Stefan (10) – vocal, guitar, violin
Olga (8) – keyboard
Cornelia (5) – drum, harpThe children improved their musicianship by using the EarPower software from http://www.earpower.com
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Rammstein Sonne (cover) – Children Medieval Band
personal statement from Children Medieval Band
“This video has being posted on April 16 on the official Rammstein site: http://www.rammstein.de/en/news/there-is-a-future-for-rockn-roll/.
On May 20th 2012 the kids opened up with this song for the Rammstein concert at Denver Coliseum, Colorado, in front of a great audience of 10,000 people. Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxRmlQKNgk
We’d like to thank most commentators; kids are happy that their work is rewarded with appreciation.
There are other commentators, some simply nasty or others honestly concerned, which we’d like to answer here.
1. No! the kids are not being pushed or forced to play. While we consider that music should be part of their education, the priority is that they should enjoy their childhood. That is why they practice only 1 hr daily. They are also home-schooled and have a lot of time to study what, when and how they want it. And also freedom to play. The results have been way beyond expectations.
2. We don’t like stardom, don’t want kids to be stars and all that circus. They are not very technical (just because are not being forced to practice a lot), but their performances are still pretty good, and particularly Sonne is quite outstanding. Their charm can be explained by their freedom of expression.
3. Why they don’t look very happy and smiling? One explanation is that they are tense trying the recording to come out good. Also this type of music is not entertainment. They don’t like ‘shake-butt’ music. They listen to music a lot and they choose. Stefan made a list of more than 100 favorite songs, starting with Little Richard in the 50’s and ending with Rammstein (http://intelligentmusicalchildren.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/stefans-favorite-son
gs-list/).
4. Stefan performs with some anger and this looks good. Why a 10 year old kid should be angry? One reason might be the fact that today children cannot go out and play freely. This is not a safe world for kids. A lot have been kidnapped and killed…. And there might be other motives for a child to be angry, not because of his life at home – as many would jump to suspect – but because of how the world is and has been perceived already by an intelligent kid.
5. Is Rammstein a good choice for children? Some of their videos we don’t like, some of the lyrics also, but overall their music, with that unique combination of immense power, tension, glorious themes and subtle infusion of good taste romanticism, sets them among the best musicians of the rock era.
For someone who wants to learn new music, theirs is one of the best to learn from.
6. Technical details: we had to transpose this song from D to G, because of the voice range; so instead of the original guitar tuning — DADGBE, Stefan is using DGDGBE. The chords’ positions are different, also the sound — the power chords are not fifths, but fourths, which sound a bit dissonant on the bass — but the overall effect is still good.
7. We are Romanians – of good faith! Living in US.
And last – no, Cornelia is not using barbie dolls; it’s a short drum stick wrapped with fabric to simulate the big drum, and a small maraca which simulates a snare drum.”
