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diff --git a/posts/2010-03-26-billie-jean.markdown b/posts/2010-03-26-billie-jean.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d3901f --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2010-03-26-billie-jean.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: Billie Jean +date: 2010/03/26 +tags: video, music +--- + +![Playing Billie Jean on the Stick](/images/posts/billiejean.png) + +[This video](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMyOTc3Nzcy.html) was recorded some +time in December 2009. I had just learned how to [tap with both hands on the +Chapman Stick](/posts/2009-07-01-chapman_stick.html) when I was contacted by +representatives of the Chinese video portal [Youku.com](http://youku.com). They +asked me to provide them with a quick video of myself showing off the peculiar +instrument I told them I had just learned to play. + +Later the video was to be tacked on to [footage that was recorded some days +earlier with the Youku team](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMzMDA1MDU2.html). +All together this was supposed to be my entry for the voting to join the show +全家都来赛 (the official English name is the silly *"Super Family"*). + +As the show's purpose is to present talented families, I asked Jackie to play +the drums while I would cover bass, chords and vocals of Michael Jackson's +*Billie Jean*. The result [can be seen +here](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMyOTc3Nzcy.html). |