Spreading cheery winter holiday spirit using bicycle sounds, Flip Baber, aka Johnnyrandom, produced a musical composition for Specialized Bicycle Components, exclusively from the sounds made of mountain and road bike parts. It's wild!The song is from the Tchaikovsky score, "Nutcracker Suite", titled "Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy"(original lyrics and music).
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According to "Create Digital Music", here is the breakdown of which bicycle parts created which sound effects:
Glockenspiel - spokesRecommended Links:
Clarinet - spokes
Cello - plucked derailleur cables
Violin - plucked derailleur cables
Pizzicatos - plucked derailleur cables
Triangle - disc brake hit
Percussion - shifting, coasting, finger over turning spokes, chain pulls, braking, clipping into pedals, back-spinning, air out of tires.
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Mark:
ReplyDeleteI think Specialized will be featuring it as a download on their website soon. Glad you like the track!
~Flip
anyone know what the story is about a video version of this song?
ReplyDeletethat song might make a good cell phone ringtone... at least during the holidays.
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant. A friend sent to a bunch of friends, and now my friends and relatives are doing the same! My aunt, who teaches harp, loves it and sent it to all her students.
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