New Music From The Piano Guys [VIDEO]

Pop music, it's what we do here at Mix 93.3, and it is what it is, popular music. Some good, some ok, some iffy at best, some just sucks out loud, it all depends on one's tastes. But one thing I would love to accomplish in my life and already have to a certain degree is help influence young people that Pop Music is fleeting, it just doesn't hold up to the true test of time. What does you ask? Classical.

Let's see a show of hands, how many of truly believe that 200 years in the future, anyone will give a hoot about Pop music created by today's top artists? Beyonce, Katy Perry, Cold Play, Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga (please), you think anyone will be getting an ear-worm with those songs in the distant future? Not bloody likely. Now, how about Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Wagner, Chopin and Schubert? I submit to you that 200 years from now in some cosmic concert hall, the music these men made will still be performed. How do I know? Because they have already stood the time test. These men and many more, composed and performed amazing instrumentals and operas that are still being performed today, 300 to 400 and more years later. I'm not a fan of opera music, but I appreciate the talent, years of dedication and practice that it takes to make it happen. I am a fan of the classics though for all those reasons and more. Real music is performed and written by real musicians and composers, rarely by pop stars.

Then there are The Piano Guys. In the case of this video, Steven Sharp Nelson has teamed up with the Lyceum Philharmonic (Youth Orchestra) and its director, Kayson Brown to combine today's pop music with Beethoven. I know what you're thinkin'... train wreck! Not true at all. Specifically they somehow merged OneRepublic's song "Secrets" with all four movements of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

They may not be playing this in 200 years either, but my hope is it will introduce young budding musicians and music lovers to the potential of what great music truly is. Spread your wings and explore all kinds of music, you never know where the next Bach or Beethoven may come from.