Music+Video+Battle

= = =The Kurt & Jake Music Video "Competition"=

One day, Kurt Schneider was playing the recorder on the couch and his suite mate, Jake Bruene, walked in and told him nobody can play an actual song on the recorder. So Kurt took him up on that challenge and played “Baby” on the recorder, starting this competition to see who could play music on the more ridiculous instrument.

First, Kurt plays Justin Bieber's "Baby" on Recorder. media type="file" key="KurtJake1BabyRecorder.flv" width="522" height="513"

Jake counters with "Telephone" on glockenspiel.

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The game is on! Kurt plays Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on "crock-enspiel."

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Jake gets some special programming help and records Michael Jackson's "Beat It" on GameBoy.

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Kurt stays in the game with Zelda's Lullaby "Ocarina in Time" on, what else, ocarina! media type="file" key="KurtJake5ZeldaLullabyOcarina.flv" width="514" height="509"

Jake answers with "Only Girl (in the world)" on Zither. media type="file" key="KurtJake6OnlyGirlZither.flv" width="511" height="509"

Kurt calls back playing "Pachelbel Canon" on cell phones.

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Jake's response is to invent an instrument, the "squeakaphone."

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That's where the game stands today. Here are some questions for discussion:

 * ====How do Kurt and Jake use their musical skills to "play" this game?====
 * ====What is the most creative thing that you saw today?====
 * ====Which video was your favorite and why?====
 * ====Who do you think is "winning" this game and why?====
 * ====List some qualities that make these performances musical (as opposed to just noisy).====

When Kurt and Jake are not sending video challenges to each other on YouTube, they work together to make music. Listen as they sing "Just a Dream" by Nelly:

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videos originally found on YouTube beginning here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL2sffgYXwY&feature=related