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Posted By: pmbuko Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 12:59 PM
No, "Wild Birds" is not the name of the band. Contemporary French artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot set up a Les Paul in a room with 40 zebra finches and recorded what happened.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/willgompertz/2010/02/40_wild_birds_play_a_gibson_le.html

It actually sounds better that a lot of the "music" I've heard in guitar stores. smile
Posted By: sonicfox Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 02:30 PM
Oh, that's SO cute, Peter...interesting too! I've actually got two zebra finches at home, and if they can make noise either vocally or with objects, they certainly will. I'll bet they loved that guitar! HAHA!

These are my beasts. grin
Posted By: pmbuko Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 03:02 PM
Can I see more pictures of your beasts?
Posted By: Adrian Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 04:53 PM
Lol, Peter.

Mary, we finally see your tweeters, haha. My brother used to work in an aviary many years ago and one time brought home over 30 different types of Zebra finches. He also raised a few parrots from newborns...still has one, "Cookie".
Posted By: sonicfox Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 07:15 PM
That's cool, Adrian! I'll bet some of them were really pretty. They're cute little buggers too! Anyhow, I love birds. smile I also have 2 cockatiels.
Posted By: CatBrat Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 08:44 PM
I used to like birds. But I got tired of the noise and mess.
Posted By: Adrian Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 09:38 PM
I used to have a Pekin Robin . They usually only live a few years long in captivity but my little fellah lived to 15 yrs shocked smile . Needless to say, it was heartbreaking to see him pass away after so many years.
Posted By: MarkSJohnson Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 10:04 PM
Originally Posted By: CatBrat
I used to like birds. But I got tired of the noise and mess.


Really? And your cats had nothing to do with this decision? smile
Posted By: Ken.C Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 10:10 PM
Only very, very briefly.
Posted By: CatBrat Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 10:34 PM
Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
Originally Posted By: CatBrat
I used to like birds. But I got tired of the noise and mess.


Really? And your cats had nothing to do with this decision? smile


There's about 15 years between the birds and the cat. But, the cat would probably like me to keep birds again.
Posted By: jakewash Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 11:18 PM
Why does that bring Sylvester and Tweety to mind?
Posted By: CatBrat Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/20/10 11:28 PM
Meooooow!


Posted By: Ya_basta Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/21/10 12:14 AM
I need to know who that is ASAP!
Posted By: MarkSJohnson Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/21/10 09:52 AM
Here, kitty kitty kitty......

Heeeeeere, kitty kitty kitty......
Posted By: pmbuko Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/21/10 04:59 PM
Originally Posted By: CatBrat
I used to like birds kids. But I got tired of the noise and mess.


Sometimes I feel the same way. grin
Posted By: nickbuol Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/22/10 02:19 AM
I had a number of zebra finches when I was a kid. Saw the cats get a lot of them though... :-(

Now we have a lutino cockatiel and a sun conure. If my youngest daughter had her way, we would have a full aviary by now...
Posted By: CatBrat Re: Wild birds playing electric guitar. - 10/22/10 02:31 AM

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