Dan Ellsey — Composing and Creating Music with Cerebral Palsy

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This post is more for the older kids and grownups in the group of readers. Tod Machover is the guy whose lab created Guitar Hero. He spends his time and life creating methods for creating music. Read about him in his bio by clicking his name. His lab at MIT has created the means for CP patient Dan Ellsey (composer/musician) to write and perform.  This talk is a fantastic, inspirational 20min presentation that ends with an eyeopening performance by Dan. Open it big, and watch it with your family.

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  1. William R.June 2, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    Wow...just wow....that one disabled dude made all of that music...i guess all people in the world do have a purpose.....KEEP IT UP GUYS!

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  2. Cassandra5June 3, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    http://www.flixxy.com/chinese-bicycle-acrobatics.htm

    this is just something I thought was cool and you might want to post.

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  3. Ian E.June 4, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Great video of emotions and the meaning of music. I really also like that music Dan Elsey made.:)

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