OT: Memphis QB plays piano on radio - takes requests, doesn't get stumped once

That's amazing.  That is one hell of an ear for music.

This is truly awesome.

That was just incredible, I have no idea how he can do that.

He's better than Joey Harrington!  And a better piano player too!

count that he didn't know Zombie by The Cranberries?

I went to music school at U of M, and we had a professor known as "The Human Ipod."  His real name was Kevin Korsyn. He taught third year music theory. Not only could he play anything by ear, but he could play any combination of parts in a symphony on request, as if he had memorized entire libraries of scores.  It was, to this day, the most incredible intellectual achievement I have ever witnessed. Though this particular story is not that impressive in terms of the musical ability, I do enjoy his ability to make people smile.  Great stuff.

Jacob is very talented and a very good player.  Obviously he has an excellent musical ear. 

The key to this skill is rooted in his fundamental understanding/education in harmonic theory....combined with a keen understanding of intervallic relationships between notes that make up popular melodies.  He also has a strong awareness for rhtyhm and has a nack for falling in to the pocket easily.   He knows the piano intimately through obvious hours of practice and obviously listens to a ton of popular music.  I dont doubt that Jacob could listen to a song a time or two and verbally spit back to you the key, chords and melodic intervals used in the melody without even being at the piano.  Its really fun to watch/listen and he will always have a gig for life with those skills.

Also, anyone who is interested in this kind of thing should watch the story of Derek Paravicini on youtube.  It's pretty cool.

Wow, what a cool story.  I always hear and read about athletes visiting hospitals and doing charity work, but SEEING it is a totally different experience.  Seeing the impact that they have on the kids is so heartwarming.  Thanks for posting something like this.  Too often on this board we look to knock eachother down a peg or two, looking to out-snark eachother (I'm guilty of this too) just because we don't agree with a post, or the info was already posted, etc.  It's nice to see a heartwarming story like this. 

Wow, what a cool story.  I always hear and read about athletes visiting hospitals and doing charity work, but SEEING it is a totally different experience.  Seeing the impact that they have on the kids is so heartwarming.  Thanks for posting something like this.  Too often on this board we look to knock eachother down a peg or two, looking to out-snark eachother (I'm guilty of this too) just because we don't agree with a post, or the info was already posted, etc.  It's nice to see a heartwarming story like this. 

This video reminds me of the joint hospital visit by UM and USC last year before the bowl game.