What are Words for? - Part 1

Musique Classique

Violin

rap orchestral covers

Studying

Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition.  

Before Boléro, Ravel had composed large scale ballets (such as Daphnis et Chloé, composed for the Ballets Russes 1909–1912), suites for the ballet (such as the second orchestral version of Ma mère l'oye, 1912), and one-movement dance pieces (such as La valse, 1906–1920).

Boléro

Avril Lavigne Piano Tribute

I'm With You

My Happy Ending

Led Zeppelin Piano Tribute

Black Dog

What Is and What Should Never Be

When You're Gone

Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VII. Al tempo di giga

Pop, Vol. 1

The Middle / Havana

One Dance

Sorry

Yoga

Classic Man

VSQ Performs Tupac

Keep Ya Head Up

VSQ Performs Kanye West

Gold Digger

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

Give Life Back to Music

All Falls Down

Get Lucky

Picture Me Rollin'

Motherboard

Brenda's Got A Baby

California Love

All Eyez On Me

Dear Mama

Los Angeles, California serves as home base for the concept group called Vitamin String Quartet. The group is made up of studio musicians who are brought together to interpret and record orchestra style covers of music from all types of genres ranging metal, techno, country, pop, rock and hip-hop dance music. While the quartet uses a wide assortment of artists and instruments, one fairly constant member of the group is violinist Tom Tally. Tally has been intimately involved in the composing, arranging and conduction of many songs on approximately 50 of the albums that have been recorded by the group. While the group is referred to as a string quartet, the reality is that more individuals are usually involved, using instruments such as violins, cellos, percussion, brass and woodwinds. The group was originally brought together in 1999 as an experimental project. They wanted to determine the effects of using classical style instruments to create new and different sounds on popular recordings. Early on, the FM broadcast station WWHK in Concord, NH would play the group's music 24 hours a day, every day, for a period of time. The popularity of the group's music has led to the music being featured on TV and in the movies. Credits include So You Think You Can Dance (2008), TV show The Vampire Diaries (2010), the 100th episode of Gossip Girl and the fifth season finale of Modern Family (2014). Throughout the years, the group has been involved in the recording of over 200 different albums. In 2009, the group stepped out of the box a bit and recorded some original material provided by some of the various musicians on the album Per_Versions.