Innovation and busker bands

I appreciate creativity and innovation in all its forms - and sometimes you'll see it in the funniest places. On a recent vacation, I saw it in a band of street musicians who had taken the stand on the main street.

Street musicians are probably seen in most places, but this band - to be found on YouTube under the name of Camachophones, if anyone should be interested - distinguishes itself by bringing - in addition to trumpet, tuba, saxophone and two "regular" percussionists - a somewhat distinctive instrument - which is easiest to describe by recognizing that an image says more than a thousand words.

Add to this that the musicians certainly seem to enjoy what they do, and all of it actually sounds really great - then it's hard not to be happy with the experience - and put 10 € for the CD sold from the instrument box in front, and some coins in addition.

A souvenir that might cost more than the average postcard. But on the other hand, it is also more unusual than the average.

(Translated from Innovation og gademusikanter)

Architecture, music and pleasure

As always, I have the common problem; the problem I always get when I do manage to write things down in time - I end up with a disconnected phrase for which I can never remember the origin.
I think I saw it in a newspaper, but I do not remember it exactly, I do not remember which paper, and not who was credited for the quote - but it went as follows:

Good architecture is to the eye what music is to the ear.

- and I remembered it so precisely, because it was so obvious to me. Taste and pleasure can be discussed: some enjoy gothic cathedrals and organ music, while others appreciate electronic music and large glass facades, but in the end, the eye can delight in a beautiful building, just like the ear can find pleasure in a beautiful piece of music - or at least in particularly beautiful details of it. And in the end, it's the brain that feels good in both cases.
(Translated from Arkitektur, musik og behag, originally published January 11th, 2009)