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Drummer Learns Enter Sandman

Drummer Learns Enter Sandman

Crazy as it sounds, Snarky Puppy drummer Larnell Lewis says he never heard the Metallica track Enter Sandman before now. But it didn’t take much time for him to pick up the rhythm, which he proved with a flawless performance right after his first listen in this video from Drumeo.

Darrius Simmons: Dreams Are Forever

Darrius Simmons: Dreams Are Forever

Musician Darrius Simmons is living proof that no matter what obstacles may stand in your way, it’s possible to overcome them. Despite having only four fingers, Darrius is a brilliant piano player. In this clip from the 2019 Not Impossible awards, he performs his original composition Dreams Are Forever.

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Asking the Boyfriend to Do Star Wars Impressions

Asking the Boyfriend to Do Star Wars Impressions

Lucy Griffiths‘ boyfriend Greg Jones is a professional voiceover artist, and sometimes she asks him to do rapid-fire vocal impressions. We’re especially impressed with his on-the-fly Star Wars voices, which include spot-on copies of franchise faves like Kylo Ren, Darth Vader, C-3PO, R2-D2, and even a convincing Jabba the Hutt.

Kashmir in a Parking Garage

Kashmir in a Parking Garage

Marcin Patrzalek is one of the most talented guitarists we’ve ever heard. Listen to his amazing fingerstyle arrangement of Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir performed in an unlikely place – inside a parking garage. Be sure to check out his YouTube and TikTok channels for more incredible music, like his cover of Still D.R.E.

One-arm Muscle-up

One-arm Muscle-up

If you’re a serious rock climber, you need serious upper body and arm strength. Norwegian athlete Magnus Midtbø is among the world’s best rock climbers, and to prove just how strong he is, he managed to pull off this insane using only his right arm. He says he’s still working on his form.

Interstellar on Cristal Baschet

Interstellar on Cristal Baschet

Invented in the 1950s, but rarely seen, the Cristal Baschet is a musical instrument that produces sounds by stroking a series of glass rods attached to metal rods. The ethereal sounds it produces are the perfect complement to Hans Zimmer’s theme from Interstellar, performed here by Marc Chouarain at SFL Studio Féerique.

Dancing Like Machines

Dancing Like Machines

Dancers Jackson Chavis, BluPrint and Taylor Pierce take robotic dancing to the next level, working in perfect sync in this routine they choreographed to Kid Cudi’s 2009 track Day ‘N’ Nite. Be sure to check out more mad dance moves on Jackson’s TikTok feed.

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Violinist Goes Ham

Violinist Goes Ham

New Orleans-based violinist Dominique Hammons was playing at a wedding when he busted out into an epic and electric solo that got the whole crowd going. In case you’re unfamiliar with the tune, it’s the New Orleans Saints’ unofficial anthem Choppa Style. We love his cover of 2Pac’s California Love too.

Longest Underwater Walk

Longest Underwater Walk

It’s hard enough to hold your breath underwater for a long time, let alone walk while you’re doing it. Freediver Boris Milosic set the Guinness World Record for the feat, walking back and forth along the bottom of a pool while wearing a weighted belt. He walked for almost 4 minutes and covered 315 feet on a single breath.

Making Music with a Straw

Making Music with a Straw

Most wind instruments are made from wood or brass. But it turns out that a plastic straw can be modified to make music too. This video shows how late Danish musician Peter Bastian was adept at performing on a drinking straw with holes cut in it. Flutist Naveen Kumar shows how you can make your own here.

Figure Skating to Metallica

Figure Skating to Metallica

When you think of figure skating, Metallica isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But Team USA ice dancers Oona and Gage Brown dispel that notion with this exceptionally precise performance choreographed to Nothing Else Matters, combining Metallica’s original metal ballad with a cover version by Marlisa.

Hockey Training Treadmill

Hockey Training Treadmill

When you’ve turned your enthusiasm for hockey into a career, you need to practice all the time. In this short clip, stick-handling expert Pavel Barber shows off how he trains using an extra-wide treadmill at The Skating Lab while his buddy off camera feeds him practice cones, pucks, and a few unexpected items to dodge.

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Jenga Stacking Master

Jenga Stacking Master

It’s tricky enough to stack Jenga blocks normally. But there are some folks out there who go far beyond the ordinary block stacking and use the wooden planks to create complex structures. Jenga expert stacker Captain Noodles managed to stack 518 planks, all balanced atop a single vertical plank. Time-lapse video here.

Ugly Tuning, Great Player

Ugly Tuning, Great Player

Musician Ichika Nito loves to test out unusual guitar tunings. In this case, he came up with a set of notes that sound completely off-key when strummed, but he manages to still make sound good when playing. His EEEEEE and FFFFFF tunes are worth a listen too. (Thanks Craig!)

Orbit Juggling

Orbit Juggling

You would think that juggling balls when they’re attached to fishing line was kind of cheating. But juggler Daniel Rosenfeldt quickly proves us wrong with the precision choreography (and lack of tangled strings) in his orbit juggling routine. While he calls his routine “Starcatcher,” the light-up spheres kind of look like giant fireflies.

Dice Tower Stacking Skills

Dice Tower Stacking Skills

We’re not too sure about the physics at work here, but somehow this guy manages to perfectly stack a tall column of dice by wiggling a tube back and forth across a smooth tabletop. Of course, it’s possible the whole video might have just been played in reverse.

More Impressive in Reverse

More Impressive in Reverse

On the UK game show Taskmasters, contestants were asked to record videos of them performing an activity that would make them look much more talented when played in reverse. We can’t decide if the guy pulling the van or the Tree Wizard was our favorite. Just one question: How long until there’s a US remake of this show?

Dog Made of Dog

Dog Made of Dog

Does your dog shed a lot? Now that we’ve seen this video, we know what to do with all that hair that comes off when you brush them. Simply gather up some fur, activate your inner artist, and get to crafting a fuzzy replica of your pup like this impressive needle-felted doppelgänger.

Nunchuck Master

Nunchuck Master

A very talented martial artist shows off his insane nunchuck skills in a clip he posted on China’s version of TikTok, Douyin. The dexterity and speed required to pull off a series of moves like this is mindboggling. And how about that final move?

Department Store Beatbox Kid

Department Store Beatbox Kid

In February 2020, 13-year-old Joshua Inda stopped showing off his incredible beatboxing skills while shopping in a department store in Manila in the Philippines. The talented kid shows off a variety of techniques in a medley that shifts rapidly between rhythms and vocals.

Wire Tree Wunderkind

Wire Tree Wunderkind

(Loud Music) There are lots of videos out there of artists making bonsai trees out of twisted wire. What makes this particular clip so impressive is that the artist creating the amazing sculpture is a little girl who couldn’t be more than 10-years-old.

Devil Swing

Devil Swing

It’s been a long time since we checked in with dancer Michael Startsev aka TakeSomeCrime, but we’re happy to see that he’s still got his groove more than a decade later. If you ever wondered what to do with your hands while dancing, he’s got a trick or two to show you.

Bicycle Ballet

Bicycle Ballet

Gymnast and freestyle bike rider Viola Brand shows off her insane balancing skills, as she uses her bicycle in ways never designed by its manufacturer and dances around the ballroom standing on the handlebars, seat, and pedals of her 2-wheeler. Can’t get enough? Check out more of Viola’s bike tricks.

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