History Music / LindseyStirling

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Although it can't be seen in the finished video, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-XDL2MQ9Bs behind-the-scenes]] for "Elements" shows it was rather painful to make -- she wore thin sandals in a forest full of prickly plants, and had to dance and spin barefoot on a salt flat.

Shortly after her performance on the fifth season of ''AmericasGotTalent'' in 2010, cinematographer Devin Graham[[note]]who later became her boyfriend[[/note]] contacted her via Facebook in hopes of making a Website/YouTube video together. A few months later, Stirling replied to him and they scheduled to shoot a music video for her new song, "Spontaneous Me". It was filmed the week of May 9, 2011 while Graham was on a nearby business trip. The video gave a major boost to Stirling's popularity and she began making music videos for her Website/YouTube channel regularly.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Due in part to Lindsey's devout Mormon upbringing, her cover of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ke-sS8dPKk Thrift Shop]] with Music/TylerWard is cleaned up considerably.

* StuntDouble: She has a $40 violin used for scenes in rain, rolling in dirt, etc.; as a good violin costs thousands, this saves it from getting ruined.

%%* {{Adorkable}}: She acts this way in a lot of her videos, notably her goofy dancing and smiling in ''Electric Daisy Violin''.
%%** Her alter-ego, Phelba, easily qualifies.

* ColorCodedElements: The music video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6LD2B_kDQ 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.

** Her character in the Skyrim video that she made is this, fighting a bandit chief and winning handily despite an initial disadvantage. Makes sense, given that Skyrim is a WorldOfBadass.
** Her video covering the "Mission: Impossible" theme has her in full-fledged spy/catburglar mode.

'''Lindsey Stirling''' (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, and composer, usually described as a "dancing electronic violinist". Her music is mostly InstrumentalHipHop combined with classical-style violin. She has also arranged film and videogame themes and incorporated dubstep in some pieces, e.g. her most popular track "Crystallize".

* ChristmasSongs: She has produced some memorable arrangements of traditional carols. Her best known example would be "Celtic Carol", a medley of several familiar carols in an Irish jig tempo.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: On occasion she'll either dye her hair odd colors or wear a wig. She dyed her hair blue portraying a subway musician in the video for her cover of Music/LeonardCohen's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzprYCxPBQ Hallelujah]]''.

* ChristmasSongs: She has produced some memorable arrangements of traditional carols. Her best known example would be "Celtic Carol", a medley of several familiar carols in an Irish jig tempo.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: On occasion she'll either dye her hair odd colors or wear a wig. She dyed her hair blue portraying a subway musician in the video for her cover of Music/LeonardCohen's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzprYCxPBQ Hallelujah]].

* ChristmasMusic: She has produced some memorable arrangements of traditional carols. Her best known example would be "Celtic Carol", a medley of several familiar carols in an Irish jig tempo.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: On occasion she'll either dye her hair odd colors or wear a wig. She dyed her hair blue portraying a subway musician in the video for her cover of Music/LeonardCohen's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzprYCxPBQ Hallelujah]].

* SuddenlyVoiced: The ''Shatter Me'' album has ''two'' songs with full sets of lyrics (written by Lindsey, but sung by other artists[[note]][[Music/{{Halestorm}} Lzzy Hale]] for "Shatter Me" and [[Music/MegAndDia Dia Frampton]] for "We Are Giants".[[/note]]).

* ColorCodedElements: The music video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6LD2B_kDQ 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. See the page image.

* JediMindTrick: Just like The Piano Guys did, Peter Hollens (in Obi-Wan costume) pretends to pull one off [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0hTvU4NGXg behind the scenes]] of the ''Star Wars'' video, gesturing and saying that, "You will like this video a lot. You will share this video."

* ''Brave Enought'' (2016)

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In her appearance on America's Got Talent, the judges said this, basically.

* Steampunk: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvipPYFebWc "Roundtable Rival"]] has a very steampunk aesthetic to it.

Lindsey Stirling (September 21, 1986-) is an 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 and incorporated dubstep in some pieces, e.g. her most popular track "Crystallize".

She frequently collaborates with other artists, including Music/ThePianoGuys, Music/{{Halestorm}}, and Music/{{Pentatonix}}.

* OminousOwl: A couple videos, e.g. the ''Zelda'' medly, use owl hoots to set the scene and make it seem scary.

* FakeOutFadeOut: "Roundtable Rival" fades to silence just before the final chorus. In the video, the fade-out coincides with the heroine's DarkestHour and the final chorus is her HeroicSecondWind.

* FairytaleWeddingDress: One shows up in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCL94-MsxYc her remix]] of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', when she stands on the stage of an empty theater.