Amazingly creative street musician in London
I spotted this incredible street musician while walking through the Notting Hill Saturday market. If the video isn't too clear, this amazing street performer is playing on a tennis racket guitar, a typewriter and a cutlery set. Although the song being played is a cover, the creativity of the artist has transformed it into very original piece of art.
You can find the performer's Facbook page at / porcapizza .
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Plot twist : he plays tennis with guitar.
@KujoPainting
5 жыл бұрын
:D
@GorgonDrageil
5 жыл бұрын
The writing and character development was so good, I didn't see it coming at all!
@adrummerwhoneedsalife5766
5 жыл бұрын
Brian Breen do u realize there are strings above the actual Tennis racket
@adrummerwhoneedsalife5766
5 жыл бұрын
Brian Breen and there’s something called Looping that exists
@BigLyfe09
5 жыл бұрын
😆
never heard such a racket!
@tee4222
7 жыл бұрын
Is that you grandpa?
@lateralbeats
7 жыл бұрын
jim gruffalo nice one, racquet would've been better.
@vincem7879
7 жыл бұрын
jim gruffalo ha! i get it
@donotwantahandle1111
7 жыл бұрын
very funny
@charlieg6913
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome
I play a 50-something stringed instrument "A harp?" A tennis racket
@gootshie2914
5 жыл бұрын
Darius Burinskis it’s actually only two strings
@therealthev
5 жыл бұрын
@@gootshie2914 whoooshhh
@RoskGamer
5 жыл бұрын
@@therealthev the racket only got 2 strings: one horizontal and one vertical
@MattMcConaha
5 жыл бұрын
@@therealthev If you've ever looked closely at a tennis racket you'd know that one string goes up and then back down and then back up etc. So there are actually only 2 strings in the racket. Edit: I'll clarify that I still think the original joke was funny, but the correction is also funny.
@The1AndOnlyTinman
5 жыл бұрын
v26. you're dumb. the racket itself only has two strings. we aren't talking about the instrument.
join us next week when he plays Stairway to Heaven with a washing machine.
@jacksonhazeltine9291
5 жыл бұрын
No, with a step ladder.
@mvasqu762
5 жыл бұрын
His uncle's mcguyver
@paulbeahm3891
5 жыл бұрын
Thunderstruck
@justryan5697
5 жыл бұрын
mvasqu762 it’s macgyver I think
Wtf? Wilson > Gibson?
@toprakozcan150
7 жыл бұрын
obama8mychickenz OMG RIGHT 😂😂😂
@cv1z
7 жыл бұрын
Somebody, Give this man a Medal
@JakeMorris32
5 жыл бұрын
Dude that's why Gibson went bust
@cellokid5104
5 жыл бұрын
You're a LEGEND
@tiadeese
5 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭
This man isn't a musician. He is a scientist.
@manuelnino1705
7 жыл бұрын
of course he is a musician. That means he is a scientist too.
@ruready4adventure743
7 жыл бұрын
Joseph Padron or a better interpretation...a genius in pickled herring standards. hic-up!
@swanclipper
7 жыл бұрын
he's just another street performer who performs already written famous songs for money. the guitar was bought, the butter knife thumb piano is a simple setup, he bought a looper and effects pedals..... he's not a scientist for what he has, he's a musician. i agree with you manuel, but the original comment was suggesting he made his gear.... he did not.
@007yuval
7 жыл бұрын
Why not both?
@MeJustinRichard
7 жыл бұрын
swanclipper oh come on
Conventional instruments: *Am I a joke to you?*
@senecathefuka441
5 жыл бұрын
I play the washboard
@brawtff
5 жыл бұрын
Not everyone can afford them
@dinijay
5 жыл бұрын
MEME WARRIOR 😂😂
I’d like to see this man play something with mayonnaise
@ferncat1397
5 жыл бұрын
But would it djent?
@tarcesid8964
5 жыл бұрын
Dafuq lol
@creepscreak4361
5 жыл бұрын
Someone has already done that the video is called is mayonnaise an instrument
@man2842
5 жыл бұрын
Nico Everything what about horse radish
@monoped8437
5 жыл бұрын
or some rancid budweiser, or kaopectate
When a tennis racket sounds better than your Gibson...
@GKnb-ny5tl
7 жыл бұрын
I feel you bro 😂
@calebm3132
7 жыл бұрын
Zak Farley it a badminton racket
@FellaFromZagreb
7 жыл бұрын
thick shady No, it's not, it's an old tennis racket.. I have one similar to this one that my dad used to play tennis with when he was young.
@zues2013
7 жыл бұрын
Zak Farley everything sounds better than a Gibson smh
@dom-ru5cc
7 жыл бұрын
zues2013 Wtf nothing sounds better than a Gibson Fender-lover
A tennis racket, a strip of wood, a shoelace, zip ties, screw hooks, and electronic parts. this is proof that you don't need an expensive guitar to play some good music.
@st2911
7 жыл бұрын
yeaahhhhh
@hideyojimmies4840
7 жыл бұрын
>electronic parts those fender pickups can be 99$ y'know :^)
@niwradlab893
7 жыл бұрын
Stone PC : ohhh, yeahhh!!!
@niwradlab893
7 жыл бұрын
Stone PC: true:)
@magpieix
7 жыл бұрын
Not to take away the amazingness of his performance, but there's probably close to $1K of electronics going on here.
dude's probably got a sick studio at home with all top of the line gear. insane talent and sense of humor.
I’m from Nashville, and am a musician... There are working guitar players who can’t play the guitar as well as this cat plays a tennis racket... the musical human spirit is beautiful, & this brother has got one humbling example.
@ronigm7756
5 жыл бұрын
" the musical human spiritual is beautiful, & this brother has got one humbling example." What a beautiful thing to say!
@jangtheconqueror
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely better than me, but I'm no professional, especially not in Nashville
@aeredhaelredfalen6194
5 жыл бұрын
@@a_makarov Not all of us. Some of us have keyboards instead.
@fonkyhonky1979
5 жыл бұрын
Jones see, what I’ve tried for years to tell all my out of town family & friends is how that in Nashville, even the bums are often world class musicians. It’s insane and it’s a doggone shame! I support em (full disclosure) when I can, cuz they AINT out here makin dreams come true on 4th & Broadway! I know how tough it can be, so my heart won’t let me just walk by and roll my eyes.
@aeredhaelredfalen6194
5 жыл бұрын
@@fonkyhonky1979 Ain't that the truth. There's talented musicians everywhere you look. I wouldn't classify myself as one, I merely dabble- but even I have been recorded before, playing Bodhran on a folk album. And I collaborated with a buddy on writing a weird Al style set of parodies for fun. But my day job is in healthcare IT.
I'm in a band. What do you play? The tennis racket.
@vlermler6823
7 жыл бұрын
JayoJay And the butter knives
@hardgainer7396
7 жыл бұрын
So do you get along with your bandmates? What bandmates?
@Adishahful
6 жыл бұрын
Mark 001 wow,
@carolusrex4998
5 жыл бұрын
Hit the Road Jack
@royksk
5 жыл бұрын
Could’ve been an Alice band.
"do you play any instruments?" "yes i play the tennis racket, typwriter, and knives" "..."
@mdgh9971
5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@IgorDz
5 жыл бұрын
Don't play with knives!
If I was rich Ide start a record label just for street musicians
@arukendo7573
5 жыл бұрын
That is such a cool idea
@selenophile410
5 жыл бұрын
Arukendo yeah.....
@egcowling9657
5 жыл бұрын
With all the manufactured music out there on the streets in the dirt is where music will allways have a safe home, where it can remain genuine and unadulterated.
@appi4158
5 жыл бұрын
The foundation and band called “Playing For Change” has been following the same idea for almost a decade I guess.
@Rooster1172T
5 жыл бұрын
In Australia its called triple j haha
Guitar center: you need instruments to be a musician This bloak: hold my pint
@encalica853
5 жыл бұрын
Bloke*
@gabet3754
5 жыл бұрын
Encalica Hahahaha. Thanks!
@encalica853
5 жыл бұрын
@@gabet3754 no worries, nice joke :)
@andrewm2399
5 жыл бұрын
Lol he would probably just play the pint.
@joshmichaels1435
5 жыл бұрын
>bloak
best tennis racket player ever! :)
@rujinophemtanam1541
7 жыл бұрын
I could'n agree more!
@scurvype30
7 жыл бұрын
rujinop hemtanam *couldn't
@brianmchugh8419
7 жыл бұрын
Sun Shine He is probably also the worst tennis racket player ever.
@rujinophemtanam1541
7 жыл бұрын
+TyApplePie Thanks!
@KaraokeNig
7 жыл бұрын
Brian Mchugh lol
What a superb Tennis Player!
@mk_rexx
6 жыл бұрын
BlueArpeggio "What are your hobbies?" "I'm a tennis player" "So you're an athlete?" "I mean, I play the tennis racket" "wat"
Oi you got a license for those butter knives
@ChessCat1500
5 жыл бұрын
Titan 551 wait..is there actually a place on earth where people need licence for knives or you're just joking...?
@Cozzy-Wozzy
5 жыл бұрын
@@ChessCat1500 He's not joking. Britain and a lot of the EU is like that. They confiscate screw drivers, wrenches and butter knifes, literally anything with a sharp or blunt edge basically.
@sneezymango8183
5 жыл бұрын
Cosmo lmao seriously??
@robertdale2964
5 жыл бұрын
@@Cozzy-Wozzy coughbullshitcough
@Cozzy-Wozzy
5 жыл бұрын
@@robertdale2964 But it isn't. Police actually confiscate screw drivers, butter knives and anything sharp. Maybe not everywhere but there are police departments that do it.
This is probably the most creative street musician I’ve ever seen, props to him 👍
When you have a 10 page essay due, but you watch someone rock the tennis racket.
@ethanleong1334
7 жыл бұрын
Nerd Boy Ahahahahhaha XD
@zebcash193
6 жыл бұрын
Nerd Boy yup
@cooperwhite2732
5 жыл бұрын
Literally in the same boat
wow! Its so cool how he obviously made the instrument himself, and then is looping it and manipulating it so much. then the crazy sounds reveal themselves to be Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles!! I feel like Ray would have loved this guys creativity.
@GeneralPadron
7 жыл бұрын
Instruments.
@tonybhoy1881
7 жыл бұрын
Arsehole
@Br0teas
7 жыл бұрын
he didn't make this instrument, I bought one last week.
@ghjyjghyhs2638
7 жыл бұрын
you can buy tennis rackets in every music store.
@evenseb7574
7 жыл бұрын
Do not offend Ray Charles, this has NOTHING to do with him. Ray had talent..
1920: we'll have flying cars in the future! 2019: *ingenious talent*
@Willem654
5 жыл бұрын
Let's finally build flying guitars.
The song is Hit the road Jack For anyone wondering!
@dLzzzgaming
5 жыл бұрын
@Entertainment Pavement seriously man?
@kr0k0deilos
5 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Rock Lobster by B-52's :))))))
@anugget2328
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@ivoallens6985
5 жыл бұрын
Senks men
@WilliamMignoliTheArchivist
5 жыл бұрын
Stray cat strut too..
bet you didn't know he was writing a poem when he was typing....
@nicktaylor1902
7 жыл бұрын
holy shit. How keen, how well you percieve your world, noticing haikus
@clinteastwood7408
7 жыл бұрын
Who is this? And I want more! Does anyone no his name??
@Wavemaninawe
7 жыл бұрын
Paul Gillett Typing the lyrics instead of singing them.
@_reallysunil_
7 жыл бұрын
Paul Gillett you are such a stupid there is no paper over there...stupid lol
@tartaras101
7 жыл бұрын
I just found it on the webs here it is I just copy pasted it. "Qqwwwqqweqwwwqwwwwiqiwiiqiwiiqiwiiqiwiiqiwiiqiwiqiwiwiqiwiqiwiqiwiqiwiqiwiwiqiwiqiwwwww" so beautiful.
I thought I was progressing with my guitar skills but nvm
@ton69
7 жыл бұрын
John Cavanaugh edgy cool guy
@ton69
7 жыл бұрын
No, i own you..... son
@ton69
7 жыл бұрын
If you still have parents, youbgsiled abortion edgy cool guy
@ton69
7 жыл бұрын
Digimon gargantuan edgy cool guy
@DieMuruks
7 жыл бұрын
Well this escalated quickly
Just needs a little more cowbell
@teenisteenis9642
5 жыл бұрын
marry me?
@paffomi5110
5 жыл бұрын
And the only prescription... *Is more cowbell*
@rileyridgway7362
5 жыл бұрын
YES More cowbell!
@maxsimpin8609
5 жыл бұрын
Ayeee SNL
@letemswift4022
5 жыл бұрын
Duuuuuuuude
Did anyone realise that there is not a single "standard" instrument in this video? The man's a genius!
His tennis racket sounds better than my guitar
@bobcrestwood740
6 жыл бұрын
The sound coming out of his speaker was made by a real guitar. He's just pretending to play the tennis racket, while he has pre-recorded music coming out of his speaker. He's a phony.
@bobcrestwood740
6 жыл бұрын
Then what about from 0:59 to 1:09, where he takes his right hand off the racket, and the music is still playing? That proves that the music is pre-recorded.
@DavidDavidDavidDavidDavid.
6 жыл бұрын
Bob Crestwood he has a loop pedal it records and replays what he just played when he presses it
@bobcrestwood740
6 жыл бұрын
Also look at the length of the racket -- it's too short to get the notes he's "playing." The pitch you get from a string depends on the length of the string -- the shorter the string, the higher the pitch; the longer the string, the lower the pitch. The music coming out of his speaker is of normal pitch for an electric guitar -- but electric guitars have strings that are twice as long as the "strings" on this tennis racket. There's no way he's getting those notes from such short strings -- it's all fake.
@hughandjanemuller14
6 жыл бұрын
Bob Crestwood ..... uh .... I guess you are just having a laugh but in case you are not , the pitch depends on the length of the string AND the tension AND the gauge (thickness ) of the string . He is doing the bizzo.
This guy. Is playing guitar. With a badminton racket!!! Like a BOSS.
@johnyang799
7 жыл бұрын
Terrapin Flyer Rob scallon uses a shovel...
@andreideaconu7232
7 жыл бұрын
Terrapin Flyer tennis*
@OneHuntiBoi
7 жыл бұрын
nope... it is a badminton racket... the handle is too long and the head too small to be a tennis racket ;)
@andreideaconu7232
7 жыл бұрын
TylersTerrifyingADVENTURE It's an old tennis racket. Check your facts before trying to look smart.
@brendanswords4659
6 жыл бұрын
TylersTerrifyingADVENTURE are you serious? No. Youre so wrong
This guy: Bet I can play a song with anything. Some guy: Use my Nan's garbage. Result
This man is a musician, engineer, craftsman, and scientist all in one.
A racket with looping and wah pedals..... Who would've thought.
@justaman-km1hl
7 жыл бұрын
Buyanaa check out Rob scallion and his shovel gitfiddle. You'd dig it the most.
@LiFeeIsSMusicC
7 жыл бұрын
Buyanaa I am just wondering... how?
@Reza-hq6bq
7 жыл бұрын
justaman6972 is the pun intended
@gabrielmendivil2914
5 жыл бұрын
Él lo pensó. ¡Es un genio!
Knowledge is limited.... creativity is out of this world!!!
When someone loves art...he finds it everywhere. ❤
you really hit the fucking road man! amazing...
@lolking3144
7 жыл бұрын
PUN CITY!!!!!!!!!
@Pyromancer.piro32
7 жыл бұрын
Hüseyin Mecit Beşik i wonder how many recognized this song...
@SafaAlkan
6 жыл бұрын
Hüseyin Mecit Beşik hahaha
the opposite of: "All the gear and no idea"
@encalica853
5 жыл бұрын
No gear and all the idea!
Creativity isn't dead after all
Why did I buy an expensive Gretsch guitar? I should've just borrowed my grandfather's tennis racket...nice work.
@heftylad
5 жыл бұрын
weird flex but ok
@mush2938
5 жыл бұрын
@@heftylad You're the Brad of youtube.
@heftylad
5 жыл бұрын
@@mush2938 epic
WOW this guy really knows how to play Tennis!!
hit the road jack! That music is so good... Very nice this video :D Electro swing 💪
@bahadraykn6129
5 жыл бұрын
Wow spoiler dude
@trevchumby
5 жыл бұрын
Electro Swing-Ball
this is the kind of creativity and realness we need more of in today's popular music
How come he has some many knives IN LONDON?!
@finnhagan7664
5 жыл бұрын
D'you reckon he's gotta loicense for em?!!
@tyler4164
5 жыл бұрын
@@finnhagan7664 he butter have😉
@baints1282
5 жыл бұрын
mandem dont have guns
@georgerussell2947
5 жыл бұрын
@@baints1282 man don't wanna cut to mans ends
Eat Rob Scallon. He put a pickup on a tennis racket.
@justaman-km1hl
7 жыл бұрын
DontKillAnts but Rob's shovel gitfiddle is sweet.
@justaman-km1hl
7 жыл бұрын
DontKillAnts I kill fireants.
Amazing talent. Not only musical talent, but inventive talent.
It's insane how much unknown GENIUS talent there is all over this earth. What a fantastic mind!
It's not even easy to play this on a real guitar, he's a genius 👍
@spazrocketgaming424
5 жыл бұрын
What song is it?
@WilliamDye-willdye
5 жыл бұрын
@@spazrocketgaming424 It seems to be "Hit the Road, Jack", though there are other songs which are similar.
Wait i'm confused, Is that a Gibson or a Andre Agassi hes playing?
@acroztictemperrz943
7 жыл бұрын
Armedlegally he's playing a racket
@TLF43
7 жыл бұрын
Armedlegally almost positive it's a Gibson
@skipstalforce
7 жыл бұрын
Armedlegally I think it's a Wilson but it might be a Mexican or Chinese copy
@justaman-km1hl
7 жыл бұрын
skipstalforce it's a Prince.
Now I'm curious how he build the tennis racket guitar.
@TheMinecraftgosmoo
7 жыл бұрын
Bubba Gurt strapped a pickup and some guitar strings to a tennis racket. And boom we have a guitar.
@ramaSwamp
7 жыл бұрын
First, is not a guitar, rather is an electric Ukelele. Second, there are videos on youtube explaining how to convert even altoid boxes in electric ukeleles.
@adrianfundescu5407
7 жыл бұрын
first ...he's playing and making it sound as a guitar and seond ukulele is an instrument from the same familly and thrd it was not about HOW he built the instrument but about how it sounds played by him.In the set-up that he made.Which shows real musical skills plus an unconventional approach.
@sean0208
7 жыл бұрын
may I kindly ask that you shut the fuck up. both of you ;)
@bobcrestwood740
6 жыл бұрын
"I'm curious how he build the tennis racket guitar." He didn't it's just a regular tennis racket that he's pretending to play while he has pre-recorded music played by a real guitar coming out of his speaker. It's a phony act.
And the Queen's Royal Army came running when he sent that morse code out asking for any old appliances and garden tools
The greatest tennis player
Rob Scallons long lost brother
"Hit the road jack" , so cool.
Who need a guitar when you can play the racket! Pure Genius 👍🏼most entertaining and creative skills!
That racket is by far the best instrument I've ever heard.
Must be a mahogany racket hoop, sounds like rosewood on the neck? This guy obviously doesn't mess around with crappy tone woods like pine or ash.
Does this prove the music industry is a racket?
@iTroozTrooperDown
7 жыл бұрын
no lol
@SBEFOREHAHAN
7 жыл бұрын
You should have more likes. I'm sorry.
@grapevine3277
6 жыл бұрын
That is a awesome conclusion.
Who would dislike this???
that was f--king AWESOME!
Does anybody know who the artist is or how to get in touch?
@escrec
7 жыл бұрын
That would be nice!
@FabioGelmini
7 жыл бұрын
facebook.com/porcapizza/
@escrec
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@fullproof100
7 жыл бұрын
F-in amazballs.....thank you
@Dominicanballer18
7 жыл бұрын
keith farrell did you call me?
This guy is one of the best musician. He just need a platform
wow i'm impressed that he could make that tennis racket sound so clean. Very inventive and cool.
Gibson 2017 Standard Les Paul
@MeJustinRichard
7 жыл бұрын
Alex Lockley XDDDDDD
@sephiroth7143
7 жыл бұрын
Alex Lockley more like Wilson Les Paul Traditional
Ah I see, so the kid has grown up and moved beyond playing the oven
London is like that, full of amazing artist
The music never stops!!!!!!!
Superb !!Must look out for a tennis racket at the booty now :O)Love the tin can mic on the typewriter. There's an instrument to be made out of almost anything ! Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed that.
*hears music "What's all this racket about!?"
Don't you Love the fact that there is still beauty still in this world amongst the people that dwell within ? I do !
My boy's out here shredding a tennis racket. What a beast
MUST KNOW HOW TO MAKE A RACKET GUITAR. It sounds better than my Telecaster.
I bet he plays tennis with a guitar, a real guitar I mean 😁
that tennis rackets was killing....awesome
amazed when he picked up the tennis racket and started to jam well. not just another mediocre guitar player. nice act. very original.
absolutely fantastic.
When you dont have money to buy a guitar AHA! im just gonna buy tennis racket
@MattMcConaha
5 жыл бұрын
To be fair, you can probably get a used entry level guitar for the price of a tennis racket. Especially considering that he still had to obtain hardware to add to the racket plus the expense of time.
@Daniel-nl3ug
5 жыл бұрын
That racket isn't new though, so you could probably get it for basically free at some scrap place.
Don't you just love the real form of art !
i have always said that its the man behind the "instrument" that does the music, a talented musician can make lovely music with just a wooden stick!
This guy belongs at Wimbledon?
Nice Fender Guitar.
this guy made the dream of playing a racket as a guitar come true!!
That tennis racket probably plays like a dream.
i hope everyone that filmed him gave him a tip
Best racket player of our generation in my opinion
Incredible! I don't know what to praise most, the inventive genius for the instruments, or the dexterity with which he plays...Clearly gifted on so many level!
Мир цифровых технологий просто находка для шумовых аркестров, браво👏
This is way better than that manufacturerd X factor shit.
It's really cool when your brain suddenly catches it and you hear "Hit The Road Jack".
@xalphaprix799
5 жыл бұрын
My brain only caught it when I read this comment..
Some serious work/skill went into getting that racket in tune and with working intonation! Incredible
Best Tennis Racket I've ever heard!
can we get some credit for this guy? Name? Facebook? Twitter? Patreon? A frickin postal code?
@Zarakikov
7 жыл бұрын
porcapizza is his Facebook
@davemarx7856
7 жыл бұрын
Zarakikov Thank you. This guy is very creative.
@davemarx7856
7 жыл бұрын
I don't think that's a complete sentence.
@boataxe4605
7 жыл бұрын
+Not a serial killer Not a dealer Don't deal don't kill what do you do🎶🎶🎶
@Ome_Rashid
7 жыл бұрын
His real name is Massimo Tortella :)
Patrick : is a tennis racket an instrument?
The music talent is strong with this one.
Human ingenuity at its best, tip my hat
Props to you for putting the guys Facebook page in the description.
I like the knife kalimba!
The round instrument is the only traditional instrument. The African Mbira can do much more than just percussion. The wah-wah tone is incredible and great playing. Bravo!
Just Amazing, thank you!!
that racket has a better tone than me
My husband keeps stealing our knives