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Unique Music Post: Vegetable Instraments?

Posted by Sarah | Posted in Instraments, Video | Posted on 29-11-2009

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When considering what to post today, I remembered a video I found a couple of months ago that I found strange and fascinating. It was a how-to video on the creation of a piece of broccoli that became a whistle.  Instead of finding this video, I found this site.

flutenveg.com

…and there are no words to describe how very strange this discovery is. It’s a group of people who go around and perform by playing fruit and vegetables! It’s funny and kind of cool at the same time. There’s a clip on the website, under festivals and corporate which a person can click on and hear what musical vegetable sound like. And the strangest part is that it’s actually pretty good!

I do have to admit, however, that these people look a little crazy. They’re wearing fruit of their heads!

I also stumbled upon the Carrot Museum, a website devoted to all the people who have done something musically-cool with carrots. Seriously strange, strangely cool.

Oh, and if you didn’t know…there seems to be a vegetable playing orchestra as well!

And I can’t resist…here’s a video of the orchestra playing.

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