Chop Suey! was originally released by System Of A Down on their 2001 album Toxicity and as a single. This is another incredible arrangement for solo classical guitar from Thomas that produces the full sound of a metal band on a single nylon stringed acoustic guitar. As is usual with Thomas‘s video he manages
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Time for some comedy. Music Parodies with Musicians is a medley of songs from the cast and children of Sesame Street performed with famous singers who are parodying their own songs. The songs and performers in this medley are: Superstition by Stevie Wonder; Don’t Know Y by Norah Jones; Just The Way You
A Tale That Wasn’t Right was originally released by Helloween on their 1987 album Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I. This is an instrumental arrangement for classical guitar and violin. For this piece Thomas is joined by violinist Wiki Krawczyk, originally from Poland but now based in Belgium. For most of the song
Time for some comedy. Vsya Zhizn’: Teatr [All Life: Theatre] is an episode from the third series of Masha i Medved’ [Masha and the Bear]. In this episode Masha, Dasha (her cousin from Moscow), Panda, and Rozochka (the pig) want to play at Theatre but they can’t agree on what type of show
Ave Maria was written by Franz Schubert in 1825 with the original title of Ellens dritter Gesang [Ellen’s Third Song] as a part of a musical setting of Walter Scott‘s epic poem The Lady of the Lake. This version is based on the reworked version by Beyoncé on her 2008 album I Am… Sasha
December Wind was originally released on the 2018 album December Wind. It is about looking back on life, on a break up, and feeling the cold December Wind. It is a piece for classical guitar and voice and, as usual, Thomas plays his classical guitar in a way that replaces a whole rock band
Nella Fantasia [In My Fantasy] was originally recorded by Sarah Brightman on her 1998 album Eden, though the music was originally used in the 1986 film The Mission, where it was called Gabriel’s Oboe. It tells of a Fantasy where the world is a better place and everyone is free. This is a truly
Drum Interpretations #3: Steve Reich “Clapping Music” is Rich’s arrangement for drum kit of Clapping Music That was written by Steve Reich in 1972. Clapping Music was originally written for 2 performers who clap a simple 12 beat rhythm, 1 performer claps the rhythm repeatedly during the whole performance while the 2nd performer shifts
Someone’s Lady was originally released by Jessie J in part 4, Empowerment, of her 2018 album R.O.S.E. . It is about wanting to be in a loving relationship, even if you’re being treated poorly because you only focus on the good. This is a cool, relaxed, jazzy version of the song from Mădălina that
Hallelujah was originally recorded by Leonard Cohen on his 1984 album Various Positions. This is a beautiful instrumental version for 2 cellos with the boys alternate playing lead and giving the tune an almost vocal treatment so you can hear the lyrics in your mind’s ear. This version is available on their 2018 album