Zoe Keating Performs at ETech 2009

02:15 PM March 14th, 2009

One of the many highlights of the Emerging Technology conference was the Wednesday evening performance of Zoe Keating: “Using a 17th Century Instrument to Create the Music of the 21st Century.”

Zoe uses a cello and a laptop to make beautiful multilayered music. She plays with herself.  It’s loopy.  Very cool.

Excuse the rough camera work up front – it was shot on a tiny Flip camera – and it gets much better a couple minutes in when I get to the closeups.

Link:  http://www.zoekeating.com/

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Discussion

  • Jim H

    4:13 pm
    Mar-14-2009     Reply

    This is great! Eveerything I like about “classical” music. When I zone out on my guitar/banjo my wife says I am “playing with myself”, too. And it feels almost as good, sometimes better.

  • Jim H

    4:16 pm
    Mar-14-2009     Reply

    Brian, if you recorded this yourself on a flip camera, I can’t imagine how good it was in real time. Can’t stop watching it. Thank you!

  • Jim H

    4:21 pm
    Mar-14-2009     Reply

    I have a sudden urge to go play my 12 string for an hour or so.

  • Suzanne Axtell

    9:28 am
    Mar-16-2009     Reply

    Thanks for posting this video! Nicely done. I agree, her performance really was one of the highlights of the show. The mashup with the laser imagery added another, unexpected layer to the experience.
    Suzanne, O’Reilly Conferences team

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