For years, LEGO builders have made impressive creations that go far beyond the expectations of the company behind these tiny interconnected blocks. We’ve seen many custom builds that took our breath away, but this is the first time we’ve seen and heard LEGO music in action. Musician Andrew Huang recently released a video in which he used a guitar made out of LEGO alongside other LEGO instruments to play an original song he composed. If this is a new direction for LEGO builds, then we like it!
Within the video, Huang uses his own collection of LEGO bricks to make a kick drum, snare drum, and a shaker. The finished instruments don’t have perfect shapes because Huang didn’t have all of the bricks he preferred to use, but they are all functional. The LEGO guitar was made by Jay Jillard, a talented luthier who has previously made other guitars out of interesting materials.
Near the end of the clip, Huang played “If You’re Always Alone,” a song he wrote which has not yet been officially released. Huang was also recently a guest on Rebrickulous, a LEGO YouTube original series, where he shared his expertise on how to make LEGO music. As part of the video, Huang and the show’s hosts recorded sounds using the LEGO pieces they had available before using music software to reassemble everything into the song’s audio components.
What do you think about Huang’s LEGO instruments and his performance? Let us know in the comment section below!
Image: Andrew Huang
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