Jane Lui and the Circle of Geek

Every now and then you 'discover' something or someone on the internet who totally absorbs your attention. In this case it is a singer/songwriter/performer called Jane Lui. A good couple of hours were spent in her company today.

It started this morning when the sumptuous Felicia Day posted a video she had done with Jane Lui. It is a mash-up of  Payphone by Maroon 5, and Someday My Prince Will Come, by Disney. It's good to start with anyway, but then at about 2m20 something special kicks in and that was the point at which I got hooked by this amazing artist. She uses such an array of traditional and frankly bizarre improvised instruments that I wanted to know more. 

So I looked for another mash-up and found her mash-up of Moves Like Jagger (by Maroon 5) and Rainbow Connection (by the Muppets) . And then Crazy For You, and Rain (by Madonna) which is beautiful. There are others, which can all be found on her youtube channel.

It turns out she also writes and performs her own songs, of which a number are online including:

Heaven On A Hill, Jailcard and Goodnight Company. I guess they won't be to everybody's taste, but I like her musical sensibilities.

And then there is the really goofy stuff. With a chap called Paul Dateh she has recorded a medley of cartoon tunes played on a multitude of instruments. In fact she's done two versions: a 2min30 against the clock version and a 5min53 version with added trivia.

But the goofiest of the lot is a History of Hip Hop medley with the vocals done using a range of impersonations. As with all impressionists there is variable quality but it's fun.

Jane also played Penny (the character played by Felicia Day) in a stage version of Dr Horrible's Singalong Blog at San Diego Comicon. So the circle of geek is complete :)