This post has nothing whatsoever to do with fandom! Shock.

[stunt_muppet]

(It does, however, contain a lot of flailing and unnecessary squee.)

You! You there! You like music? You like well-done, surprising covers? Of course you do. Stop lying to me.

In that case, step one: Open up iTunes and head to the iTunes Store.

See that shiny little search bar up there? Type in "Back in Baroque". Seriously. Trust me on this.

Now

Comments

[glock35gal]

Holy crap, I have got to check that out. In the meantime, maybe I can get you hooked on Count Basic, Gato Barbieri and some of my jazz favorites. :)

I have *every* CD by Vanessa Mae, and *OMG!!!* we saw her in person years ago -- she was just releasing a new CD, and we went down to a great club in Hollywood and drank in the joy that is her talent. She is teh awesome, and she's soooo sweet, too. It's amazing to find another VM fan by accident -- I think I love you, Muppet! :D

[stunt_muppet]

Hmm...I know very little of jazz, so recommendations are always welcome. I shall go to check those artists out!

*gasp* Ohmigod someone else has heard of Vanessa-Mae! *jumps up and down* And seeing her in concert? I am madly jealous. The only CD I own so far is The Violin Player - and even that I only dug up by happy chance in a used CD store - but I have a couple of songs from Storm on my iPod as well.

[pixxistixx4me]

I shall point you in the direction of Deezer.com. (http://www.mp3-folder.com/music/index.php also has a mad selection of things. And you can download them for freeee!) I'm not sure if they have any of The Vitamin String stuff, but they have pretty much everything else in existence.

Also, there is a band called Apocalyptica. Their first album was called "Plays Metallica by Four Cellos."

It's exactly how it sounds. Except now there's only three cellos and a drummer, but still. They cover metal songs with cellos. It's wonderful. (Oi! I just found on Deezer the String Tribute to Senses Fail! Wtf? This is not an original market....)

But Vanessa-Mae is wonderful! Danke for the find. I'll be grooving to Deezer's limited selection until I can find a suitably large discography somewhere else.

[stunt_muppet]

I've mentioned that I love you, right? I think those two websites might make me love you just a bit more. Because they're fabulous.

And Metallica in cellos sounds fabulous. I must go check it out.

Have you heard her version of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on The Violin Player disc? It's my absolute favorite song of hers; just hearing it makes me squee uncontrolably, and if you haven't heard it yet I must send it to you somehow. It's gorgeous.

[russianmissile]

Good lord, that's mind blowing right there..friggin awesome! I never would have figured that some of these songs would sound so good classified.

[stunt_muppet]

I know, right? Biggest surprise for me was still the AC/DC stuff, but...it's amazing how good it all sounds.