His name is Greg Patillo – he’s a classically trained flutist from Seattle who studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and who developed some, shall we say, novel playing techniques while busking in the subways of New York City. He’s now better known as The Beatboxing Flutist. After the jump, some YouTube videos for your viewing and listening pleasure:
Greg plays the theme from Inspector Gadget, with accompaniment – all by himself!
Greg plays his version of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf:
His MySpace page.
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i’m no purist (as you know; see Ditty Twisters), but i really really liked this!!!!!
xop
I think he’s pretty awesome, too – it was just I couldn’t think of anything to say when if posted the first video – my jaw was still on the floor!