This boomwhacker cover of ‘Don’t Stop Believin” is pretty bangin’

A video of Harvard’s THUD percussion group shows just how powerful the boomwhacker can be in their cover of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

In case you needed a quick lesson in boomwhackers, they’re hollow, plastic tubes that you whack in order to create a soundDepending on the length of the instrument, it will produce different pitches, notes, and tones that all come together to form bangers like this cover from THUD.

When the video starts, you’re met with what kind of sounds like a lot of dissonant banging, but in less than 30 seconds the video turns into a masterpiece.  Read more…

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