This man turns viral memes into musical masterpieces

Charles Cornell has found online fans through some jazzy piano, Trump tweets - and Cardi B.

CHARLES CORNELL

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The internet is a wild and wonderful place where, at any point, the strangest of content will have it's time in the sun.

(Planking, we're looking at you.)

American pianist Charles Cornell seems to have found a way to bring together the best of viral content with something we can all enjoy - music.

The musician has taken to producing unique soundtracks for viral videos with a simple jazzy piano.

We're talking infamous Vines:



Apology videos from YouTube beauty gurus caught up in the biggest scandals.



And even Bill Nye the Science Guy - a childhood hero to many in the US - telling us all that the world is ... well, screwed, basically.



Cornell, traditionally a jazz musician, started out by creating songs from US President Donald Trump's tweets.

He says he was inspired to tried out the musical mash-up after seeing drummer Dan Weiss playing along to an auctioneer.

I had no idea any of my stupid videos were going to make so many people laugh.
"But all I can say is that I'm incredibly grateful that you all have chosen to check them out," he said in a statement.

"I had no idea any of my stupid videos were going to make so many people laugh, but all I can say is that I'm incredibly grateful that you all have chosen to check them out," he said in a statement.

It was a Cardi B Insta-story that saw him shoot to stardom; a very brief video of the rapper bragging about an unusual thing - ugg boots.



He's now branching out into new series, including one written entirely by his auto-correct:

If viral content is not your thing, Cornell is legitimately extremely talented and does also dabble in unique covers of famous songs.

He's welcomed all the positive reactions to his videos.

"Music is a beautiful thing in a world so often shrouded in negativity," he said.

"I hope it can bring us all together and never be another one of the many things trying to divide us."


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