History Music / LindseyStirling

->''Have you ever seen a violinist rock out?''
-->'''--Website/YouTube tagline'''

Lindsey Stirling is a quirky American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, and composer. Her music is mostly InstrumentalHipHop combined with classical violin. She has also arranged film and videogame themes, as well as incorporating dubstep.

* LivingShadow: The aptly-named "Shadows" doesn't have as many quick cuts and varied angles as some other videos, since it's just her and her shadow projected on a piece of plywood. They start out in synch, but soon the shadow does movements in canon and then puts down its violin to just dance. Lindsey's expression is one of bemusement as she watches, but she keeps playing.

* RackFocus: The ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNpmSAvpGQ cover]] done by Stirling and Peter Hollens used this when the latter found a chess piece; it moved the focus from his face near the ground to the small brown chess knight.

* AbandonedWarehouse: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPOztxXWlQ Spontaneous Me]]", along with a couple other pieces, include her dancing in empty parking lots or on abandoned and run-down buildings.

* IcePalace: The setting of "Crystallize". She prances through the (manmade) corridors and in the courtyard, and at night the palace glows.

* OurElvesAreBetter: "Celtic Carol" shows her as one of Santa's elves trapped in a workshop. She entertains herself through decorating the area and non-malevolent mischievousness.

* SoundtrackDissonance: In the ''Lord of the Rings'' medly, the only costumes she wears are pretty and innocent dresses in a Hobbiton setting -- slightly out of place when the piece moves on to battle themes.

* WordSaladTitle: "Electric Daisy Violin". The title fits rather well, actually.

* AbandonedWarehouse: "Spontaneous Me", along with a couple other pieces, include her dancing in empty parking lots or on abandoned and run-down buildings.
* ActingForTwo[=/=]DoubleVision: Several videos feature multiple versions of herself dancing or playing the violin, using careful recording tricks so it appears she has clones even if they're dressed differently.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Although it can't be seen in the finished video, the behind-the-scenes for "Elements" shows it was rather painful to make -- she wore thin sandles in a forest full of prickly plants, and had to dance and spin barefoot on a salt flat.
* AllJustADream: The zombies in "Moon Trance". Lindsey's friends are surprised to see her fall over when they vanish, and don't appear to have noticed anything odd.
* CheerfulChild: "We Found Love" was made in Kenya and includes a number of local people. Some are children who she holds briefly or plays with. She also performs in their classroom, and they clap along happily. Later, she describes what an honor it was to be with them.
* ColorCodedElements: The music video for "Elements" uses this a lot, with water, earth, fire, and air having different dominant colors. For fire and water, she also uses face paint/makeup in blue or red.
* {{Cosplay}}: She's done arrangements of themes from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}'', and the videos for them include her dressing as a variety of characters. She makes her own costumes.
* CreepyCemetery: "Moon Trance" features a misty and dark cemetery, and she's creeped out even before the zombies come.

* ElectronicMusic: She has at least one electric violin, and many more electric instruments feature in her songs. A video about making her music shows the layering process using computer programs and a keyboard set with weird sounds.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: One shows up in her remix of ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', when she stands on the stage of an empty theater.

Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, and composer. Pinning down the genre that she works in is hard, but it may be InstrumentalHipHop combined with classical violin. She has also arranged film and videogame themes, as well as incorporating dubstep.

One of her Website/YouTube channels can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/lindseystomp here]]. She also has [[http://lindseystirlingviolin.com/ her own website]].

* OurElvesAreBetter: "Celtic Carol" shows her in a Christmas workshop being one of Santa's elves, sometimes with her violin and sometimes not. She has pointed ears and is mischievous, playing jump-rope with tinsel.

* SkipOfInnocence: Her dances often include skips and jumps as she plays, grinning.

* OrbitalShot: A particularly large one is in the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' medly. She stands in the wind on a hill by the sea, and the shot goes around and above/below her.

* SceneryPorn: Lots of videos are filmed in wild and beautiful locations, and the camera makes full use of this.

Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, and composer.

Her Website/YouTube channel can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/lindseystomp here]]. She also has her own website [[http://lindseystirlingviolin.com/ here]].

* ActingForTwo: Several videos feature multiple versions of herself dancing or playing the violin, using careful recording tricks so it appears she has clones even if they're dressed differently.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Althouth it can't be seen in the finished video, the behind-the-scenes for "Elements" shows it was rather painful to make -- she wore thin sandles in a forest full of prickly plants, and had to dance and spin barefoot on a salt flat.

* OurElvesAreBetter: "Celtic Carol" shows her in a Christmas workshop being one of Santa's elves, sometimes with her violin and sometimes not. She has pointed ears and is mischievious, playing jump-rope with tinsel.

* OrbitalShot: A particularly large one is in

* {{Cosplay}}: She's done arrangements of themes from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}, and the videos for them include her dressing as a variety of characters. She makes her own costumes.

* ItWasAllADream: The zombies in "Moon Trance". Lindsey's friends are surprised to see her fall over when they vanish, and don't appear to have noticed anything odd.

* {{Cosplay}}: She's done arrangements of themes from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}, and the videos for them include her dressing as a variety of characters.