Every day this week it is my goal to post a different example of 'making space' through some kind of imaginative improvisatory and/or creative activity. One form of creative improvisation is taking a song from one genre and adapting it to another genre or instrumentation. This is a significant way of articulating this concept of 'making room for the other' within musical space. Adaptation helps you hear the song differently and gives honor to the integrity and power of the original song. (It also shows off the virtuosity of the player...)
Performance is an important way of learning to hear other voices, and in this video we have a very cool example of an unexpected song on an unexpected instrument. My guess is that after this performance, you will never hear Queen or the ukelele in the same way again.
Enjoy!