Andrew Bird's one-man orchestra of the imagination

http://www.ted.com Musical innovator Andrew Bird winds together his trademark violin technique with xylophone, vocals and sophisticated electronic looping. Add in his uncanny ability to whistle anything, and he becomes a riveting one-man orchestra.

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[tcmartin4]

It's so cool to see where the song eyeoneye stemmed from.

[Joseph Jantz]

0:23 The Happy Birthday Song

9:30 Eyeoneye

13:10 Weather Systems

Now you all can look them up in the future!!!

[slmUSA]

Hahaha! How many people tried to see their own eyes and hear their own ears? :)

[deantra grant]

The man's a Genius

[Jeremy Matthis]

You actually get it sweetheart!



[sarahsue11]

WHY IS THAT SOCK MONKEY DRESSED LIKE THE TENTH DOCTOR. <3

[ihatekroeger]

44 Thumbs Down. Trolls !

[elitet0kr]

he seems really nervous when he's speaking. his voice was trembling and he was having a hard time catching his breath. when he's playing music, he seems to be at ease. he seems like a pretty shy, sensitive person, but it's endearing because he's such a good musician. music just pours out of him.

[legendaryballz]

I believe happy birthday is on one of the little big planets.

[Bob Jove]

Or it could be because he is always touring and doesn't have enough time to make new songs.

[TobiasFunkeHH]

Good art takes a long time. Ben Folds Five had a 13 year break between albums, for a lot of reasons, but one is that it takes a long time to create great art. The fact that he has been working on that single song for six months, and it was still not done, says something about how much his art means to him, and his listeners.

[Bob Jove]

He still takes a long time:/