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A comment on Speech to Song Illusion (2013).

Re:Speech to Song Illusion (2013) by jccc on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:04PM (#18133677)
Steve Reich did this in 1988, deriving melodies from speech in recorded interviews:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Trains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4Bjt_zVJc

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Re:Speech to Song Illusion (2013) by agarv on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:29PM (#18135678)
Scott Johnson's John Somebody from 1982 is another good one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Johnson_(composer)#John_... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPlY4X5hrYk

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Re:Speech to Song Illusion (2013) by inetsee on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:48PM (#18134703)
This video led me to another one titled "The Most Unusual Musical Instruments in the World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCYHMVlQezA

My favorite was the juggling drummer. (Starting around 2:30.)

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