Awesome Talents

Watch and bob your head along as musician Luna Lee rocks her Gayageum – a traditional Korean musical instrument, to the strains of Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Chile Blues. Here more of Luna’s rockin’ zither music here.

Do the robot to this awesome track that beatmaker Andrew Kilgour aka Fresh Kils made using samples from the Transformers animated series. You can buy the track solo or as part of his Routines Beat Tape LP.

Devin Supertramp takes a momentary break from extreme activities, and focuses on a single subject, Yo-Yo world champion Zach Gormley, and his insane swinging and spinning skills. We could do without the dubstep though.

Street performers are always looking for new ways to catch the eye of passers-by. This Cambridge UK musician stands out from the crowd by playing in the most unconventional of venues – inside a trash bin.

Our jaws dropped when we saw Ravi solve a Rubik’s cube while juggling it. And now here he is juggling and solving three cubes at the same time. We might as well have our jaws removed for good.

Street magician Cyril Takayama messes with the heads of bystanders as he orders up some burgers in the most unorthodox of ways. Who wants to order that one with the bite taken out of it already?

Dueling Banjos, the song made famous creepy in Deliverance, was meant to be played on two instruments, but Mark Kroos is an overachiever and plays both parts on his double-necked guitar.

Spidey swaps his webslinging for melee skills. Is he Peter Parker? Peter Park? Nope, Aaron Gassor, a martial arts instructor who has a 2nd degree black belt in both taekwondo and kickboxing.

Crooner/beatboxer Mike Tompkins covers Justin Timberlake, Timbo’s beats and JT’s backing band using just his and rapper George Watsky’s voices. They should’ve called it Denim & Plaid though.

One-man-band Anders Flanderz knocks out an awesome rendition of Europe’s cheesetastic classic The Final Countdown, on accordion, Casio, xylophone, body drums… and bicycle horn.

A classic moment from The Tonight Show in which a classical pianist canceled at the last minute, and Johnny asks an audience volunteer to fill in. Good thing pianist David Tolley was there to help out.

While the young breakdancer at the start of this clip isn’t half bad, the appropriately monikered 6-year-old Terra upstages his every move, dealing an epic deathblow to her competition. More here and here.

(NSFW: Language) We’ve seen someone solve a Rubik’s Cube with one hand while juggling with the other. But Ravi here solves a cube while also juggling it. What manner of wizardry is this?!

WHZGUD2 shares a brilliantly smooth dance performance by the aptly-named Julius “iGLIDE” Chisolm as he pulls off his frictionless flows to Koven’s remix of Levitate by Hadouken!

John of JigsawProductions007 does an admirable job pulling off randomly-selected, rapid-fire impressions of characters from South Park, Family Guy, Disney animation and pop culture figures.

Jessica’s face may be concealed by a mask, but her impressive percussive talents are out in plain view for everyone to see and hear in this desk-tappin’ video captured by her high school classmate.

Freerunner Ronnie Shalvis takes full advantage of the snow and ice at Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center, pulling off crazy flips on the ice skating rink and in the surrounding neighborhood. (Thanks Dallin!)

Popular Japanese beatboxer Daichi teams up with an unlikely performance partner, tap dancer SHUN, to create an awesome showcase for both of their frenetic, noise-making talents.

DC Shoes sent freestyle motocross expert Robbie Maddison to the military airplane graveyard in Tuscon, Arizona, where he used aircraft parts, shipping containers and a flatbed semi for jumps.

YouTuber speedbag1 presents a routine unlike any you’ve seen, punching in sync with The Rhythm is Gonna Get You. Critics call it “simultaneously the manliest and gayest thing I’ve ever seen.”

South African guitar player Hannes Coetzee plays the spoons – but not in the way you’d expect. Instead of slapping utensils on his knee, he uses his teaspoon to slide-fret his guitar.

You know the drill. An overly talented musician uses a looper to perform an astounding rendition of a classic tune. In this case it’s Elija Haaron taking on Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.

An avid skier and trombonist, YouTuber Explosean unloads an avalanche of awesome down the mountainside in this short clip. There’s a finale if you are in need of some more t-bone.