 2009 / 3:28 pm
Carlotta:
This is about being creative and resourceful. He is not looking for perfection, he’s taking a challenge. I wish you could understand that sometimes good stuff can come from “tinny rubbish”.
And for the record, you are being rude.
Dec 9th, 2009 / 6:43 pm
This is someone playing Yann Tiersen on 6 iPhones, not Yann Tiersen. Tiersen is French; this guys curses in Dutch at the beginning (Netherlands).
Dec 9th, 2009 / 6:49 pm
Yann Tiersen himself has used many unconventional instruments in his compositions, such as a typewriter, spokes on a bicycle wheel, and a toy piano.
Although this is not Tiersen himself, I don’t think he would be too snobbish about the iPhone as a musical instrument, just as David Hockney is not dismissive of it as a medium for his art.
http://www.nybooks.com/features/slideshows/hockney/
It is better to look for possibilities than limitations.
Dec 9th, 2009 / 7:39 pm
@Elisa. Carlotta likes to leave grouchy comments as evidenced in the past: http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/10/grocery-store-musical.html#comments
I found it funny he has a beer bottle next to him. Must have been a drunk experiment. :P
Dec 10th, 2009 / 8:42 pm
Wow, I think it would be cheaper if he bought himself a second hand piano and it would probably sound a lot better, nevertheless quite impressive, thanks for sharing.
Dec 11th, 2009 / 7:06 am
on 5 i-phones i would of accepted. seems how one is not used. yet one is used for one note and three hold the same purpose. not that i could even pull it off with one
Dec 11th, 2009 / 7:46 am
I am a musician, (open minded) I play piano and think this is pointless crap
Jan 6th, 2010 / 10:53 am